whare we camped this was the first signs of the kind
we had seen on the road. the travels to day was like
a level desert except except the dividing ridge between
the two rivers the grass was dry & sandy mostly level
& nearly without water we travled to day from 10 to 20 degrees
west of south we camped under a High Bluff in a half moon Brs
Young, Kimball, Richard's, & myself went on to a high Bluff to view
the country yust [just] at dusk A tremendious alarm was given thro-
ugh the camp that Indians had cralled up & taken Porter
Rockwell & his horse & made off with him many men mou-
nted there Horses & made off with ^after^ him with all speed but
it was soon discoverd that Rockwell was in the camp but
two Horses were gone Dr Richards & Br Littles [and] about 20
men mounted & armed went in search of the Horses But found
them not it was believed the Indians took off the Horses 15 miles
distance of the day. Lat of this place is 41° 17' 21"
Barometer 28.445 inch Attached Ther[mometer] 85° detached Ther 87° S.S.W. wind fair

April 27, 1847 ~ Tuesday

27^th O. P. Rockwell & 3 others went again in search of the lost
Horses & were gone all day we continued our Journey
A south course to try to get on the platt river, we
came on to some beautiful green grass & saw a great
quantity of Buffaloo sign but found no wood or water
travled 12 miles & bated our Horses in a green valley
Just as we were starting in the Afternoon we rose
a small Bluff & saw two Antelope before us in the valley
Br^s. Young Kimball & myself were together Br Brown & another
Brother was on another side of the Hill & saw him allso Br
Brown first fired upon him another man & myself fired
also we all Hit him with our Balls but He did not fall
we rode up to him & cut his Throat to Bleed him
& He run about 10 rods & fell this was the first Antilope
we have killed He was dressed & put on board of the
waggons & we continued on in a short time we
saw 3 more at the top of a mound looking at us Br
Brown & myself went after them But they went onto
the flats & we could not get to them so we left them
turned about 10 degreeds east of south went to a creek
& camped our cattle & Horses were vary dry not finding
any water through the day, we had A Heavy storm of
Thunder lightning wind & some little rain which lasted
about an hour. A rifle went off in Br Brown waggon
by accident the Ball went through a bag of cloths
(set it on fire) through the waggon) & Broke A leg of
a fine Horse which broke up one team. in the edge of the
evening O. P. Rockwell & the Brethren with him returned
& reported that the Indians Had stolen the two
Horses & they were attacked by 15 Indians who were
in Ambush in the grass they came upon them determined
to take their Horses from them they kept them off
by their rifles & Pistles the Indians were armed
with guns & Bows & when they found they could not
skare the Brethren they then professed friendship to get
to them But the Brethren were resolute & determined
not to move but to fight first though ownly 4 to 15 men
the Indians finally rushed upon them to ketch the
Horses by the bit & the Brethren drew their pistols upon

whare we camped this was the first signs of the kind we had seen on the road. the travels to day was like a level desert except the dividing ridge betwen the two rivers the grass was dry & sandy mostly level & nearly without water we travled to day from 10 to 20 degrees west of south we camped under a high bluff in a half moon Brs Young, Kimball, Richard's, & myself went on to a high bluff to view the country just at dusk a tremendious alarm was given through the camp that Indians had cralled up & taken Porter Rockwell & his horse & made off with him many men mounted there horses & made off after him with all speed but it was soon discovered that Rockwell was in the camp but two horses were gone Dr Richards & Br Littles & about 20 men mounted & armed went in search of the horses but found them not it was believed the Indians took off the horses 15 miles distance of the day. Lat of this place is 41° 17' 21" Barometer 28.445 inch attached Ther 85° detached Ther 87° S.S.W. wind fair

April 27, 1847 ~ Tuesday

27th O. P. Rockwell & 3 others went again in search of the lost horses & were gone all day we continued our Journey a south course to try to get on the platt river, we came on to some beautiful green grass & saw a great quantity of buffaloo sign but found no wood or water travled 12 miles & bated our horses in a green valley Just as we were starting in the afternoon we rose a small bluff & saw two antelope before us in the valley Brs Young Kimball & myself were together Br Brown & another Brother was on another side of the hill & saw him also Br Brown first fired upon him another man & myself fired also we all hit him with our balls but he did not fall we rode up to him & cut his Throat to bleed him & he run about 10 rods & fell this was the first antilope we have killed he was dressed & put on board of the waggons & we continued on in a short time we saw 3 more at the top of a mound looking at us Br Brown & myself went after them but they went onto the flats & we could not get to them so we left them turned about 10 degrees east of South went to a Creek & camped our cattle & horses were vary dry not finding any water through the day, we had a heavy storm of Thunder lightning wind & some little rain which lasted about an hour. A rifle went off in Br Brown waggon by accident the ball went through a bag of cloths (set it on fire) through the waggon) & broke a leg of a fine horse which broke up one team. in the edge of the evening O. P. Rockwell & the Brethren with him returned & reported that the Indians had stolen the two horses & they were attacked by 15 Indians who were in ambush in the grass they came upon them determined to take their horses from them they kept them off by their rifles & Pistles the Indians were armed with guns & Bows & when they found they could not skare the Brethren they then professed friendship to get to them but the Brethren were resolute & determined not to move but to fight first though ownly 4 to 15 men the Indians finally rushed upon them to ketch the horses by the bit & the Brethren drew their pistols upon