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Mar 8, 1858

Journal Entry

March 08, 1858 ~ Monday

8th [FIGURE] we had an express in this morning from salmon
River bringing sorrowful news the Snakes and Bannocks
made a break upon the Breethren at the fort and drove
off nearly all ther stock left them but 4 Horses and a
few Yoke of cattle they killed two or three of the Brethren
and wounded several more they wounded Capt Smith
the Indians were lead by a white man named Powell
I took 150 peach trees & 25 plum trees to the tithing
office as my tithing on fruit trees.

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Mar 8, 1858