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packs came up we were informed by Capt. H. that it was not more than 380 miles to Salt Lake by takeing a certain route that he had found and had just come he gave us a way bill saying the route was a good one and easy to be found saveing at least 8 or ten days travel as it was our intention to go by way of fort hall. Mr. Hensly had got defeated in attempting to take Haistings Cutoff and had turned back by so doing discovered this new route and found it to be much nearer than Hasting's and on the 30th we met Captain Childs and Company of 48 wagons, emegrants he gave us a way bill (sic) purporting to give a still nearer route than that of Hensly's. W e bought of Capt. Child's Co. some Baken and Buffalo meat. Friday Sept. 1st. made 16 m. when in the after noon it became cold and the wind blew briskly from. the N. W . about sundown it rained. Sat. 2. Rained & snowed and became very disagreeable made a few m. and campt. Sund. 3d. Cleared up in the night & this morning it was very cold, the tops of the mountains were capted with the late snow while here in the valley is a heavy frost and everything froze hard and as our camp ground was not very good we concluded to roll out until we found a more suitable place and lay over a day and we went a bout 20 m. before we found it here several of the natives came in camp to trade drest buckskin for knives, Clothing, some of them had rifles and wanted to trade for powder Mo. 4th. Lay'd by and killed a beef while some went a fishing and caught a fine lot of what some of the boys called Sammon trout. Tues. 5th. Cool & frosty a bout 8 we rolled out went a bout 2 miles and found that 1 horse and a mule was missing, it was then concluded to camp here and hunt up the animals and at the same time send 4 pioneers a head and find where we were to leave the road and take Capt. Childs's Cutoff and meet us the day after to morrow — In the evening the boys that went to hunt for the horse & mule returned with them the mule however was shot through the thigh by indians.— Lieut. Thompson lost a horse by eating or drinking something that gave him the scours. Wed. 6th. made a bout 20 m. when we found a note left by our 4 men to camp here — To day several Sage hens was killed. Tuesday Sept. 7th, After makeing a bout ten miles we met our 4 pioneers at the head of the Flumbolt here we campt and had a report from them which was that according to Mr. Childs's map or way bill this must be the place to turn off but they had been ten miles or more had found no trace where Capt. Childs had been neither had they found water and 2 of them got sick and of course they turned back to meet the camp that evening the camp came to gether to talk the thing over and consider whether it was best to Continue this new route or go Henslys it was
