[Hosea Stout Diary] Wed Aug 9th 1848. Our cattle fared badly last night for we only turned them out on a small patch of grass close around us their only chance and at dark tied them up to keep them from running away which they attempted to do. We went on two miles to the Willow Springs where there was tolerable good grass & turned out to bait them awhile and went on assending a very high hill from the top of which we had a fine view of the Sweet Water Mountains.
We had a rain this after noon which detained us awhile after which we went on makin about 13 miles today and had good grass for our cattle tonight which was the first good feed since we left the Platte on Monday morning.
In this vecinity the sage grows about 8 or ten feet high * some six inches in diameter, the largest I saw on the road.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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