October 1, 1847 ~ Friday

OCT 1^st 1847 A warm Plesant day A good share of the
camp are out of Bread & meat & they are preparing to go out
to day to surround A Herd of Buffalo & get some cows A company
of Indians came over to go to the Hunt & expected us to go with them
2nd we were afterwards informed but we did not go untill several hours
afterwards we then went in search of them but found neither
Indians or dead Buffalo they came in at night & brought some
meat with them for themselves but none for us. Comodore Stockton
Arived at night & camped with us or nearby & said He would like
to accompany us

October 2, 1847 ~ Saturday

2nd We were informed this morning that Comodore Stockton
Had changed his mind & concluded to go down on the north side
of the river Accordingly He crossed over with his troop our company
Bought some half a dozen horses of Rashaw we then started on the
Journey, the Brethren killed A fat Buffalo cow neare the road we
stoped the camp & dressed the meat & took it along which detained
the camp some we travled 13 miles & camped on the Platt. In the
Eevening Br Markham & myself went out to see if we could get any
Buffalo cows we saw some of the Brethren dressing a young Boll
which they had killed we could not find any cows And we would
not shoot Bulls though they came so near me I stoned them off
with stones I was quite surprised to see with what expertness the Buffal[o] [page covered]
would clime the mountains & rocks they would go in places whare
Horned cattle would never think of going, some steps in the rocks in the[ir] [page covered]
path was more than 6 feet high in perpendicular rocks. we shot a wolf
A deer, stoned A Bull & got neither of them & returned to camp 13 m[iles]

October 3, 1847 ~ Sunday

3^rd Sunday I lef camp as daylight was Appearing in company with
Luke Johnson, for the purpose of getting ofsome meat the wolves
that had rent the air through the night with their Howls was
dispersing in all directions as we passed along mounted upon our Horses
they were evry size & couler of their race the beautiful swan in flocks
were floating upon the Platt which Aded beauty to the scenery. we
soon saw a large Herd of Buffalo about 6 miles from camp & 2 from
the road. we left our Horses & stole upon them the best we could
their picket guards were frighted several times we managed to quell their
fears. their is no well disiplined Army of men that are more particular to have
An old experianced guard on a closs look out than A Herd of Buffalo. by
going under A bank we passed there guards & lay conceled untill we
were surrounded & the main bodies of them were coming onto us with
A Heavy filanxs of Bulls meeting us in the face with Hundreds of cows follow
ing in the rear when they approached within 2 or 3 rods of us we
thought it quite time to be up & doing even for our own safety I had a
single load in my rifle & A Brace of Pistols Br Johnson had a slide
of 6 loads in his rifle we rose, He fired twice, I reserved my fire untill
He had discharged his two balls, the whole body broke & run from us. He had
killed none I fired At a Young cow put A Ball through her sholdier
But she hobbled over A ridge Johnson mounted A Horse & followed
A little distance after them I walked over the ridge & shot my
wounded cow through the Hart strings & lungs & she droped dead which
was the ownly one we got out of the Herd we travled A few mile[s] [page covered]
further & Br A Lyman killed two more & An Antilope all of whi[ch] [page covered]
was brought into camp & distributed large Herds came near our camp
in the evening distance of the day 9 m[iles]

October 1, 1847 ~ Friday

OCT 1st 1847 A warm plesant day A good share of the Camp are out of bread & meat & they are preparing to go out to day to surround a herd of buffalo & get some cows a company of Indians came over to go to the hunt & expected us to go with them we were afterwards informed but we did not go untill several hours afterwards we then went in search of them but found neither Indians or dead buffalo they came in at night & brought some meat with them for themselves but none for us. Comodore Stockton arived at night & camped nearby & said he would like to accompany us

October 2, 1847 ~ Saturday

2nd we were informed this morning that Comodore Stockton had changed his mind & concluded to go down on the north side of the river Accordingly he crossed over with his troop our company bought some half a dozen horses of Rashaw we then started on the Journey, the Brethren killed a fat buffalo cow neare the road we stoped the camp & dressed the meat & took it along which detained the camp some we travled 13 miles & camped on the Platt. In the evening Br Markham & myself went out to see if we could get any buffalo cows we saw some of the Brethren dressing a young boll which they had killed we could not find any cows and we would not shoot bulls though they came so near me I stoned them off with stones I was quite surprised to see with what expertness the buffalo would clime the mountains & rocks they would go in places whare horned cattle would never think of going, some steps in the rocks in their path was more than 6 feet high in perpendicular rocks. we shot a wolf a deer, stoned a bull & got neither of them & returned to camp 13 m

October 3, 1847 ~ Sunday

3rd Sunday I lef camp as daylight was appearing in company with Luke Johnson, for the purpose of gettingsome meat the wolves that had rent the air through the night with their howls was dispersing in all directions as we passed along mounted upon our horses they were evry size & couler of their race the beautiful swan in flocks were floating upon the Platt which aded beauty to the scenery, we soon saw a large herd of buffalo about 6 miles from camp & 2 from the road. we left our horses & stole upon them the best we could their picket guards were frighted several times we managed to quell their fears. their is no well disiplined Army of men that are more particular to have an old experienced guard on a closs look out than a herd of buffalo. by going under a bank we passed there guards & lay conceled untill we were surrounded & the main bodies of them were coming onto us with a heavy filanxs of bulls meeting us in the face with hundreds of cows follow ing in the rear when they approached within 2 or 3 rods of us we thought it quite time to be up & doing even for our own safety I had a single load in my rifle & a brace of Pistols Br Johnson had a slide of 6 loads in his rifle we rose, he fired twice, I reserved my fire untill he had discharged his two balls, the whole body broke & run from us. He had killed none I fired at a Young cow put a ball through her sholdier but she hobbled over a ridge Johnson mounted a horse & followed a little distance after them I walked over the ridge & shot my wounded Cow through the hart strings & lungs & she droped dead which was the ownly one we got out of the herd we travled a few miles further & Br A Lyman killed two more & an antilope all of which was brought into camp & distributed large herds came near our camp in the evening distance of the day 9 m