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Day in the Life

Oct 1, 1847

Journal Entry

October 01, 1847 ~ Friday

OCT 1st 1847 A warm plesant day A good share of the
Camp are out of bread & meat & they are preparing to go out
to day to surround a herd of buffalo & get some cows a company
of Indians came over to go to the hunt & expected us to go with them
2nd we were afterwards informed but we did not go untill several hour[s]
afterwards we then went in search of them but found neither
Indians or dead buffalo they came in at night & brought some
meat with them for themselves but none for us. Comodore Stockton
arived at night & camped with us or nearby & said he would like
to accompany us

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Oct 1, 1847