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"The pruasuance [pursuance] of previous arrangements, we make a picknick [sic] at the Little Canon of the Big Horn Mountains. Maj[or] & Mrs. Bush, Capt[ain] & Mrs. Nishart, Lieut[enant] & Mrs. Miller, Lieut[enant] Matson, Mr. Smith and Mr. Sharrow with 3 ambulances and cavalry escort. We find a cavern, very commodious for our purpose, under the bluff, and a little above the trail down to the stream. We have quite a pleasant celebration of the day. I rode a horseback with Lt. Matson, who shot with a Springfield gun at 500 yds. the finest antelope I have ever seen. High weight about 160 [pounds].

The day is very beautiful, and we get back at 51/2 [5 p.m.], having visited with Capt[ain] Nishart, the post cemetery, a stone wall enclosure with an iron gate, and grass plot, and monument. Lt. Neff continues without much change, and very weak.