When one morning a part of Crows Comeing to us was kept at Bey bu the faithful dogs until we had timly warning had arose got our guns etc. "assisted by Yerick a faithful watch dog and 3 or 4 other asssitant dogs." during which time 5 of us ware encamped taking Care of the Stock, waggons goods etc. We ware once visited by a party of Apoarokas or Crow Indianns it happened at a time whens a fast part of our Company was away they had Started to meet the Company that ware following us from winter Quarters who had left us on the 13th July and we did not hear from them until the 22ond of August. the Ball took Effect in a fatal Spot and the Bear after a fiew Jumps fell lifeless, and the cubs took fright and run of. but the Doctor Stood firm until his antagonist had got within 20 feet of him and then with unuring aim he fired. to take good aim he carefully Sliped of his horse and at the moment he Struck the ground the Bear Saw him and Came to wards him at the extent of her Speed each jump acompanied with a growl and mouth open as tho She was in earnest. the circumstance is this:ĭoctor Luke Johnson while on one of his Circuits after Game on Horse back in riding around a Small grove near the foot of a range of mountains a little east of the red butes and at the margin of the Black hills his Horse took fright at the Smell for as yet nothing was seen which put the rider on a lookout and on riding round to an opening which led into a thicket he discovered a large She Bair and 2 Cubs. by this time the river became fordable and we remand waiting for the arival of our Emegrating Com and waited until the 26th of August.ĭuring this Stay we ware Ocupied in Hunting Antilope Bufalo and Bair however only one of the latter was killed but the Circumstance in which it was done makes it quite interesting and shows the danger the thare is in attacting these ferosious Animals. we Cleared to our Selves a bout $70 each. we a cordingly done so and for 3 weeks was quite busy in ferrying over the Emegrants that was then passing to Oregon. while this was in the Cours of ******** most of our Company was ferried over by means of rafts and a Small Boat that we had brought with us.Īnd on the 19th my xxxxxxxx Self with 8 others was Choson to Stop and Keep the ferry boat. we arived at fort Larimie the 2ond of June and from the fort procured a flat Boat in which we Crossed the Platte to the South Side and proceded on the South Side through the Black Hills until we again Came to the Platte making Something like 600 miles that we had followed the Cours of this River and here had to re-Cross it which took us 8 or 9 days, during which time we made a Kind of ferry boat byy digging out 2 trees of Some 30 feet in length and placing them Side by Side and decking themover. I completed a roadometer and attached it to the wheel of a waggon by which we tell each night the distance traveled throught the day We proceeded on meeting with Some parties of the Soux Indians about the mouth of Horse Crick who was apparently glad to See us and used us well.
our teamsters could not git Sufficient grass to Sustain them they ware fed on grain that we had provided for the like occations until the grazing got better near the mouth of the South fork of the Platte. Herds of buffalo in meney places the earth was dearly divested of every green thing. xh then followed on our Course up the Platte grazing passing Dayly great Save Story Cancel K we proceeded on our way as fast as we posably could, crossing the river Horn on a raft thense up the platte river crossing the Loup fork at the old Pawne Station & viledge Crossing over to the main Platte and falling into the Company of a large herd of Buffalo on the first day of May a chase was Commenced and xx 5 Killed the first day and our Camp laid by one day to take Care of the meat. I started on the 13th of April 1847 with the above mentioned Pioneers and drive a teame for Br. From Harmon, Appleton Milo, Journal, in Library of Congress, Collection of Mormon diaries, reel 4, item 1, vol.
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