Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
May 25, 1847 ~ Tuesday
25th The Sioux are in camp this morning we gave them
Breakfast they stayed with us untill we started some little
traiding was done they were men women & children they
crossed the river when we left & behaved well we drove
2 miles & dBated our horses, then drove untill 1 oclok & nooned
then drove untill 6 oclok & camped for the night distance 12 m
I was unwell had the Rheumatism in shoulders & back & teeth ake
had to keep the carriage I read Hastings account of Calafornia
He tells some great stories about California & oregon we camped
within about 4 mi[l]es of Chimney rock
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Hastings, Lansford Warren
1819-1870
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James Jackson Woodruff born (only child of Mary Ann Jackson and Wilford).
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