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Day in the Life

Jun 28, 1847

Journal Entry

June 28, 1847 ~ Monday

28th we parted with Major Harris after doing some traiding with
him He promised to meet us again on bear River, we travled to
little Sanday & nooned the stream was high, in the afternoon
we travled 2 miles & met Mr Bridger of the fort on the way
with two other men going to fort Laramie. He was expecting us & was
to have an interview with President Young & the Twelve and also we
wished to have an interview with thehim. So we immediately turned
onto the creek we nooned on & camped for the night & Mr
Bridger & his men camped with us, we met in council & spent
some hours in conversations, we found him to have been a great
traveller and a great knowledge of nearly all Oregon & Calafor[nia]
the Mountains, lakes, Rivers, Brooks, springs, valleys, mines, ores, &c &
ie if what he told us was true. He knew of gold, silver, copper, lead, coal
Iron, Sulpher & Salpeter, mines. He spoke more highly of the great

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Jun 28, 1847