November 4, 1838 ~ Sunday

Nov 4^th Sunday We travled through the Cataraugus swamp had a view of the lamanite settlment
we had a vary bad road we travled through Fredonia & put up for the night at the Inn of Mr Standly
near the church of Latter Day Saints at Pomphret under the care of Elder Benjamin Brown's {Distance} 20

November 5, 1838 ~ Monday

5 I had an interview with Elder Brown Sister Brown sent Phebe a small present. he sent $1 by me
to get the papers for himself he let me have the 4^th No of the Journal our interview was interesting Elder
Brown had Baptized 18 in the pomphret church during the past season. We travled to Portland & while
on the road we were called to pass through a trying scene. Brother Nathaniel Thomas has had two
sick children for several days & this afternoon one of them Clara Newel began to fail they immedia-
tely stoped into a house near the village of Westfield Chatauqua Co NY & the child Died at 3 oclock PM
on the 5^th Day of Nov 1838 we immediately removed the corps one mile to westfield village to Mr J L Sprague's
Inn whare we made preperations for burying the dead Brother & Sister Thomas bore this affliction
with uncommon fortitude {Distance of the day} 15

November 6, 1838 ~ Tuesday

6^th [FIGURE] C. N. T. We spent the morning in burying CLARA NEWEL THOMAS who was aged 5 years 9 months &
16 days after attending to these duties we harnesed our horses & proceded on our journey it was
a cold morning we had to travel through mud & snow. we travled out of the state of NY into the
state of Pensylvania we past through North East & put up for the night at W^m B Dickson's {an ungenerous man} 17

November 7, 1838 ~ Wednesday

7^th We had a snow storm during the night Our company seemed much discouraged about getting along. I fell
through a horse stable onto the horses but without much injury. We started on our journey & it commenced
raining from the NE we drove 7 miles in the mud, rain water & wind I suffered much in travling through this
beating storm we put up for the day & night at an Inn 7 m

November 8, 1838 ~ Thursday

8^th We travled to Erie Penn[sylvania] from thence to Mill creek & put up for the night at Andrew Nickelson 13

November 9, 1838 ~ Friday

9 A dubious looking morning for the air is full of snow & a cold winters day this is tedious journing for
horses, men, women & children. How or when we shall get to Zion the Lord ownly knows the Lord is sending
snows upon the earth. we travled through snow & mud to an Inn 3 miles east of Elk Creek & spent the night
which was freezing cold 5 miles