Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
2nd Suunday All were Busy cooking & saving there meat
in the Afternoon we moved up 3 miles for Better feed &
camped by the side of a large slew of water our camping
place last night & this morning was at the Head of Grand Island
Professor Pratt took an observation for the Lattitude & found
it to be 40° 41' 42" this agrees with Freemonts observation
within 2 miles & his was on the south side of the river which
was 2 miles south of our camping place we came through another
large dog town to day. soon After we camped A herd of
Buffalo came from the Bluffs to the river to drink
within about 2 miles of us & then returned to the Bluffs
some were Anxious to go after them, but as it was
Sunday Br Young thought it best to let them be
untill tomorrow the Indians set fire to the Prairie
before us which burnt rapedly over a large region of
country Brs Young Kimball & several others went
several miles in the evening on our road to examine
the fire & other things distance 3 miles
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