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Day in the Life

Jun 25, 1847

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June 25, 1847 ~ Friday

25^th we travled 8 3/4 miles & nooned upon a branch of
the sweet water in as good grass as we have had on
the way early in the afternoo we began to ascend the high
est & longest hill that we have passed over on the jou[r]ney
we travled about 5 miles before [we] reached the top on the
way up the brethren found snow banks 20 or 30 rods
long from 5 to 10 feet deep about 1/4 of a mile from
the road they brought some to me & I ate some
the road was vary rocky a part of the way over the
hills. we passed by 3 Mo camps who had passed by
us we travled in the afternoon 11 1/2 miles & camped
for the night on a small branch of the sweet water
the chain of the wind River mountain seemed
quite near us & covered with vast quantities of
snow & we are so near the top of the mountain
& surrounded with snow that the air feels like
winter whole distance of the day 20 1/4 mi
our teams fed upon white clover to night we are
nearly at the head of the sweet water