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Day in the Life

Apr 29, 1847

Journal Entry

April 29, 1847 ~ Thursday

29th A cool morning the camp started at 5 oclok without
feeding, drove 3 miles stoped & bated & breakfasted the hunters
went up the Island. Grand Island is well supplyed
with rushes & cotton wood; wood creek is heavily wooded
for this country we are begining to get a good bide of
grass for our horses & cattle Professor Pratt at 7h 30m AM
took a Bar. observation on wood creek at our camping place
Mercury in the Bar. standing at 27 inch 27.979 inch
Attached Ther. 61°.5 detached Ther. 60°.2. S. wind fair.
We travled 8 miles & nooned. Travled in the afternoon
10 miles & camped on the borders of grand Island, the
Island at this place was thickly coverd with rushes upon
which we fed our horses I went out with the hunters
we saw about 30 antelope & 8 deer the antelope
would play around on the large plains & keep out of our
way so we should not shoot them they mostly went
towards wood creek which we had forded in the morn[i]ng
& left to our right the ford was good. we shot 4 geese
I shot two of them & one deer but did not get the deer
we find places on the main land bordering upon grand
Island coverd with white substance resembling salt
& taste quite saltish. we camped for the night
distance of the day 20 m

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Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
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Grand Island, Hall County, unorganized U.S. Territory
Wood Creek, unorganized U.S. Territory

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Apr 29, 1847