4 A.M.
This was our plan all through , though in bad places we had to make many relays . It was simple enough , yet , oh , the travail of it ! Here is an extract from my diary of these days . `` Turn out at 4 A.M. Breakfasted on flapjacks and coffee . Find one of our oxen dying . Dies at seven o'clock . Harness remaining ox and start to remove goods up Canyon .