[Hosea Stout Diary] Monday July 31st 1848. Lay up. Some cattle strayed for the Platte but were recovered. Went with D. Carns hunting up the river. Passed an arch of stone which streched entirely across the river and over hung by very high hills of red sand stone.
The arch was more than 20 ft high. Passing up the stream we found that it broke through the high mountain in a rough & rugged current. There were fresh sign of Bear. We ascended a very high Peak from the top of which we discovered a very large grizzly bear on the edge of the watter & fired 4 rounds at him but only wounded him[.] He made his escape by climbing the opposite hill From here we assended the next peak which was the highest in this vicinity from which we could see to a great distance up this stream and found it wound its way along an appearently level plain untill it came to this mountain through which it seemed to force its way. Descending from this lofty Peak we came home when I found my wife sick and unable to set up for a moment with a verry severe attact of the mountain fever.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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