20th we came 7 miles & camped for our nooning on the North
side of the opposite that comes through the
bluffs to the Platt on the south side of the river whare the
first strikes the north fork of the Platt several
of the brethren went over in a boat that we were taking with
us & exhamined the rock bluffs, road, creek, &c & returned
with some ash. rock, wild curands & cherry &c we came
on 8 3/4 miles & camped for the night we crossed a large
creek about 12 rods across it which we supposed it to be
a creek that Glos Cload called the we had a
vary good road most of the day on the bank of the
River, we have passed a good deal of rock bluff on both
sides of the river, & some on the south side of the river
was formed into natural terrices, rotundas, squairs &c 50
or 100 feet high looked liked good foundations to build
forts & fortications & strong holds upon they resemble
the work of art & look some like the old castles
of & they were level on the top. A short
distance above Ash Creek there is a beautiful ceder Island
in the river which is a good beacon to show travelers wha
res the oregon road strikes the river. we have had
a cool, windy, cloudy day whole distance 15 3/4 m
Brother drove Br carriage tongue into
the hind end of my carriage & broke in the end bord
& the water came in when it rained so that it wet my
again things & to day Br run his waggon into
it again to day but when I spoke to him about it he denyed
it which caused some words between us. we had some
little rain to day. The bluffs on the opposite side that I have
described above are named Castle Bluffs & the stream that was called
rawhide is called
