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Day in the Life

Apr 26, 1847

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April 26, 1847 ~ Monday

26^th Early in the morning before the break of day 2 Indians
crept upon their hands & knees approaching the camp to
steal some horses they got within 3 rods of the guard before
they were discovered. they first thought them to be wolves
& snaped ^at^ them they rose up & run & two of the guard fired
at them & 4 others rose up out of the grass making 6 in
all the bugle was sounded and all arose up to arms not know-
ing but there was a large party nearby but we saw
no more. I started out in the morning with the hunters
we saw 8 deer 4 antelope but caught nothing we
travled 8 miles & camped for noon, on the opposite
side of the river we saw through our glasses the
relicks of an old Indian town. we saw 8 trails
leading to it with 6 & 8 abrest each in the afternoon
we travled we travled 7 miles & camped on clear
creek with a hard gravel bottom the first one
of the kind we had met with on the road. we
killed one wild goose & saw fresh buffalo signs