Browns Detachment who had been at Pueblo through the winter
Br A Lyman who we sent unto them had reached them & infor-
med them whare we are & the whole detachment of 140 of the
brethren were within 7 days drive of us, we drew up the
raft & crossed them all over but one who returned with our
pilots to meet the companies when we met it was truly a harty
greeting & shaking of hands. they accompanied us into camp and all
were glad to meet, this small detachment had come on to m
meet some hors thieves who had stolen about a dozen horses from
them they had overtaken them & got all but one He had gone
on to Bridgers fort & they calculated to follow him & get their
horse they spent the night in camp with us, among the names
of those who died was Mervin Blanchard who drove team for
me last summer. But I must stop writing the Musketoes have filled
my carriage like a cloud and have fallen upon me as though they intende
to devour me. I never saw that insect more troublesome than in certain places
in this country several traiders passed by our camp just at night

July 5, 1847 ~ Monday

5^th we left the green river (which are the head waters of the
Coloradoe,) & drove 20 miles & camped on blacks fork there is neit[h]-
er food or water since we left the green river to this place but is
similar to the last 200 miles. A sandy desert coverd with sage, but we
find good grass on the Streams. most of the day was vary hot
& dusty yet towards night we saw a hard shower of rain some
wind towards the mountains a few drops reached us in this coun-
try it rains about the mountains but not much in the valleys &
plains. distance of the day 20 miles

July 6, 1847 ~ Tuesday

6^th A warm windy dusty day, man & beast harnesses & waggons were
all coverd with dust we crossed black fork at 9 oclok, muddy fork at
10 & camped on the west side of Hams fork at 5 oclok we did not
noon at all today whole distanc of the day 18 miles

The sick in camp are most universally getting better, the face of the
country is the same to day as usual barren, sand & sage, with occasionally
a sprinkling of flowers some vary beautiful, the country during the last
weeks drive has appeared vary destitute of game none to be seen except
occasionally an antilope one was killed yesterday

July 7, 1847 ~ Wednesday

7^th We crossed hams fork and drove to Fort Bridger & in the regi
on of the fort before we got onto our camping ground we crossed
more than a dozen trout brooks, the water run swift but clear, hard,
cold, gravelly, bottoms. the brethren cought several brook trout the
first I had seen since I left England the whole region of country
all up & down these streams were covered with grass knee deep, 10
of the battalion found a hors thief at the fort who had assisted in
stealing 10 of their horses they had got all but two, & the man said
they had gone to Oregon. we saw about a dozen traiders lodges about
the fort the fort was merly a small traiding post ore one duilding
not large distance of the day 17 3/4 miles

July 8, 1847 ~ Thursday

8^th [FIGURE] The calculation was to spend the day at the fort, as soon as I
got my breakfast I riged up my trout rod that I had brought with me
from Liverpool, fixed my reel, line, & artificial fly & went to one
of the brooks close by camp to try my luck cetching trout, the men
[page covered] [a]t the fort said there were but vary few trout in the streams, and
[page covered] [a] good many of the brethren were already at the creeks with their rods
[page covered] [&] lines triying their skill baiting with fresh meat & grass hoppers, but
no one seemed to ketch any, I went & flung my fly onto the wat[er]

Browns Detachment who had been at Pueblo through the winter Br A Lyman who we sent unto them had reached them & informed them whare we are & the whole detachment of 140 of the brethren were within 7 days drive of us, we drew up the raft & crossed them all over but one who returned with our pilots to meet the companies when we met it was truly a harty greeting & shaking of hands. they accompanied us into camp and all were glad to meet, this small detachment had come on to m meet some hors thieves who had stolen about a dozen horses from them they had overtaken them & got all but one He had gone on to Bridgers fort & they calculated to follow him & get their horse they spent the night in camp with us, among the names of those who died was Mervin Blanchard who drove team for me last summer. But I must stop writing the Musketoes have filled my carriage like a cloud and have fallen upon me as though they intende to devour me. I never saw that insect more troublesome than in certain places in this country several traiders passed by our camp just at night

July 5, 1847 ~ Monday

5th we left the green river (which are the head waters of the Coloradoe,) & drove 20 miles & camped on blacks fork there is neit[h] er food or water since we left the green river to this place but is similar to the last 200 miles. A sandy desert coverd with sage, but we find good grass on the Streams. most of the day was vary hot & dusty yet towards night we saw a hard shower of rain some wind towards the mountains a few drops reached us in this country it rains about the mountains but not much in the valleys & plains. distance of the day 20 miles

July 6, 1847 ~ Tuesday

6th A warm windy dusty day, man & beast harnesses & waggons were all coverd with dust we crossed black fork at 9 oclok, muddy fork at 10 & camped on the west side of Hams fork at 5 oclok we did not noon at all today whole distanc of the day 18 miles

The sick in camp are most universally getting better, the face of the country is the same to day as usual barren, sand & sage, with occasionally a sprinkling of flowers some vary beautiful, the country during the last weeks drive has appeared vary destitute of game none to be seen except occasionally an antilope one was killed yesterday

July 7, 1847 ~ Wednesday

7th We crossed hams fork and drove to Fort Bridger & in the regi on of the fort before we got onto our camping ground we crossed more than a dozen trout brooks, the water run swift but clear, hard, cold, gravelly, bottoms. the brethren cought several brook trout the first I had seen since I left England the whole region of country all up & down these streams were covered with grass knee deep, 10 of the battalion found a hors thief at the fort who had assisted in stealing 10 of their horses they had got all but two, & the man said they had gone to Oregon. we saw about a dozen traiders lodges about the fort the fort was merly a small traiding post ore one duilding not large distance of the day 17 3/4 miles

July 8, 1847 ~ Thursday

8th [FIGURE] The calculation was to spend the day at the fort, as soon as I got my breakfast I riged up my trout rod that I had brought with me from Liverpool, fixed my reel, line, & artificial fly & went to one of the brooks close by camp to try my luck cetching trout, the men page covered at the fort said there were but vary few trout in the streams, and page covered a good many of the brethren were already at the creeks with their rods page covered & lines trying their skill baiting with fresh meat & grass hoppers, but no one seemed to ketch any, I went & flung my fly onto the water