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Jun 6, 1847

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June 06, 1847 ~ Sunday

6^th Sunday this day was Also devoted to prayer & fasting, the
Missouri company that camped near us started on this morning
I am still troubled with the teeth ake. the camp met for
A prayer meeting at 8 oclok the spirit of the Lord was with
the people, the camp Also met for A preaching meeting at 11 oclok
we had A shower of rain & the meeting closed Another company
of Mo waggons of 20 passed us it soon cleared off & the camped
moved forward 5 miles & camped for the night on Bitter C
Creek whare the road leaves the creek for the Hills we camped
between between the two Mo encampments one each side
of [page torn] waggons in one & 20 in the other And A plenty of grass 5 [miles]

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Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865

Next day was Sunday the th which we devoted to prayer and fasting but the Missouri company of emigrants started on in the morning The camp met for prayer meeting at 8 o'clock and the Spirit of the Lord was with the people and met again for preaching at 11 o'clock. We had a shower of rain and the meeting closed. Another company of Missouri wagons 20 in number passed us. The rain soon cleared off and our company moved forward five miles and camped for the night on Bitter Creek The two Missouri companies which had camped near us at night started before us in the morning and while nooning another company of 13 waggons passed us. We were in a fair view of Laramie Peak with its snow covered top. We camped

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