June 1st 1847 A fine pleasant morning. I had suffered much
from the tooth Ake of late. I went, before starting on the journey
to Luke Johnson A dentist & got my tooth part of it dug out is &
broke of[f] & left the stump in my Jaw which pained me through
the day we travled 6 miles & mnooned whare we had but
little feed. we travled in the Afternoon [blank] miles & camped on
the bank of the platt opposite of Fort Laramie within
1 1/2 miles of the fort. when we arived we saw some men
Approaching us from the fort when they arived on the
bank we found them to be a part of the company of
the Missisippi Brethren who had been to Pueblo through
the winter, Brother Crow & his family 7 waggons & 14 souls
were the individuals who were at the fort they soon stood upon
the bank of the river we lanced [launched] our boat & crossed the stream to them
several of the brethren went over to them Among whom was Br Brown
that led up the same company to this place last year, they were truly glad
to meet, No one can imagin the joy of friends on meeting each other
under such circumstances Away from the Abodes of white
men whare they are ownly visited by savages. Br Crow came across
& met in council with us. And informed us that the remainder
of the Missippi company with the portion of the Mormon Battalion that
was at Pueblo would start for Laramie About the first of June
& follow our trail onto Calafornia. He informed us of 4 of the breth-
ren who had died one of which was Arnold Stephens, Had herd
nothing of the main body of the Battalion. He soon returned home
& the camp met together. President Young suggested the propriety
of our leaving all our plows at the fort except such as we
should want to use immediately when we got there, to do up our Black-
smithing, Burning coal, mending waggons &c As soon as possible
so that we could go on our Journey as spedily as possible. A
company was Appointed to do herding & to attend to all these branches
of business, we then retired to rest I Am quite unwell &
have been for several days I have canker in the mouth, bleed at
the noose, do not rest well nights distance of the day 12 m
~ Wednesday
2nd In company with the Twelve & others I crossed to the river
to visit the fort & othersthose who inhabit it we exhamined fort St John
which is now evacuated but the walls are standing the diment-
ions of St John are 144 by 132 outside, the Inside of the fort
contained 16 rooms, 7 rooms on the North west & 7 on the south
east one on the south, the largest on the north 98 feet long 47 wide
the Oregon trail runs one rod from the S.W. cornor of the fort
we next visited Fort Larimie now occupied by 38 persons
French mostly, who have Married the Sioux Mr Burdow is the
superinteder this fort is 168 by 116 outside, theer are 6 rooms
upon two sides, & 3 rooms upon the north & 3 upon the south
upccopied by stores Blacksmith & dwellings it is quite A plesant
situation for A fort. Mr Burdow was A Frenchman And a
Gentleman. He recieved us kindly And invited us into A large
setting room on the north side of the Fort, elevated about 10
feet from the ground, A flight of stairs leading to it gave us
any information He could in relation to our rout. Also fur-
nished us with his flat boat on reasonable terms to assist us in ferr
ying the Platt. He informed us that Gov Boogs & his men
had much to say against the mormons & cautioned him to
take care of his horses cattle &c lest we should steal them
[page torn] to prejjgudice him against us all he could He said
~ Tuesday
June 1st 1847 A fine pleasant morning, I had suffered much
from the tooth ake of late, I went, before starting on the journey
to Luke Johnson a dentist & got my tooth part of it dug out is &
broke off & left the stump in my Jaw which pained me through
the day we travled 6 miles & nooned whare we had but
little feed, we travled in the afternoon [blank] miles & camped on
the bank of the platt opposite of Fort Laramie within
1 1/2 miles of the fort. when we arived we saw some men
approaching us from the fort when they arived on the
bank we found them to be a part of the company of
the Missisippi Brethren who had been to Pueblo through
the winter, Brother Crow & his family 7 waggons & 14 souls
were the individuals who were at the fort they soon stood upon
the bank of the river we launched our boat & crossed the stream to them
several of the brethren went over to them among whom was Br Brown
that led up the same company to this place last year, they were truly glad
to meet, No one can imagin the joy of friends on meeting each other
under such circumstances away from the abodes of white
men whare they are ownly visited by Savages. Br Crow came across
& met in Council with us. And informed us that the remainder
of the Missippi company with the portion of the Mormon Battalion that
was at Pueblo would start for Laramie about the first of June
& follow our trail onto Calafornia. He informed us of 4 of the brethren who had died one of which was Arnold Stephens, had herd
nothing of the main body of the Battlion. He soon returned home
& the camp met together, President Young suggested the propriety
of our leaving all our plows at the fort except such as we
should want to use immediately when we got there, to do up our Blacksmithing, Burning Coal, mending waggons &c as soon as possible
so that we could go on our Journey as spedily as possible, a
company was appointed to do herding & to attend to all these branches
of business, we then retired to rest I am quite unwell &
have been for several days I have canker in the mouth, bleed at
the noose, do not rest well nights distance of the day 12 m
~ Wednesday
2nd In company with the Twelve & others I crossed to the river
to visit the fort & those who inhabit it we exhamined fort St John
which is now evacuated but the walls are standing the dimentions of St John are 144 by 132 outside, the Inside of the fort
contained 16 rooms, 7 rooms on the North west & 7 on the South
east one on the South, the largest on the north 98 feet long 47 wide
the Oregon trail runs one rod from the S.W. cornor of the fort
we next visited Fort Larimie now occupied by 38 persons
French mostly, who have Married the Sioux Mr Burdow is the
superinteder this fort is 168 by 116 outside, theer are 6 rooms
upon two sides, & 3 rooms upon the north & 3 upon the south
uccopied by stores blacksmith & dwellings it is quite a plesant
situation for a fort. Mr Burdow was a, Frenchman and a
Gentleman. He recieved us kindly and invited us into a large
setting room on the north side of the Fort, elevated about 10
feet from the ground, a flight of stairs leading to it gave us
any information he could in relation to our rout. Also furnished us with his flat boat on reasonable terms to assist us in ferr
ying the Platt. He informed us that Gov Boogs & his men
had much to say against the mormons & cautioned him to
take care of his horses cattle &c lest we should steal them
page torn to prej gudice him against us all he could he said
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