Our team's 19th bivouac was at the Huntington Creek/Pearl Creek confluence. Pearl Creek enters from the right , at left; and from the left, above. This cow skull became our camp totem. It lay almost at the center of the campsite. For us it wasn't a sign of bad luck. It was just another sign of the circle of life and death. Most emigrants passed through Huntington Valley in late August or early September. The Donner-Reed Party was already almost a month behind the usual schedule.
	Hastings Cutoff
	Huntington Valley
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