Friday. March 24. 1854: Left last camp at 20 minutes past 6 oclock a. m.. and moved in the direction of the trail discovered yesterday (probably Marcys). We struck our road at the emigrant crossing about 9 oclock a. m.. distance from camp upward of 4 miles. This Is an extremely bad crossing. our oxen swam for upward of 30 feet to the opposite bank. It would be utterly impossible for wagons tocross without rafting. It cannot for a moment compare with the crossing of the Pecos (mouth of Delaware Creek). the former presenting many difficultiessoft bottom. deep stream. and on the east side miry banks. The latter affords many facilities. and is strongly recommended to emigrants. We halted here to water. which had to be done with buckets.. As we will not reach water until we strike the sandhills our kegs were filled.
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