May 10, 1850 ~ Friday

10^th I wrote 2 letters to day to Father Carter to Luther
Scammand^s. We passed Fort Leavenworth called at weston in
the evening left some Freight & tried to run some in the
night, but we run onto several snags as the river abounds
with them, it is dangerous runing

May 11, 1850 ~ Saturday

11^th A man came on board this morning and informed
us that many were coming back from the plains & selling
out their teams & going home & so oxen were falling
no grass grown yet, the Mary Blane was at St Josephs
Yesterday. It seems as though the world were vary blind
to rush onto the plains in such vast Numbers to go
to the gold mines before any grass grows to sustain the
oxen. We arived at St Josephs in the evening & spent the night
I called upon James Townsend & Stephen Markham

May 12, 1850 ~ Sunday

12^th Sunday we started from St Josephs at day light I was informed
that 25000 gold seekers crossed at St Josephs & gone onto the
plains we see them on both sides of the river to day in the
woods & on the prairie preparing to start out it is A plesant
day I sat on deck & looked at the travelling caravans through
my glass we run onto A sand Bank in the evening, & it took a
hards night work to get off.

May 13, 1850 ~ Monday

13^th We were out of wood And all hands went on shore & cut
a few cords of wood to get along to whare some could be
bought we took on several cords about noon, it was a
vary plesant day

May 14, 1850 ~ Tuesday

14^th Early in the morning word was given out for the
passengers to go on shore & walk up the bank of the river
to lighten the boat so they could get up the sand
bars, they went on shore about two dozen men with
some mules two women & children left the river
& struck for the Bluffs so that when we got ready
to take in the passengers those persons could not be
found. One woman was vary feeble with two children
it was supposed they had fainted by the wayside the
captain & others rode miles in search of them could
not find them came back & wen[t] on with the steam
boat some 5 miles & found them all in a pile on the
bank of the river the woman nearly exhausted it
detained us several hours.

we passed many dangers this day the river being
full of snags. we stoped a few miles below fort Kearney
for the night. I wrote to Brigham Young a
letter of introduction to Dr S. M. Tibbits Also stated to
him our Number whare we were &c

May 15, 1850 ~ Wednesday

15^th Arived at Fort Kearney early in the morning &
left all passengers & freight except what was for the
Bluffs we then went on to Deseret Depo whare we
arived about dark we here found Ilus Br Badlam & many others
this is about 18 miles Below Kanesville I spent most of the
night on my feet taking charge of Baggage

May 10, 1850 ~ Friday

[FIGURE] 10th I wrote 2 letters to day to Father Carter to Luther Scammands. We passed Fort Leavenworth called at weston in the evening left some Freight & tried to run some in the night, but we run onto several snags as the river abounds with them, it is dangerous runing

May 11, 1850 ~ Saturday

11th A man came on board this morning and informed us that many were coming back from the plains & selling out their teams & going home & so oxen were falling no grass grown yet, the Mary Blane was at St Josephs Yesterday. It seems as though the world were vary blind to rush onto the plains in such vast Numbers to go to the gold mines before any grass grows to sustain the Oxen. We arived at St Josephs in the evening & spent the night I called upon James Townsend & Stephen Markham

May 12, 1850 ~ Sunday

12th Sunday We started from St Josephs at day light I was informed that 25000 gold seekers crossed at St Josephs & gone onto the plains we see them on both sides of the river to day in the woods & on the prairie preparing to start out it is A plesant day I sat on deck & looked at the travelling caravans through my glass we run onto A sand Bank in the evening, & it took a hards night work to get off.

May 13, 1850 ~ Monday

13th We were out of wood And all hands went on shore & cut a few cords of wood to get along to whare some could be bought we took on several cords about noon, it was a vary plesant day

May 14, 1850 ~ Tuesday

14th [FIGURE] Early in the morning word was given out for the passengers to go on shore & walk up the bank of the river to lighten the boat so they could get up the sand bars, they went on shore about two dozen men with some mules two women & children left the river & struck for the Bluffs so that when we got ready to take in the passengers those persons could not be found. One woman was vary feeble with two children it was supposed they had fainted by the wayside the captain & others rode miles in search of them could not find them came back & went on with the steam boat some 5 miles & found them all in a pile on the bank of the River the woman nearly exhausted it detained us several hours.

we passed many dangers this day the river being full of snags, we stoped a few miles below fort Kearney for the night. I wrote to Brigham Young a letter of introduction to Dr S. M. Tibbits Also stated to him our Number whare we were &c

May 15, 1850 ~ Wednesday

15th Arived at Fort Kearney early in the morning & left all passengers & freight except what was for the Bluffs we then went on to Deseret Depo whare we arived about dark we here found Ilus Br Badlam & many others this is about 18 miles Below Kanesville I spent most of the night on my feet taking charge of Baggage