Day in the Life

Mar 30, 1849

Journal Entry

March 30, 1849 ~ Friday

30th It is still A rainy day this past week has been almost one
universal scene of storm, wind, & rain. Rhoda Foss has lain at
our House quiette sick with A fever Mrs Woodruff & myself
prayed with her in the night & administered unto her and she
began to recover. we also recieved A letter from Br Samuel Hard
saying that Br Josiah Hardy was vary sick & wished us to pray
for him and we made his case A special subject of prayer.

There is A report in theis days papers that Col Freemont lost 120
Mules in one night with the cold & snow of the Mountains, which
left him on foot And All his party perished & eat each other up
all died but himself, & he vary badly frost bitten. this is the seco[nd]
party of Missourians who have died A miserable death & each eats
[the] other up what is the cause of this The measure they meet is
measured unto them again [Matthew 7:2] they one put the prophets patriarchs
& Apostles in chains in prision & fed them on human flesh even
the flesh of their brethren that state with this Nation has some
heavy bills to pay & serious things to Meet so prepare for it

It has since been ascertained that all of the company did not
perish but 120 Mules died in one night & all baggage was lost
except one trunk 11 men perished in trying to get to the
settlements

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Frémont, John Charles Fremont
31 Jan 1813 - 13 Jul 1890
18 mentions
45 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family
Foss, Rhoda Harriet Richards
19 Apr 1830 - 19 Nov 1881
24 mentions
Family
Hardy, Samuel Bradford
21 Sep 1804 - 9 Sep 1899
47 mentions

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Mar 30, 1849