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Show '. , I I I : ll· JOURNAL ; \ , 1\ , ;\ \ OF I \ \:\ .1 \ \ ,JOSEPH FISH , \ \ " \' , 1840.1926 I \ \ I \ '\ I I, , \ _',:., \ " " \ fORE,WORD " , \ r , : \ ':have named this record the, J'OUrnal of Joseph Fish to dis tinguieh lot from his Autoblography"a,revision of his Journal, writ ten in chapter form and with added,notes. Joseph Fish wrote hie Journal several imes. The first Journal to which we have access was vn-i t ten in his own hand\rqri tine in a larBe recprd book which·he 'purchased of an Indian in Parowan. utah_ probably Ylhen he was a young man. 'This would, make, the date of the Where the Indian got this b.ook no one purchase not far from 1860.) have knows. been brought 'west by a trapper or a Bold nunt.er I may On the fly leaf of this record book the folloWing names are written: Jeremiah Holdredge James Herd (or Heerd), I , . , William M. S. Snlter Elliot Gooding 'H., L., Sni tsar (or Sni tsen.) Since the writing is nqt easily read, it 1s possible that the letters of' these names are Lnt.er-pr-e t.ed incorrectly. This book contains 378 pages J' each 8 by,13 inches. There was no other Viti ting in this book when purchased from the Indian·. In this record book is a journal of the first' 44 years ot ha life of Joseph Fish.-' The book wa.s practically filled January 29" 1885, just before he went to Mexico. A tablet contains his journal for most or ,the year 188S. He then purcha.sed a large 'leather bound record book containing 480 pages each 10 by 16 inches. In this fine record book he copied ' ' journal from the beginning, amplifying much of it. This book and a small record book ot 202 pages served tor filled in 89S his entries from It is the two record books mentioned to 1919. ',1n this paragraph that have been copied and the 'writihgs presented herewl th. The journal entries after 1919 .were copied from his type wri ttel1. jonal,. When he wap writing the History of .Arizona he purcha.sed a type writer and soon\learned to use it. Some time' after this. he copied his journal on the typewr1 tar and kept, t up to date" even wri tine; a few' page s afte\r his strole. when he could use' but one hand. We next fin\1 that,sometime atter he,had been a student of western history and every date and place brought historio incidents to his mind he bgan to rewrite his autobiography in ohapter form and to add notesi':and incidents from his rich background of historio al· information. ,I \This Autobiography was lost, and we could find no A student of one to acknowledg\9 that he knew anything about it. western history: had borrowed it.· and i't, was so valuable in histol"'ic (At any rate, he al information hJl.t ,he could f'in no trace of it. 'his was 1§96 ... 1- . ,#' t : it",: : UBI ARIES |
