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I wrote A letter to I F Carter at Fort Karney
I visited the fort. During the Evening we were visited w[ith]
A terrible Thunder storm the lightning struck all around
us & while the teams were crossing A slew the lightning bu[rst]
into their midst & shocked many persons & beast & it
killed 3 oxen & one man dead it was Brother Ridge from
Lane End Staffordshire England that was killed & his
team He was buried in the evening He belonged to Elder
Whipples fifty. I Bought 2 1/2 yoke of oxen of Mr Booth at
the fort. I had of Wallace $80, Elizabeth Foss $10, Father
Atwood $25, Wilford $5.75 to buy them with Two Team[sters]
Left I got two more
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