September 4, 1850 ~ Wednesday

4^th Travled 8 miles camped on the Platt A. O. Smoot camped
near us we drove our oxen cross the river for feed

September 5, 1850 ~ Thursday

5^th Travled 14 miles camped on the willow springs the creek
was full of Dead cattle Also the road is strewed with Iron
of almost evry description tyre, bars, plates, chains, Boxes waggon
Irons of all kinds we found no grass for our oxen

September 6, 1850 ~ Friday

6 Travled 16 miles camped on the greese wood near the sweet
water 8 miles below independance Rock. Brother Hanks caught
A wild mare the fa[s]test & most beautiful Animal of the Horse kind
I ever saw He run by the side of Her on a small bay Horse flung A
larriett over her Head flung himself from his Horse onto the
ground the wild Horse drew him half a mile over the sage plains
untill she was stoped by being choacked down, she then tryed
to bite, kick & strike him but He fought her by whiping her with
A rope untill He conquerd Her & led Her in triumph into
camp

September 7, 1850 ~ Saturday

7^th We travled 8 miles & camped under Independance
Rock. A O Smoot camped A mile Above on the sweet
water men women & children went onto the rock to
visit it some wild Animal supposed to be A panther
jumped onto one of my cows & nearly killed her

September 8, 1850 ~ Sunday

8 ^Sunday^ We travled 15 miles camped on the sweet water In comp-
any with Mrs Woodruff & several other Ladies I [went] through
the whole length of the Devels gate

September 9, 1850 ~ Monday

9^th Travled 9 miles to the sandy Bluffs & camped I shot
one Antilope cut his throat with a Bullet

September 10, 1850 ~ Tuesday

10^th I turned off Mr Case. Hedges & Summers went also
it was no loss to us As they were stirring up strife daily
we travled 8 miles & camped on the sweet water

September 11, 1850 ~ Wednesday

11^th I went on to the Mountain saw two salaratus Lakes
1 mile North of the sweet water I travled 16 miles & camped
at the Ice spring But we found it A poor place to
camp All swamp & salaratus water A O Smoot camped also there

September 12, 1850 ~ Thursday

12. We crossed the 5^th crossing of the sweet water
by the guide & travled 15 1/4 some cattle gave out I had hard
work to get them into camp

September 13, 1850 ~ Friday

13^th The air feels like snow this morning the wind River
chain of Mountains is in sight coverd with snow we travled
6 miles & camped on the sweet water we killed A cow for Beef [in]
the Evening of Br Whipples I had about 200 lbs for the men

September 14, 1850 ~ Saturday

14^th We travled 14 miles the whole Distance of strattons
New cut off or road it was 3 miles further & 5 miles worse
without watering or feeding our oxen on the road the road ought
not to be travled

September 15, 1850 ~ Sunday

15^th Sunday we travled 6 miles & camped at the crossing of
the sweet water 8 miles east of the south pass Brother Woolley

September 4, 1850 ~ Wednesday

4th Travled 8 miles camped on the Platt A. O. Smoot camped near us we drove our oxen cross the river for feed

September 5, 1850 ~ Thursday

5th Travled 14 miles camped on the willow springs the creek was full of dead cattle also the road is strewed with Iron of almost evry description tyre, bars, plates, chains, boxes waggon Irons of all kinds we found no grass for our oxen

September 6, 1850 ~ Friday

6 Travled 16 miles camped on the greese wood near the sweet water 8 miles below independance Rock. Brother Hanks caught a wild mare the fastest & most beautiful animal of the horse kind I ever saw He run by the side of her on a small bay horse flung a larriett over her head flung himself from his horse onto the ground the wild horse drew him half a mile over the sage plains untill she was stoped by being choacked down, she then tryed to bite, kick & strike him but he fought her by whiping her with a rope untill he conquerd her & led her in triumph into camp

September 7, 1850 ~ Saturday

7th We travled 8 miles & camped under Independance Rock. A O Smoot camped a mile above on the sweet water men women & children went onto the rock to visit it some wild animal supposed to be a panther jumped onto one of my cows & nearly killed her

September 8, 1850 ~ Sunday

8 Sunday we travled 15 miles camped on the sweet water in company with Mrs Woodruff & several other Ladies I went through the whole length of the Devels gate

September 9, 1850 ~ Monday

9th Travled 9 miles to the sandy Bluffs & camped I shot one antilope cut his throat with a bullet

September 10, 1850 ~ Tuesday

10th I turned off Mr Case Hedges & Summers went also it was no loss to us as they were stirring up strife daily we travled 8 miles & camped on the sweet water

September 11, 1850 ~ Wednesday

11th I went on to the mountain saw two salaratus Lakes 1 mile North of the sweet water I travled 16 miles & camped at the Ice spring but we found it a poor place to camp all swamp & salaratus water A O Smoot camped also there

September 12, 1850 ~ Thursday

12. We crossed the 5th crossing of the sweet water by the guide & travled 15 1/4 some cattle gave out I had hard work to get them into camp

September 13, 1850 ~ Friday

13th The air feels like snow this morning the wind River chain of mountains is in sight coverd with snow we travled 6 miles & camped on the sweet water we killed a cow for Beef in the Evening of Br Whipples I had about 200 lbs for the men

September 14, 1850 ~ Saturday

14th We travled 14 miles the whole distance of strattons New cut off or road it was 3 miles further & 5 miles worse without watering or feeding our oxen on the road the road ought not to be travled

September 15, 1850 ~ Sunday

15th Sunday we travled 6 miles & camped at the crossing of the sweet water 8 miles east of the south pass Brother Woolley