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"Tuesday, Oct. 22. Cold. Having a little wood and water left, we had a little breakfast. Drove on and camped where we had grass, wood and water...Here we see the best of bottom land and nearly 300 horses on it...I never saw such a lot of horses. They are owned by the Indians and I suppose they have thousands of them. These Indians are so located that they get cattle in abundance from the finest of stock and will soon be rich." Entry from unknown pioneer's diary made on the Oregon Trail, 1844. the location that morning was an open prairie near the snow-covered Blue Mountains
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