[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 19th Sunday Early this morning A Company of Hunters crossed the river to get some Buffalo Cows in a herd near By. In the Chase Br Mathews horse fell with him but did not hurt him. The others Continued on & killed one cow & two black tailed deer.
While this was going on the Twelve with many others went up the creek to see if they could get the Bears But we Could not find them. I came in sight of 3 deer & shot 3 times at them with A coarse sighted rifles & shot over them evry time. Brother Barnham shot one of them. I went a little above & saw about 50 Antilope in a flock feeding on the plain. I got within 30 rods of one of them & shot him dead in his tracks. I brought my horse up to put him onto his back to pack him into Camp And I laboured hard one hour before I could get the horse willing to let me put the Animal on his back. I was 5 miles from camp & walked & led my horse in. The Antilop was fat. We then Harnessed up & drove 9 miles & camped on Fourcheb[ei?]sed rock. 9 miles.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
"Fourcheb[ei?]sed rock" was probably a prominent landmark very near or at the Fourche Boise river, 610-3/4 from Winter Quarters, and 420-1/4 miles from the Salt Lake Valley, per CHC 3:560.
ReplyDeleteAlso per CHC 3:561, the Fourche Boise river was about 4 miles from the north fork of the Platte river.
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