Day in the Life
Journal Entry
December 11, 1867 ~ Wednesday
11th [FIGURE] I went down the Jordon with Ezra & Brower Pettet to
shoot some ducks Brother Ezra Pettet sen took two Boats
crossed the Hot spring lake & Brower went with me in the
waggon & met him there. we shot 6 ducks then drove
down the Jordon with the team some 5 Miles further I then
left my team with my Indian Boy Sarroquetts & we went
down 3 Miles near the Mouth of Jordon Ezra Pettet rowed
down with his Boat while going down he shot 3 geese we rowed
our Boats in to the rushes whare we could hide ourselves & as the ducks
would fly over or among us we would shot them on the wing we
staid till dark then rowed Back to our waggon drew our
Boats up on to dry land made up a fire cooked a duck pot
pie eat our supper made our Beds in the Boat & slept all night
the wind Blew vary hard we got up Before day light on the
12, & took our Boats & went Back to our shooting place on the
way down a flock of Geese came over us I shot into the
flock & hit them but the shot was to fine to kill them the
wind Blew vary hard most of the forenoon we shot till
the middle of the Afternoon then we went up to our waggon
loaded our Boats in to the waggon & returned home while
at the Hot spring lake Ezra Pettit took one Boat across to
Ethan Pettets & I carried the other to Ezra Pettets House
we counted our game & found we had 40 ducks & 3 geese
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Pettit, Brower
1828-1897
23 mentions
Pettet, Ethan
1810-1884
4 mentions
Pettet, Ezra
1801-1870
10 mentions
Woodruff, Saroquetes
abt. 1852-1901
29 mentions
Family, Native American
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