Day in the Life

May 18, 1847

Journal Entry

May 18, 1847 ~ Tuesday

18th The camp was called together &or the captains of companies
& President Young sharply reproved, the Hunters for shooting
so much meet when it was not needed & detaining the
camp or for taking life any more than could be helped And
Also the horsman for their indiferance in picking out the
road He said there was but two that had rode thant manife[ste]d
any interest in helping him get the camp along. He
spoke vary sharply upon the indiferance of men, & they
rejected the meet when it was brought into camp &c
the camp started out after the meet was disposed of
& the Hunters or Horsman went forward to pick out the
road instead of going Hunting I did not hear a gun fired
on the road during the day Amasa Lyman was one called
by name & reproved for not paying any attention to seeking
out the road, but he was with us to day in that business
we rode 6 miles & cnooned we rode in the afternoon
9 3/4 miles & camped for the night distance of the day 15 3/4 m

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Lyman, Amasa Mason
30 Mar 1813 - 4 Feb 1877
298 mentions
Apostle
Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3426 mentions
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May 18, 1847