Mormon Battalion recruited by United States Army.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
September 16, 1846 ~ Wednesday
16th A Hard rainy day Br Shirtliff called upon
me in the morning He had returned from the
Punka village to get goods of Sarpee to go out
on a hunting tour with the Punka & Sioux Indians
He said they had been vary kind to them
I attended council in the Afternoon. went
on to the ground in the evening to pick out a
lot. went at night to look up the cows
in the dark got lost in the river bottom
could not find the bridge to cross the stream
for a length of time At last I got home about
10 oclok was most sick through the night
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Shurtleff, Vincent
1814-1893
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Woodruffs cross Missouri River to Cutler's Park, Nebraska.
Wilford rebaptized second time; rebaptizes Phebe, Sarah E. Brown, Mary C. Barton, Mary Ann Jackson, and Rosetta King.
Wilford expels Sarah Elinor Brown and Mary Caroline Barton from his family for misconduct.
Wilford severely injured by falling tree while cutting logs to build his family a cabin: breaks breastbone, three ribs, suffers internal injuries.
Phebe's fifth child Joseph dies at age 16 months in Winter Quarters, Nebraska.