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Day in the Life

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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1 mention
Atwood, Dan
4 Nov 1787 - 17 Dec 1863
14 mentions
Stratton, Joseph Albert
11 Sep 1821 - 28 Oct 1850
71 mentions
Hardy, Leonard Wilford
31 Dec 1805 - 31 Jul 1884
224 mentions
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Platte River, unorganized U.S. territory

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Aug 27, 1850