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Day in the Life

Aug 26, 1850

Journal Entry

August 26, 1850 ~ Monday

26 Elder Whipple took some of my loading to carry one
sack of coffee from Bess wagon 160 lbs 1 box of paper
from Watts waggon 200 lbs we travled over 17 miles of
the worst road on the Journey our oxen wearied out &
darkness overtook us in the Hills we camped on a Branch
or near the La Prele river we find but little of any grass for
cattle in this region & expect to find grass vary short on much
of the journey. The first & 2nd Division of our company was
camped on this creek they killed two buffalo this evening

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La Prele Creek, unorganized U.S. Territory

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Aug 26, 1850