Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
3rd The Hunters were called together in the morning
20 in number to go into the Bluffs for a still Hunt for
Bluffs Buffalo & other game we started out with
two waggons to Bring in the game I had taken a
severe cold & setled in my side whare I was Hurt
last fall & it made me sick & I was not able
to go out yet I started with the company as I
was among the Hunters I Had Jar[r]ed myself
badly in my hard Buffalo chase on Saturday & I now
was feeling its effects at the same time the Hunters
started. Another company was formed to go & explore out
the rout & see if we could get grass for our Horses as the
Indians had been Burning it up for several days. We went
into the Bluffs & seperated into two Parties 10 in each
& we travled some 10 miles Back & & forth over the Hills
& saw no game except Antelope & wolvesNo I felt so
unwell I concluded to go back to camp. A Lyman &
3 others were with me. we set down upon the edge
of the Bluff in sight of the camp to rest ourselves & we
saw a company of ^20^ Horsman Approaching ^us^ from the
camp in haste bearing A red flag when they got within
half a mile of us we trailed our arms & went down
to meet them. they informed us that the party that
went up the river had come upon an encampment
of about 400 Indian warriors. A party of about 100
had followed them down A ravene to cut off their
retreat probably with the Intention of rob[b]ing them
of their Horses & clothing & would take life if they could
not do it with out & this company of Horsman
Had come to us to call in the Hunters to camp so
we went in the Hunters in coming in with the
Horsman came across A Herd of Buffalo & Brought
into camp 3 calfs & 4 Antelope they kept out a good
guard during the night & we had no disturbance the
cannon was fired twice early in the morning to let
the Indians know we were awake. I had a vary
severe night with my side was in much pain we
had some ^a great^ dew & frost during the night 12 [miles]
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