Day in the Life

Apr 27, 1847

Journal Entry

April 27, 1847 ~ Tuesday

27th O. P. Rockwell & 3 others went again in search of the lost
Horses & were gone all day we continued our Journey
A south course to try to get on the platt river, we
came on to some beautiful green grass & saw a great
quantity of Buffaloo sign but found no wood or water
travled 12 miles & bated our Horses in a green valley
Just as we were starting in the Afternoon we rose
a small Bluff & saw two Antelope before us in the valley
Brs. Young Kimball & myself were together Br Brown & another
Brother was on another side of the Hill & saw him allso Br
Brown first fired upon him another man & myself fired
also we all Hit him with our Balls but He did not fall
we rode up to him & cut his Throat to Bleed him
& He run about 10 rods & fell this was the first Antilope
we have killed He was dressed & put on board of the
waggons & we continued on in a short time we
saw 3 more at the top of a mound looking at us Br
Brown & myself went after them But they went onto
the flats & we could not get to them so we left them
turned about 10 degreeds east of south went to a creek
& camped our cattle & Horses were vary dry not finding
any water through the day, we had A Heavy storm of
Thunder lightning wind & some little rain which lasted
about an hour. A rifle went off in Br Brown waggon
by accident the Ball went through a bag of cloths
(set it on fire) through the waggon) & Broke A leg of
a fine Horse which broke up one team. in the edge of the
evening O. P. Rockwell & the Brethren with him returned
& reported that the Indians Had stolen the two
Horses & they were attacked by 15 Indians who were
in Ambush in the grass they came upon them determined
to take their Horses from them they kept them off
by their rifles & Pistles the Indians were armed
with guns & Bows & when they found they could not
skare the Brethren they then professed friendship to get
to them But the Brethren were resolute & determined
not to move but to fight first though ownly 4 to 15 men
the Indians finally rushed upon them to ketch the
Horses by the bit & the Brethren drew their pistols upon

[page torn] [t]hem determined to fire & do their best & the Indians
seeing their determination broke & run but fired their
guns upon the Brethren & the Balls whisled around them
but no one injured they did not fire upon the Indians
not wishing to kill them if they could Help it. distance of the day 20 m
16 miles sw of from our last station, about half way between the
loup fork & Platt rivers. the meridian Alt. of the sun gave for
the Lat 41° 9' 26". 0h 30m Bar. stood at 28.053
Attached Ther 87° detached Ther 88° S.S.W. wind fair

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3435 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
39 mentions
49 mentions

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Loup Fork, unorganized U.S. Territory
Platte River, unorganized U.S. Territory

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Apr 27, 1847