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Day in the Life

May 9, 1847

Journal Entry

May 09, 1847 ~ Sunday

9th Sunday As we had no feed around us we took up
A hand pointing to the right A hand pointing to the right our teams & passed across the Bluffs
4 miles & camped for the day I wrote 2 letters one to
Br Ferguson & the other to Br Bevin for Br Wolley to
take with him to Purbelo we had a meeting & a good
one the spirit of God rules over the camp. Peace quietn[ess] [page covered]
& contentment seems to pervade almost evry breast. the
Twelve met & thought it best for the Brethren not to start for
Pueblo untill they arive at Laramey. In the evening I rode
with the Twelve & others 4 miles up the river & returned we
saw large Herds of Buffalo come to there watering places
to drink, some geese, cranes & one pole cat 8 miles

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Bevin, James
1821-1894
14 mentions
Ferguson, James
23 Feb 1828 - 30 Aug 1863
71 mentions
23 mentions

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Fort Laramie, unorganized U.S. Territory
Fort Pueblo, unorganized U.S. Territory
Platte River, unorganized U.S. Territory

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Discourse 1847-05-09
W Woodruff felt well & was glad he was here on this journey—he was in the ^Zions^ Camp of 33 or ^3^4—as a general thing, the Sp[irit] of peace reigns & pervades in this Camp, less murmuring, grumbling here than in any other journey—this is a time to do & not to preach—we r improving as we grow older every man sho[ul]d feel a general interest in every horse & ox—this ^preservation^ is our temporal Salvatn—I do not believe we have one mean man in the Camp. I bel. the hand of God is in this journey & if we r faithful we shall go to the very spot where it will be the Will & Mind of God to give us ^an inheritance^
Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On Sunday the as we had no feed around ^us^ our teams passed across the bluffs 4 miles and camped for the day. I wrote two letters one to brother Ferguson and the other to Brother Bevin for brother Wolsey ^Wolsey^ to take with him to Pueblo ^Pueblo^. We had a meeting and a good one. The Spirit of God ruled over the camp Peace quietness and contentment pervaded almost every breast. The Twelve met and it was thought best not for the brethren to start for Pueblo until they arrived at Laramie. I rode with the Twelve and others 4 miles up the river and saw large herds of buffalo come to water Monday morning was cool. Before leaving the camp ground a letter was written to the next camp which should follow put into a small box nailed to a post 12 feet long one end of which was planted firmly in the ground and standing as a guide board with the following words inscribed: "Open this box and you will find a letter; 316 miles to Winter Quarters; Pioneers; Lattitude 41°. Our friends we had no doubt would be glad to get the letter as it contained an account of our journey We travelled 6 miles and nooned and then travelled 4 more and camped for the night. Our teams were week in consequence of there being no grass for several days. It being eaten all up. There was one buffalo one deer and one hare brougt into camp to day by the Hunters which was distributed among the company. We had what fresh meat we wanted daily The grass we found somewhat better to-day and we met but few buffalo but passed through some miles of dead grass which we burned to give new feed to the next company. It made a great fire indeed

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May 9, 1847