May 7th

About noon today we had the first thunder storm of the season. It came from the mountains in a North West direction, passing to the East. We only got the benefit of the Southern end of it. We had no rain with it but it hailed very hard – the ground in a few moments being whitened. Since Monday the men have been drilling – the setting up or Spring drill. Every morning the prairie is rendered lively by the moving figures and the loud words of command. We expect Major Walsh back with the horses every day.