August 1, 1848
We started down the trail with:
15 oxen
12 sets of clothing
200 bullets
3 wagon wheels
3 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
1300 pounds of food
We decided to ration the food in meager portions.
August 2, 1848
We will now travel at a more grueling pace.
August 3, 1848
We shot 313 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
August 4, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
We will now travel at a less strenuous pace.
August 5, 1848
We have arrived at the Kansas River Crossing.
We made the crossing successfully.
August 6, 1848
No water.
August 9, 1848
We shot 1385 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
No grass for the oxen.
We have arrived at the Big Blue River Crossing.
It was a muddy crossing, but we did not get stuck.
We decided to ration the food in filling portions.
August 10, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We decided to rest for 3 days.
August 15, 1848
Bad water.
Jeebs was lost for 2 days.
August 16, 1848
We lost 24 pounds of food due to spoilage.
August 18, 1848
Bad water.
We have reached Fort Kearney.
We visited the store and bought:
40 bullets
August 19, 1848
We shot 181 pounds of meat.
August 22, 1848
No water.
August 23, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
August 24, 1848
Jeebs has the measles.
August 25, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
August 26, 1848
Yani is sick with typhoid fever.
August 27, 1848
We found an abandoned wagon containing:
32 bullets
August 28, 1848
We have reached Chimney Rock.
We decided to rest for 8 days.
August 31, 1848
Shazablazm has a fever.
September 2, 1848
Jeebs is well again.
September 6, 1848
Yani is well again.
We traded 444 pounds of food for 100 dollars.
September 7, 1848
We shot 56 pounds of meat.
No grass for the oxen.
September 8, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
September 9, 1848
We shot 159 pounds of meat.
Bad water.
September 10, 1848
Shazablazm is well again.
Bad water.
We have reached Fort Laramie.
We decided to rest for 3 days.
September 14, 1848
We will now travel at a more grueling pace.
September 15, 1848
Bad water.
September 17, 1848
Zulaloo is suffering from exhaustion.
September 19, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
September 20, 1848
We have reached Independence Rock.
September 21, 1848
We took the wrong trail and lost 2 days.
September 23, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
September 24, 1848
Zulaloo died of cholera.
September 26, 1848
Jeebs has a fever.
September 27, 1848
We have arrived at the South Pass.
September 29, 1848
We shot 893 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
September 30, 1848
We shot 638 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
October 1, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
October 3, 1848
An ox wandered off for 2 days.
October 6, 1848
Jeebs is well again.
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
October 8, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We have arrived at the Green River Crossing.
We traded 3 sets of clothing for 1 ox.
October 15, 1848
The ferry got our party and wagon safely across.
Jeebs is suffering from exhaustion.
October 16, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
October 17, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
We lost 20 pounds of food due to spoilage.
October 19, 1848
We shot 1417 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
October 20, 1848
We shot 439 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
No grass for the oxen.
October 21, 1848
Dust storm. Lost 1 day.
October 23, 1848
Bad water.
Broken wagon axle.
We couldn't fix the wagon axle, but we replaced it from supplies.
October 24, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
October 25, 1848
Jeebs is well again.
October 26, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
October 27, 1848
We have reached Soda Springs.
We decided to rest for 9 days.
October 28, 1848
Jeebs has dysentery.
November 4, 1848
Yani has the measles.
November 6, 1848
Jeebs is well again.
November 7, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
November 8, 1848
No water.
We have reached Fort Hall.
November 10, 1848
No water.
November 11, 1848
Bad water.
November 12, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
November 13, 1848
Yani is well again.
No grass for the oxen.
November 14, 1848
We have arrived at the Snake River Crossing.
November 16, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
Dust storm. Lost 1 day.
November 17, 1848
We decided to ration the food in bare-bones portions.
November 18, 1848
No water.
Bad water.
November 19, 1848
An ox is sick.
November 20, 1848
Bad water.
We have reached Fort Boise.
November 22, 1848
Shazablazm has dysentery.
November 23, 1848
Jeebs has a fever.
November 24, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
November 25, 1848
We have arrived at the Grande Ronde in the Blue Mountains.
November 27, 1848
Jeebs died of cholera.
Yani has cholera.
November 29, 1848
We found an abandoned wagon containing:
3 sets of clothing
November 30, 1848
We have reached The Dalles.
