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Show -63Monsen drove them to feed Fine, wann day March 18th Saturday Windy J with slight showers of snow at Ex of the Bish Stewarto Mailed a letter to Emma some day Spent and read some, &C Was around camp in morning, Tended 19th Sunday meeting in afternoon where J Hamlin. gave a description of the country to Said it was a fine country, abtmdant grass, wich 1Afe are going0 f1ne tDnber, and plenty of water, alIso that the Indians were friendly and desired to live like white peopleo And that if he had his choice he should desire to live in Arizona in preferance to any of the states he had lived inc Took breakfast Then rode with Allen to March 20th f-.londayG of 4 miles within Pipe Springs, then walked to Pipe Spring, saw a cow I had an order on him fore about He told me I AePeWinsor could get a cow of his son at Kartab which would save me the driv ing there€> Took something to eat,there, then walked 4 miles back to Mogersens and stopped with Allen over night who treated me very kindly and gave me supper and breakfast and lodgings" Took breakfast at Broo Allensa He March 21st TuesdaYe showed me around his place &Ce Left Mogersens at 8 am and walked to Kanab 18 miles and arrived at 1:30 pame and fotmd all welle Was around camp in afternoone 22nd Wednesday" Helped fix up round the wagons Got a cow and calf of W" Winsor" The boys got up oxen and we left Kanab about 1 pem" and drove 4 1/2 miles and camped on good dry, feed, and J e G 0 0 e 0 e _ , G but _ no water. Went and gathered cattle, took break March 23rd Thursday" 6 and hitched drove 1/2 miles to .Johnson creek, where fast, up Went we camped and watered & turned our oxen out on dry feed" 4 miles on foot in company with two more from camp to .Johnson Two settlement and done some trading, then went back to camp" of M" Hess oxen are give out, which we are trying to trade for fresh ones" About -50 span of animals with wagons are camped at 6 miles, which prevented us from traveling because Wells Navajo water is short. March 24th Friday" Helped get-some wood, took breakfast and had prayers , then went with L" Rogers (our turn today) and gathered up cattle and mules and drove to water, milked a cow, then came back to camp, cleaned my pistol & read somee Malindi Jones washed my shirts & socks & a hankerchiefe Weather fine with some wind. After breakfast went with JeHG Freeman (our) captain to Johnsons 4 miles on foot, to see about trading oxen but made no success with trading came back to camp, had headache in afternoon 25th Saturday. . _ |
