July 16, 1850 ~ Tuesday

16^th After I got my oxen I drove 15 miles & camped
on the Bank of the platt

July 17, 1850 ~ Wednesday

17^th Travled 25 miles & camped near plum creek

July 18, 1850 ~ Thursday

18^th Robert C Petty lost a child 6 month old it was buried
in the morning

July 19, 1850 ~ Friday

19^th Travled 20 miles camped on the bank of the Platt
I rode with Mrs Woodruff onto the Bluffs took a survey
of the Country had prayers in A cavern & returned to camp
we passed many graves of the gold digtgers to day I rode
into the Bluffs through the day found A flat level fertile
country back of the Bluffs

July 20, 1850 ~ Saturday

20 Robert C Petty was taken sick with the pleuricy in the
side to day His Teamster Mr Stickney is dangerously sick

we travled 18 miles & camped on the platt

July 21, 1850 ~ Sunday

21 Sunday Brother Petty is dangerously sick this morning
we Administered to him Mrs Woodruff & Mrs Foss both
had dreams last night that appeared to be omens of death
or distress. We lay in camp to day many of our Oxen
have sore necks & lame feet. We held A meeting in camp

July 22, 1850 ~ Monday

22nd Travled 8 miles Capt Petty was still dangerously sick

July 23, 1850 ~ Tuesday

23rd I went forward with ^of^ my company to find the
cold cottonwood spring but passed it & did not find
it. I went on to Wm Snows company & spent
several hours with him & took dinner of fresh Buffalo
meat they killed 3 the day before we have just struck
the Buffalo range. Our company killed An Antelope
I had 1/4 of it we camped for the night on the platt
Our men broke one Tongue to day

July 24, 1850 ~ Wednesday

24^th This is the day of selebration in the valley we lay
still in camp

July 25, 1850 ~ Thursday

25 Three Buffalo was killed to day I killed one of them
we travled 8 miles & camped on the platt

July 26, 1850 ~ Friday

26 We travled 16 miles & camped on the platt
shore above the lower crossing we found a cold
spring A soldier killed himself drinking out of
it

July 27, 1850 ~ Saturday

27 Crossed the Bluffs 6 miles camped by a grove
of timber & made a cole pit

July 28, 1850 ~ Sunday

28 Sunday we stayed in camp I had A severe Attack of
[FIGURE] sickness I was Administered to & took herb tea
& was better at night I did not set up any through
the day the Encampmen of both divisions had

29^th A meeting Hardy & Whipple both Addressed the
meeting