19th We left Rattlesnake Hill & travelled 5 miles to A creek
& camped for the night 6 miles
~ Thursday
20th I returned to Bethleham Bought some Articles & returned
to camp 12 [miles]
~ Friday
21st[FIGURE] I called the camp together & organized
them in the following order
we Appointed Robert Petty captain of the first Hundred Leonard W Hardy captain of the first fifty Edson Whipple captain of the second fifty ^Joseph^ Hall captain of the 1st Ten James Cuorrier captain of the 2nd Ten Miner Atwood captain of the 3rd Ten
[blank] Gardner captain of the 4 Ten
[blank] captain of the 5th Ten
[blank] captain of the 6th Ten
Remarks were made by W. Woodruff concerning the
order of the camp regulations &c strongly opposed drunke[nness] [page covered]
swareing gambling, whiping oxen &c & was followed by
Captain Petty who sustained the remarks made Wby W Wood[ruff] [page covered] Ilus F Carter Had ten waggons of merchandize & was
appointed captain over them but in consequence of
the lateness of the season He concluded to return home
so we made out the report of the organization &to send to
Elder Hyde by him
~ Saturday
22nd we Parted with Brother Ilus F. Carter this morning
who left his business in my hands. He started to return
Home. We wtook up our oxen & drove to squaw creek &
camped for the night 8 miles
I find it much more Hilly than on the North route
~ Sunday
23rd Sunday we travled to rock creek in the rain &
camped for the night 8 mils
~ Monday
24th A Hard rainy day we lay in camp I have in my
possession 12 waggons 27 yoke of oxen 30 cows, including
Mr Carters Merchandize which makes me A vast [amount]
of labour & care & we have in our company several
men as drivers who are of the world which is more difficult
to manage than the Saints
~ Tuesday
25th A hard rainy day
~ Wednesday
26th Rainy And vary bad Roads
And vary hard Journeying for man & beast
~ Thursday
27 Our Jentile teamsters manifested much of the spirit
of the Devil And tried to make disturbance we passed
~ Monday
17th We Encamped on the Hill but the woods bushes &
rattle snakes made it bad Herding Cattle
~ Tuesday
18th We spent the day on the Hill
~ Wednesday
19th We left Rattlesnake Hill & travelled 5 miles to A creek
& camped for the night 6 miles
~ Thursday
20th I returned to Bethleham Bought some Articles & returned
to camp 12
~ Friday
21st [FIGURE] I called the camp together & organized
them in the following order
We Appointed Robert Petty Captain of the Hundred
Leonard W Hardy Captain of the first fifty
Edson Whipple Captain of the second fifty
Hall Captain of the 1st Ten
James Currier Captain of the 2nd Ten
Miner Atwood Captain of the 3rd Ten
[blank] Gardner Captain of the 4 Ten
[blank] Captain of the 5th Ten
[blank] Captain of the 6th Ten
Remarks were made by W. Woodruff concerning the
order of the camp regulations &c strongly opposed drunkenness
swareing gambling, whiping oxen &c & was followed by
Captain Petty who sustained the remarks madeby W Woodruff
Ilus F Carter Had ten waggons of merchandize & was
appointed Captain over them but in consequence of
the lateness of the season He concluded to return home
so we made out the report of the organizationto send to
Elder Hyde by him
~ Saturday
22nd We Parted with Brother Ilus F. Carter this morning
who left his business in my hands. He started to return
Home. Wetook up our oxen & drove to squaw creek &
camped for the night 8 miles
I find it much more Hilly than on the North route
~ Sunday
23rd Sunday we travled to rock creek in the rain &
camped for the night 8 mils
~ Monday
24th A Hard rainy day we lay in camp I have in my
possession 12 waggons 27 yoke of oxen 30 cows, including
Mr Carters Merchandize which makes me A vast amount
of labour & care & we have in our company several
men as drivers who are of the world which is more difficult
to manage than the Saints
~ Tuesday
25th A hard rainy day
~ Wednesday
26th Rainy And vary bad Roads
And vary hard Journeying for man & beast
~ Thursday
27 Our Jentile teamsters manifested much of the spirit
of the Devil And tried to make disturbance we passed
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