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Day in the Life

May 2, 1847

Journal Entry

May 02, 1847 ~ Sunday

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 obervation
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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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 26 Aug 1877
3301 mentions
Apostle, Family
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1403 mentions
Apostle
Frémont, John Charles Fremont
31 Jan 1813 - 13 Jul 1890
15 mentions
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1036 mentions
Apostle

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Grand Island, Hall County, unorganized U.S. Territory
Platte River, unorganized U.S. territory

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May 2, 1847