sand stone in the edge of the Bluffs one large rock resembled
the Hull of A steemboat loaded with freight so I named it
stone steem boat bluff. it commenced raining before we
camped it was vary cold. distance of the day 8 1/2 m
during the evening Br B. Young went out with the Twelve
& had Prayes

May 30, 1847 ~ Sunday

30^th Sunday we set this day apart for prayer & fasting, in
the morning I shaved & washed all over & Anointed my head &
put on clean clothing, read A chapter in the Book of Mormon
& humbled myself before the Lord & poured out my soul in
prayer before the Lord & his spirit desended upon me &
I was blessed. I spent some time in writing my Journal. The
camp had A prayer meeting, in the morning & met Again in
public Meeting. President Young in company with the quorum of
the Twelve & a few others went into the vally of the Hills & according
to the order of the Priesthood prayed in A circle & Porter &
Br Carrington watched to see that no Indians come upon us, we had
A good time, there was A heavy storm Appeared but it mostly went
Around there was but little rain whare we wasere, we returned to
our waggons & took some refreshment having eaten nothing during
the day, soon the son came out plain & plesant. In the evening I
went out 2 miles with the quorum of the Twelve onto A High
Bluff & had a good views of the Black Hills Also Prayers

May 31, 1847 ~ Monday

31^st There are many portions of this country vary barren we travel
over several miles at a time of level prairie with little or no grass upon
it in this ground we find great quantities of the Prickelly pair &
they are an excellent plant to eat though coverd with thorns like
needles which have to be carefully paired off with A knife & fork
they are quite delicious have A little tart but vary plesant

we had A plesant morning, our cattle was strayed so far it
took about 2 hours to get them up & get ready for starting
we however started at 8 oclock & travled 9 1/2 miles & nooned on a
green flat most of the ground through the day was vary barren
grass is again getting vary scarce Br Pratt took an observation,
& found the Lattitude to be 42º 4' 30" we travled in the After-
noon 7 1/4 miles & camped upon the bank of a creek about 15 or
20 miles below Laramie the Hunters brought in one long tailed
deer saw several Elk & Antilope but got none of them I went
forward to pick out the road through the day I felt some unwell
with teeth ake & canker in my mouth. distance of the day 16 3/4

I would here mention that which belonged to the mornngs Account
that there was A crust of frost over the grass the Thermometer
stood at 35, At 5 oclok, we passed to day A grove of large
cotton wood but the Sioux had wintered in it & cut down
the most of it for brows & wood. we are begining to
come to wood more plenty but the camp has had much
difficulty to obtain wood to cook with for the last
weeks as we had neith[er] timber nor Buffalo chips. the
men would follow the river bank all day & Island^s
to pick up any wood sticks barks or chips that might
chanced to have lodged on the bank by the flood or
that the Indians may have left, but it is now
to be readily obtained it is supposed that the creek
we camp on to night is the rawhide

sand stone in the edge of the bluffs one large rock resembled the hull of a steemboat loaded with freight so I named it Stone Steem boat bluff. it commenced raining before we camped it was vary cold, distance of the day 8 1/2 m during the evening Br B. Young went out with the Twelve & had Prayes

May 30, 1847 ~ Sunday

30th Sunday we set this day apart for Prayer & fasting, in the morning I shaved & washed all over & anointed my head & put on clean clothing, read a chapter in the Book of Mormon & humbled myself before the Lord & poured out my soul in prayer before the Lord & his spirit desended upon me & I was blessed. I spent some time in writing my Journal. The camp had a Prayer meeting, in the morning & met again in public Meeting, President Young in company with the quorum of the Twelve & a few others went into the vally of the hills & according to the order of the Priesthood prayed in a circle & Porter & Br Carrington watched to see that no Indians come upon us, we had a good time, there was a heavy storm appeared but it mostly went around there was but little rain whare we were, we returned to our waggons & took some refreshment having eaten nothing during the day, soon the Son came out plain & plesant. In the evening I went out 2 miles with the quorum of the Twelve onto a high bluff & had a good views of the Black Hills also Prayers

May 31, 1847 ~ Monday

31st There are many portions of this country vary barren we travel over several miles at a time of level prairie with little or no grass upon it in this ground we find great quantities of the Prickelly pair & they are an excellent plant to eat though coverd with thorns like needles which have to be carefully paired off with a knife & fork they are quite delicious have a little tart but vary plesant

we had a plesant morning, our cattle was strayed so far it took about 2 hours to get them up & get ready for starting we however started at 8 oclock & travled 9 1/2 miles & nooned on a green flat most of the ground through the day was vary barren grass is again getting vary scarce Br Pratt took an observation, & found the Lattitude to be 42º 4' 30" we travled in the afternoon 7 1/4 miles & camped upon the bank of a creek about 15 or 20 miles below Laramie the hunters brought in one long tailed deer saw several Elk & Antilope but got none of them I went forward to pick out the road through the day I felt some unwell with teeth ake & canker in my mouth. distance of the day 16 3/4

I would here mention that which belonged to the mornngs account that there was a crust of frost over the grass the Thermometer stood at 35, at 5 oclok, we passed to day a grove of large cotton wood but the Sioux had wintered in it & cut down the most of it for brows & wood, we are begining to come to wood more plenty but the Camp has had much difficulty to obtain wood to cook with for the last weeks as we had neither timber nor Buffalo chips. the men would follow the river bank all day & Islands to pick up any wood sticks barks or chips that might chanced to have lodged on the bank by the flood or that the Indians may have left, but it is now to be readily obtained it is supposed that the creek we camp on to night is the rawhide