Saturday, 29th. We again started about sunrise and travelled not less than 2 miles. One antelope was killed — saw several elk.
They haven’t yet come across herds of buffalo, but other game is plentiful and augments their diet of bacon, beans, and biscuit.
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How did he estimate the distance they travelled each day?
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That’s a very good question. Neither Bidwell or anyone else ever mentions an odometer, but they may have had one — Benjamin Franklin invented one in 1775 when he was postmaster.