October 17, 1847 ~ Sunday

17^th Sunday as we had not meat enough to carry our camp
to winter Quarters it was thought wisdom for a company
of Hunters to return back A few miles with some waggons to
the Buffalo Herds & procure some more meat. Twelve of us
returned back 10 miles with three waggons A Lyman &
myself was among the number. We Pitched our camp in
a little timber on a slew of water & we killed two Buffalo
during the evening & brought in & including buctchers
& teamsters there was about 20 of us & we were all Hungry
& after cleaving the body of the meat from the
bones our company roasted the bones, & for our supper
& Breakfast we used up the bones of Both Buffaloes it
is almost incredible what amount of roasted Buffalo
meat A Hungry man will eat without salt or bread &
not make him sick. there is no other meat known that
A man can eat as much of. The hump bones of a fat
Buffalo roasted is the most choice eating of any meat kind
the leg bones are also filled with marrow more choice than
Butter & yield a great quantity which we roasted & drank
the melted marrow without bread. We should have made
A delightful picture for An Artist to have drawn the scenery
around our fireside. After all had eaten to our full satisfaction
we prepared to make our beds for the night, it was cold & blew
a perfect gale. we made choice of A thicket of willows under A bank
for our lodging place for the night we lay down on the ground & covered
ourselves over with our blankets & robes & had a good nights rest 12 [miles]

October 18, 1847 ~ Monday

18^th At daylight 4 of us went to the Bluffs to exahamine the posit-
ion of the herds of Buffalo, we saw many both on the Hills & flats
we returned to camp took our Breakfast of roast meat then divi-
ded & went out two by two. Luke Johnson went with me about 3
miles from camp. we came upon 3 wild Horses upon the side of the
bluff, they were splendid looking Animals but the most wild
of any Animals I ever saw. After returning to the Bluffs we found
that the Herds on the upland were travling to the N. & N.E & the ownly
way to obtain meat was for the Hunters to confine themselves to the
Herds on the flat they did so & killed nine Buffalo but seven of them
was dressed & brought in & wolves feasted on the other two. we got
council from camp for us to return early in the morning & not
tary any longer. we travled in our Hunt during the day 16 m[iles]

October 19, 1847 ~ Tuesday

[FIGURE]
19^th Early this morning we prepared ourselves to return to camp. the
company of Hunters started A little before the waggons. we had got
About A mile on the way when we discoverd 7 men about 2
miles from us coming from some scattering timber we at first
took them to be Indians on foot we saw they were approach-
ing us we soon found However they were mounted white men
we then thought they were troops. they soon charged upon
us with all speed, we stood ready with our arms in hand
to meet them, but when they came up to our great surprise
& Joy we found them to be the Poliece of Winter Quarters led
by Brother Hosea Stout. they informed us that 16 of them had
come from Winter Quarters to meet our camp thinking we
might need some help the remainder of the party stoped at our
main camp. we stoped our teams & returned with then to
our camp ground & got the Brethren some Breakfast out of the fat

October 17, 1847 ~ Sunday

17th Sunday as we had not meat enough to carry our Camp to winter Quarters it was thought wisdom for a company of hunters to return back a few miles with some waggons to the buffalo herds & procure some more meat. Twelve of us returned back 10 miles with three waggons A Lyman & myself was among the number, we pitched our camp in a little timber on a slew of water & we killed two buffalo during the evening & brought in including butchers & teamsters there was about 20 of us & we were all hungry & after cleaving the body of the meat from the bones our company roasted the bones, & for our supper & breakfast we used up the bones of both buffaloes it is almost incredible what amount of roasted buffalo meat a hungry man will eat without salt or bread & not make him sick. there is no other meat known that a man can eat as much of. The hump bones of a fat buffalo roasted is the most choice eating of any meat kind the leg bones are also filled with marrow more choice than butter & yield a great quantity which we roasted & drank the melted marrow without bread. We should have made a delightful picture for an artist to have drawn the scenery around our fireside. After all had eaten to our full satisfaction we prepared to make our beds for the night, it was cold & blew a perfect gale. we made choice of a thicket of willows under a bank for our lodging place for the night we lay down on the ground & covered ourselves over with our blankets & robes & had a good nights rest 12.

October 18, 1847 ~ Saturday

18hamine the position of the herds of buffalo, we saw many both on the Hills & flats we returned to Camp took our breakfast of roast meat then divided & went out two by two, Luke Johnson went with me about 3 miles from Camp, we came upon 3 wild horses upon the side of the bluff, they were splendid looking animals but the most wild of any animals I ever saw. After returning to the Bluffs we found that the herds on the upland were travling to the N. & N.E & the ownly way to obtain meat was for the hunters to confine themselves to the herds on the flat they did so & killed nine buffalo but seven of them was dressed & brought in & wolves feasted on the other two. we got council from Camp for us to return early in the morning & not tary any longer, we travled in our hunt during the day 16 m

October 19, 1847 ~ Tuesday

[FIGURE] 19th Early this morning we prepared ourselves to return to camp. the company of hunters started a little before the waggons, we had got about a mile on the way when we discoverd 7 men about 2 miles from us coming from some scattering timber we at first took them to be Indians on foot we saw they were approaching us we soon found however they were mounted white men we then thought they were troops. they soon charged upon us with all speed, we stood ready with our arms in hand to meet them, but when they came up to our great surprise & joy we found them to be the Policce of Winter Quarters led by Brother Hosea Stout. they informed us that 16 of them had come from Winter Quarters to meet our camp thinking we might need some help the remainder of the party stoped at our main camp, we stoped our teams & returned with then to our camp ground & got the Brethren some breakfast out of the fat