Day in the Life

Feb 3, 1863

Journal Entry

February 03, 1863 ~ Tuesday

3rd A humanoid Emma Woodruff was delivered of a fine healthy
son this morning at 15 minutes to 7 oclock. I went to the
office in the forenoon. The subject of the late fight with the bear
River Indians was spoken of the History of which is as
follows as far as we can learn. A Party of the Bannaoks
& Snakes have Joined together North of Bear River & have
been killing gold diggers & Emigrants the past summer
the fore part of winter Col Cornor sent a part of his
command to the Indians to get a white Boy that was
among them they got the Boy & killed 3 indians then returned
to Camp Douglass near this city, then the Indians commenced
killing more men. Col Cornor sent some 60 infantry & 13
Baggage waggons on the 22nd Jan and on Sunday the 24 Jan some
300 cavalry followed they found the Indians Encamped
near Bear river, they had to Ford the river in order to get
to them the Indians were Encamped in a Deep ravene the
cavalry made a charge upon them but were driven back by
the Indians they then left their Horses and made a charge
on foot & were again repulsed the third time they made
a charge & rushed right into theier midst & used there revol-
vers & shot as long as they could find any thing to shoot at
and the result of the Battle is reported to be 225 Indians killed
400 Horses taken and the Indian Encampment taken the looss in
Col Cornors command is 17 dead, 40 wounded, & 70 badly frozen

2 officers wounded it is reported that Lieut. Darwin Chase
(once a Mormon Elder) Mortally wounded. He was ordained
into the Quorum of Seventies on the cornor stone of the Temple in
Far West at the Time that G. A. Smith and myself was ordained
into the Quorum of the Twelve. But Chase went to Calafornia
Apostitized Join the Army and a prospect of now Ending his
career. Col Cornor is bringing his dead & wounded into his
Encampment to bury & doctor. It is said that Bear Hunter the
cheief of the band was killed & his scalp now in Camp Douglass
I attended a lecture at the seventies hall delivered by John
Jaques upon Fruit raising which was quite interesting I
A hand pointing to the right returned home & wrote a letter to J. M. Bernhisel. Jacob
4thHamblin arived in this city with 3 of the Moquitch
Indians the first of that tribe who had visited us.

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Woodruff, Asahel Hart, b. 1863
3 Feb 1863 - 2 Jul 1939
701 mentions
Family
1 mention
Native American
Chase, Darwin
25 Feb 1816 - 4 Feb 1863
19 mentions
Woodruff, Emma Smith
1 Mar 1838 - 6 Mar 1912
1027 mentions
Family
Smith, George Albert
26 Jun 1817 - 1 Sep 1875
1433 mentions
Apostle, Missionary
Hamblin, Jacob
2 Apr 1819 - 30 Aug 1886
48 mentions
Jaques, John
7 Jan 1827 - 1 Jun 1900
454 mentions
Bernhisel, John Milton
23 Jun 1799 - 28 Sep 1881
321 mentions
17 mentions
1 mention

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Feb 3, 1863