July 21, 1847 ~ Wednesday

201^st we set the tire on one wheel of Fowlers waggon we remain
in camp to day in consequence of sickness, Brs Kimball, Benson &
Lorenzo Young went through the canion of Ogdens fork which is [the]
name of the creek we camped on, the rout we are taking is Reeds
Pass which we have named Pratts Pass in consequence of his going
on to make the road. It is A Hot day, the report is we have a
rougher road on ahead than any thing we have met with, the country
is vary mountaineous rough & steep many of the springs we meet
with on the way are saltish or mineral. The stream we are on [is] [page covered]
Ogdens fork. In the Afternoon I waided the creek two miles & fished
with the fly down to the mouth of the canion I cought 8 trout
there is none vaury large in this part of the stream 1/4 of a lb was as
large as we caught

July 22, 1847 ~ Thursday

22nd we travled 8 miles to day on Ogdens fork ^webber river East Canyon Creek^ & camped on the creek
whare the Pratts Pass leaves the fork for good & turnes to the west
we crossed the creek eleven times in going 8 miles & the worst
8 miles we have had on the journey Br Case smashed one of his hind
waggon wheels to peaces, & we had to wait 2 hours to bring his wag
gon up & continued the Journey drawing the exeltree on a pole I
caught 2 trout in the creek while waiting, the sick stood the
Journey better than we expected considering the road

July 23, 1847 ~ Friday

23rd We Left Ogdens fork ^webber river East Canyon Creek^ & travled to the west 5 miles up
Hill an exceding hard hill to clime, 5 miles brought us to the sum
mit of the Hill we then descended the Hill 6 miles through
a thick timberd grove of Aspen & spruice Balsom &c the tim[ber] [text faded]
had been cut out out of the road yet it was full of stumps
& it kept evry teamster vary busy to dodge the stumps &
not break his waggon One man turned over his ox waggon
& smashed the top all to a reck there was two children
in the waggon but they were not Hurt. the last 6 miles was
as bad as any thing we had found. Having travled 5 miles
up hill & 6 down total 11 miles we nooned by A splendid spring
in A small Birch grove, we saw more timber during this half
days travel thain we had seen in a month, & the valley both
ascending & descending was extremely fertile & coverd with
vegitation even to the top of the Hills. At the spring whare [we] [page covered]
nooned we were met by Brothers Pack & Mathews from
the forward camps they brought A letter to us, & informed
us it was ownly 10 miles to the valley of the Salt Lak[e]
or great basan & 14 to their camp they had explored
the country as far as possible & had made choice of a spot
to put in seeds they considered it the greatest grea[z]ing [page torn]
country in the world but was destitute of timber as [far] [page torn]
as they had been, several fine streams of fresh wa[ter] [page torn]
putting through the valley. After nooning we travle[d] [up] [page torn]
another vary tedious Hill & down it into a valley [&] [page torn]
camped for the night, with Hills miles high on [each] [page torn]
side of us I clumbed to the top of one hill over 2 m[iles] [page torn]
High was in a high state of perspiration when I [reached] [page torn]
the top of it whole distance of the day 15 m

July 21, 1847 ~ Wednesday

21st we set the tire on one wheel of Fowlers waggon we remain in camp to day in consequence of sickness, Brs Kimball Benson & Lorenzo Young went through the Canion of Ogdens fork which is the name of the creek we camped on, the rout we are taking is Reeds Pass which we have named Pratts Pass in consequence of his going on to make the road. It is a hot day, the report is we have a rougher road on ahead than any thing we have met with, the country is vary mountaineous rough & steep many of the springs we meet with on the way are saltish or mineral. The Stream we are on is page covered Ogdens fork. In the afternoon I waided the creek two miles & fished with the fly down to the mouth of the canion I cought 8 trout there is none vaury large in this part of the stream 1/4 of a lb was as large as we caught

July 22, 1847 ~ Thursday

22nd we travled 8 miles to day on East Canyon Creek & camped on the creek whare the Pratts Pass leaves the fork for good & turnes to the west we crossed the creek eleven times in going 8 miles & the worst 8 miles we have had on the journey. Br Case smashed one of his hind waggon wheels to peaces, & we had to wait 2 hours to bring his wag gon up & continued the journey drawing the exeltree on a pole I caught 2 trout in the creek while waiting, the sick stood the journey better than we expected considering the road

July 23, 1847 ~ Friday

23rd We Left , East Canyon Creek & travled to the west 5 miles up hill an exceding hard hill to clime, 5 miles brought us to the sum mit of the hill we then descended the hill 6 miles through a thick timbered grove of aspen & balsom &c the timber page covered had been cut out out of the road yet it was full of stumps & it kept evry teamster vary busy to dodge the stumps & not break his waggon. One man turned over his ox waggon & smashed the top all to a reck there was two children in the waggon but they were not hurt. the last 6 miles was as bad as any thing we had found. Having travled 5 miles up hill & 6 down total 11 miles we nooned by a splendid spring in a small Birch grove, we saw more timber during this half days travel thain we had seen in a month, & the valley both ascending & descending was extremely fertile & coverd with vegitation even to the top of the hills. At the spring whare we page covered nooned we were met by Brothers Pack & Mathews from the forward camps they brought a letter to us, & informed us it was ownly 10 miles to the valley of the Salt Lake or great basan & 14 to their camp they had explored the country as far as possible & had made choice of a spot to put in seeds they considered it the greatest greazing page torn country in the world but was destitute of timber as far page torn as they had been, several fine streams of fresh water page torn putting through the valley. After nooning we travled up page torn another vary tedious hill & down it into a valley & page torn camped for the night, with hills miles high on each page torn side of us I clumbed to the top of one hill over 2 miles page torn high was in a high state of perspiration when I reached page torn the top of it. whole distance of the day 15 m