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Aug 27, 1850

Journal Entry

August 27, 1850 ~ Tuesday

27th Hardy & Morfet companies moved on we found
92 of our oxen gone this morning & knew not whare to
find them men went out in evry direction & returned
& could not find them two Horsmen went back on the
road 6 miles & tracked them back on the road to a small
creek & lost track of them returned at night & brought
3 oxen with them I went on to A High mountain & with my
glass could explore the country for many miles I saw many
Herds of Buffaloos on the platt Bottom Brother Stratton & Atwood
followed A grisley Bear A distance But did not kill him
Sommers shot At A panther near camp did not kill him
the country abounds with Buffalo, Elk, Deer, Antilope
Bear, panther, woolves &c.

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Atwood, Dan
4 Nov 1787 - 17 Dec 1863
Stratton, Joseph Albert
11 Sep 1821 - 28 Oct 1850
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
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Aug 27, 1850