A good supply of shugar maple & other timber before we
left Br Clayton erected A guide board on the north side of
the river containing the following informations which He
took from his Journals on the distances which was correct
as it was obtained from the wheelometer

543 1/4 miles from Winter Quarters 227 1/2 miles from the
Junction of the Platt. 142 1/4 miles from Ash Hollow
70 1/4 miles from Chimney Rock And 50 1/2 from Scotts Bluff.
we left the Fort & started on our Journey we took the right hand
road up up the platt & travled 8 1/4 miles & camped for the night, the
travel now Appears to be attended with A good deal of interest
as we begin to ascend the black Hills which are universally coverd
with pine & ceder we saw one vary High peak coverd the top
with snow Br Robert Crow Joined us which Added to our compa
ny 9 men 5 women 3 children 6 waggons 13 yoke of oxen
20 cows 3 Bulls 10 young cattle And Horses which makes in the
whole camp 148 men, 8 women, 5 children, 79 waggons
96 Horses 51 Mules, 90 oxen, 43 cows 3 Bulls 9 calves, 16 dogs
And 16 chickins

I was in great pain in the Afternoon & night with the nervous Head & teeth Ake 8 1/2 [miles]

June 5, 1847 ~ Saturday

5^th
we have freequent slight showers yesterday & today while among the
hills I was sum better to day we had quite A rough road to day
we travled up & down the Hills untill we arived at what is
called the warm spring which is at the fork of the two
roads that comes from Laramie we here nooned & visited the
head of the spring which was quite warm for drinking water
It boiled out of the bluff & made A little rivulet about 4 feet
wide & 3 inches deep it was clear soft water but no warmer
than I have freequently found water in rivulets exposed to the
sun, the bluffs, peaks, & Hills begin to be more lofty as we got
into the Hills we are begining to come to an elk, bear & mountain
sheep country, we saw their signs to day we came in the foornoon
6 1/2 miles making 15 miles from Laramie to the springs soon
after we arived the first company of Moissouri emigrants came
up 12 waggons of them. Professor Pratt took an observation
for the Lattitude At the head of the warm spring & found it to be
42º 15' 6" we travled in the Afternoon 10 1/2 miles & camped
on the west side of A small pure stream of water in good feed
the Missouri company camped 1/4 of a mile below us on the same
stream, they started this morning from the fort & took the
South road which is 5 miles nearer than the North road which we
took & A much better road distance of the day 17 miles

June 6, 1847 ~ Sunday

6^th Sunday this day was Also devoted to prayer & fasting, the
Missouri company that camped near us started on this morning
I am still troubled with the teeth ake. the camp met for
A prayer meeting at 8 oclok the spirit of the Lord was with
the people, the camp Also met for A preaching meeting at 11 oclok
we had A shower of rain & the meeting closed Another company
of Mo waggons of 20 passed us it soon cleared off & the camped
moved forward 5 miles & camped for the night on Bitter C
Creek whare the road leaves the creek for the Hills we camped
between between the two Mo encampments one each side
of [page torn] waggons in one & 20 in the other And A plenty of grass 5 [miles]

A good supply of shugar maple & other timber before we left. Br Clayton erected a guide board on the north side of the river containing the following information which he took from his journals on the distances which was correct as it was obtained from the wheelometer 543 1/4 miles from Winter Quarters 227 1/2 miles from the Junction of the Platt. 142 1/4 miles from Ash Hollow 70 1/4 miles from Chimney Rock and 50 1/2 from Scotts Bluff.

we left the Fort & started on our Journey we took the right hand road up up the platt & travled 8 1/4 miles & camped for the night, the travel now appears to be attended with a good deal of interest as we begin to ascend the black Hills which are universally coverd with pine & ceder we saw one vary high peak coverd the top with snow Br Robert Crow joined us which added to our compa ny 9 men 5 women 3 children 6 waggons 13 yoke of oxen 20 cows 3 bulls 10 young cattle and horses which makes in the whole Camp 148 men, 8 women, 5 children, 79 waggons 96 horses 51 Mules, 90 oxen, 43 cows 3 bulls 9 calves, 16 dogs and 16 chickins

I was in great pain in the afternoon & night with the nervous head & teeth ake 8 1/2

June 5, 1847 ~ Saturday

5th we have freequent slight showers yesterday & today while among the hills I was sum better today we had quite a rough road today we travled up & down the hills untill we arived at what is called the warm spring which is at the fork of the two roads that comes from Laramie we here nooned & visited the head of the spring which was quite warm for drinking water It boiled out of the bluff & made a little rivulet about 4 feet wide & 3 inches deep it was clear soft water but no warmer than I have freequently found water in rivulets exposed to the sun the bluffs, peaks, & hills begin to be more lofty as we got into the hills we are begining to come to an elk, bear & mountain sheep country, we saw their signs to day we came in the foornoon 6 1/2 miles making 15 miles from Laramie to the springs soon after we arived the first company of Missouri emigrants came up 12 waggons of them. Professor Pratt took an observation for the Lattitude at the head of the warm spring & found it to be 42º 15' 6" we travled in the afternoon 10 1/2 miles & camped on the west side of a small pure stream of water in good feed the Missouri company camped 1/4 of a mile below us on the same stream, they started this morning from the fort & took the South road which is 5 miles nearer than the North road which we took & a much better road. distance of the day 17 miles

June 6, 1847 ~ Sunday

6th Sunday this day was also devoted to prayer & fasting, the Missouri company that camped near us started on this morning I am still troubled with the teeth ake. the camp met for a prayer meeting at 8 oclok the spirit of the Lord was with the people, the Camp also met for a preaching meeting at 11 oclok we had a shower of rain & the meeting closed another company of Mo waggons of 20 passed us it soon cleared off & the camped moved forward 5 miles & camped for the night on Bitter Creek whare the road leaves the creek for the hills we camped between between the two Mo encampments one each side of page torn waggons in one & 20 in the other and a plenty of grass 5 m