June 7, 1847 ~ Monday

7^th The two companies started out before us this morning
we travled 7 3/4 miles & nooned on A small creek which
scarsly afforded water for our stock & but little grass, while
here Another Mo company of 13 waggons passed us we were in
fair view of Laramie Peak with its top coverd with snow.
I found an Abundance of sweet thisaly in the bitter creek
bottom whare we camped last night much of the shrubery
which we past to day was the black currand & goosbury
we travled this Afternoon 5 1/4 miles & camped for the night on
the Horse shoe Creek in the most splendid feed we have met
with on the journey the other three companies went ahead
Hors shoe Creek is heavily timbered with cotton wood Ash
& willow it is quite A large stream I went to fishing with
a hook & line to see if I could not get some trout but I
cought nothing, the Black Hills Are A good deal timbered
with pine. The Hunters brought in two black tailed deer
& one Antilope to night, distance of the day 13 mils

Professor Pratt took several Barometrical observations at Larimie
during 3 days & found the highth above the level of the sea to be
4090 feet, the Tattitude was 42º 12' 13". By a mean of
six six sights with a good sextant the Longitude west from
Greenwich was in time 6^h 56^m 47^s.5 equal to 104º 11' 53"
Lat. of the warm springs west of Laramie 42º 15' 6"

June 8, 1847 ~ Tuesday

8^th we travled 6 3/4 miles & nooned upon A small creek
with little water & fair grass we formed A company of
men & went forward of the teams & cleaned the road of
stone we used pick Axes, bars, spades &c it was A great
help to our week waggons the road was exceding Hilly
& mountaineous, in the Afternoon we travled 8 3/4 over
the most mountaineous road we have had on the rout
we then deesended into A valley & camped for the night
on Labont Creek with an abundance of timber water
& good grass. we saw nothing of the Mo companies
Br John Higby went forward Hunting & saw them
when they started out, & they had such strife one with
another in trying to start first they did not stop to
milk their cows, & in clearing up their breakfast they
stewed their meal, salt, bacon, short cake, Jonney cake
Beans & other things upon the ground through their
encampment & when we came up 3 wolves were
feeding upon the fragments I picked up a pocket knife
& spoon left upon the ground.

When we came
over the high Hills to day it was so cold it pierced
us like winter when we reached the valley we
found fires the companies in advanced had built
we piled on the wood, soon got warm An Antelope
lay before us the Hunters had brought in we carved it up
with our knives & stuck it on sticks & roasted it on the
fire & it satisfyed our Appetites finely without salt
Some traidere came into camp from the mountain
on their way to the fort G. A. Smith sent A letter
by them back to the fort distance 15 1/2 m

during the evening we visited the traiders & got some inform
ation from the salt lake country which was flattering or good
account was given of it

June 7, 1847 ~ Monday

7th The two companies started out before us this morning we travled 7 3/4 miles & nooned on a small creek which scarsly afforded water for our stock & but little grass, while here another Mo company of 13 waggons passed us we were in fair view of Laramie Peak with its top coverd with snow, I found an abundance of sweet thisaly in the bitter creek bottom whare we camped last night much of the shrubery which we past to day was the black currand & goosbury we travled this afternoon 5 1/4 miles & camped for the night on the Horse shoe Creek in the most splendid feed we have met with on the journey the other three companies went ahead Hors shoe Creek is heavily timbered with cotton wood Ash & willow it is quite a large Stream I went to fishing with a hook & line to see if I could not get some trout but I cought nothing, the Black Hills are a good deal timbered with pine. The Hunters brought in two black tailed deer & one antilope to night, distance of the day 13 mils

Professor Pratt took several barometrical observations at Larimie during 3 days & found the highth above the level of the sea to be 4090 feet, the Tattitude was 42º 12' 13". By a mean of six six sights with a good sextant the Longitude west from Greenwich was in time 6h 56m 47s.5 equal to 104º 11' 53" Lat. of the warm springs west of Laramie 42º 15' 6"

June 8, 1847 ~ Tuesday

8th we travled 6 3/4 miles & nooned upon a small creek with little water & fair grass we formed a company of men & went forward of the teams & cleaned the road of stone we used pick axes, bars, spades &c it was a great help to our week waggons the road was exceding hilly & mountaineous, in the afternoon we travled 8 3/4 over the most mountaineous road we have had on the rout we then desended into a valley & camped for the night on Labont Creek with an abundance of timber water & good grass. we saw nothing of the Mo companies Br John Higby went forward hunting & saw them when they started out, & they had such strife one with another in trying to start first they did not stop to milk their cows, & in clearing up their breakfast they stewed their meal, salt, bacon, short cake, Jonney cake beans & other things upon the ground through their encampment & when we came up 3 wolves were feeding upon the fragments I picked up a pocket knife & spoon left upon the ground.

When we came over the high hills to day it was so cold it pierced us like winter when we reached the valley we found fires the companies in advanced had built we piled on the wood, soon got warm an antelope lay before us the hunters had brought in we carved it up with our knives & stuck it on sticks & roasted it on the fire & it satisfyed our appetites finely without salt Some traidere came into camp from the mountain on their way to the fort G A. Smith sent a letter by them back to the fort distance 15 1/2 m

during the evening we visited the traiders & got some inform ation from the salt lake country which was flattering or good account was given of it