My trail journal

March 1, 1848
We started down the trail with:
6 oxen
5 sets of clothing
1000 bullets
1 wagon wheel
1 wagon axle
1 wagon tongue
500 pounds of food
We decided to rest for 4 days.

March 7, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

March 10, 1848
We have arrived at the Kansas River Crossing.

March 11, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

March 15, 1848
We have arrived at the Big Blue River Crossing.

March 16, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.
Nightshade has a broken leg.

March 21, 1848
We have reached Fort Kearney.

March 22, 1848
We shot 84 pounds of meat.

March 24, 1848
We shot 180 pounds of meat.

March 29, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

April 1, 1848
We shot 186 pounds of meat.

April 4, 1848
Banana Jamma has the measles.

April 5, 1848
We have reached Chimney Rock.
We decided to rest for 3 days.

April 10, 1848
We didn't have any luck on this hunting trip! We returned to the wagon empty-handed.

April 12, 1848
We shot 120 pounds of meat.

April 14, 1848
A blizzard delayed us 1 day.

April 15, 1848
Banana Jamma is well again.

April 16, 1848
Nightshade is well again.
We have reached Fort Laramie.

April 17, 1848
Banana Jamma got lost. Thankfully, we found Banana Jamma alive after 3 days.

April 21, 1848
We lost 15 pounds of food due to spoilage.

April 22, 1848
We shot 2 pounds of meat.

May 2, 1848
We have reached Independence Rock.
We decided to rest for 3 days.

May 7, 1848
We shot 600 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.

May 9, 1848
We found some wild fruit.

May 10, 1848
We shot 328 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.

May 14, 1848
We have arrived at the South Pass.
We decided to rest for 2 days.

May 19, 1848
We shot 524 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.

May 22, 1848
We shot 347 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.

May 26, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

May 29, 1848
We have arrived at the Green River Crossing.

May 31, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.

June 1, 1848
We shot 180 pounds of meat.
We lost 65 pounds of food due to spoilage.

June 2, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.
Lurker has a fever.

June 3, 1848
We decided to rest for 4 days.

June 9, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
No water.

June 10, 1848
No water.

June 11, 1848
Lurker is well again.
No grass for the oxen.

June 13, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We lost 43 pounds of food due to spoilage.

June 14, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

June 16, 1848
Heavy fog. Lost 1 day.

June 18, 1848
We lost 32 pounds of food due to spoilage.

June 19, 1848
We shot 505 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
Squidgy has a fever.

June 21, 1848
We have reached Soda Springs.
We decided to rest for 4 days.

June 26, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.

June 28, 1848
Squidgy is well again.

June 30, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the wagon wheel, but we replaced it from supplies.

July 2, 1848
No water.
No grass for the oxen.

July 3, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
No water.

July 4, 1848
We have reached Fort Hall.

July 5, 1848
We shot 196 pounds of meat.

July 7, 1848
No grass for the oxen.

July 8, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We lost 43 pounds of food due to spoilage.

July 10, 1848
We shot 636 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.

July 11, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We will now travel at a more strenuous pace.

July 14, 1848
Squidgy has a broken arm.

July 15, 1848
We will now travel at a steady pace.

July 16, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We have arrived at the Snake River Crossing.

July 17, 1848
We had no trouble floating the wagon across.

July 18, 1848
Bad water.

July 20, 1848
We found some wild fruit.

July 22, 1848
We shot 399 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
No grass for the oxen.

July 23, 1848
No grass for the oxen.

July 25, 1848
Broken wagon axle.
We fixed the broken wagon axle.

July 27, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We lost 53 pounds of food due to spoilage.

July 28, 1848
We shot 340 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.

July 29, 1848
Squidgy got sick and died.
We found some wild fruit.

July 31, 1848
We have reached Fort Boise.
We decided to rest for 4 days.

August 1, 1848
We lost 63 pounds of food due to spoilage.

August 5, 1848
We will now travel at a more grueling pace.

August 6, 1848
Bad water.
We took the wrong trail and lost 1 day.

August 8, 1848
Bad water.
No grass for the oxen.
Rough trail.

August 9, 1848
Bad water.

August 10, 1848
We shot 680 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
No grass for the oxen.

August 11, 1848
No grass for the oxen.

August 12, 1848
No water.

August 13, 1848
We have arrived at the Grande Ronde in the Blue Mountains.
We decided to rest for 2 days.

August 15, 1848
Nightshade is sick with typhoid fever.

August 16, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
We decided to rest for 4 days.

August 17, 1848
We found some wild fruit.

August 19, 1848
We found some wild fruit.

August 20, 1848
We will now travel at a steady pace.

August 21, 1848
No grass for the oxen.
We decided to rest for 3 days.

August 22, 1848
We lost 57 pounds of food due to spoilage.

August 25, 1848
Nightshade is well again.
We found some wild fruit.
Banana Jamma has cholera.

August 26, 1848
We found some wild fruit.
Bad water.
Broken wagon axle.
We fixed the broken wagon axle.
We lost 51 pounds of food due to spoilage.

August 27, 1848
We decided to rest for 3 days.

August 28, 1848
We lost 43 pounds of food due to spoilage.

August 31, 1848
We shot 218 pounds of meat but were able to carry back only 200 pounds of meat.
We lost 56 pounds of food due to spoilage.

September 2, 1848
Bad water.

September 3, 1848
No water.
We will now travel at a more grueling pace.

September 4, 1848
Broken wagon wheel.
We couldn't fix the broken wagon wheel. We will have to trade for one.
We will now travel at a steady pace.
We decided to rest for 2 days.
We traded 1 ox for 2 wagon wheels.
Lurker is suffering from exhaustion.

September 5, 1848
Banana Jamma is well again.
Banana Jamma has dysentery.

September 9, 1848
Bad water.
We lost 39 pounds of food due to spoilage.

September 10, 1848
Lurker got sick and died.

September 12, 1848
No water.

September 13, 1848
Banana Jamma got sick and died.

September 15, 1848
We have reached The Dalles.