Steams+Family

= Steams Family Journal = =

= = = Trudie/Trudie We have decided to fill up our water in the afternoon because the line was already ready and we already had some. And the other water was contaminated with cholera. And we already gave our animals water before hand.
 * Independence Spring **
 * (Independence, Missouri) **
 * Mile 0.0 **
 * May 1, 1853 **

oomae/charlotte we crossed the river today and nobody got lost. it took all day and we got really wet. our cat didn't like the water so we put her in the wagon.
 * Crossing of Blue River (Red Bridge) **
 * (South of Metropolitan, Kansas City) **
 * Mile 15.2 **
 * May 2 **

Laura Tayon/ Rebecca Steams We had a choice of climbing the bluff and see the trail ahead of us and catch up to the wagon train later, or don't look and continue on. We decided to not look at the trail ahead and the families who did that saw the trail ahead and they caught up, and they didn't have any trouble.
 * Observation Bluff **
 * (A ridge west of Captain Creek, Kansas) **
 * Mile 47 **
 * May 4 **

**Crossing of Wakarusa River** **(5 miles southeast of Lawrence, Kansas)** **Mile 54** **May 5-7** harlem/thomas we got across the river successfully by building a scow. there were leeches in the water and water snakes some of the oxen and dogs got leeches.


 * Fremont Springs **
 * (4 miles south of Diller, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 194 **
 * May 16 **

Laura Tayon/ Rebecca Steams

Some of us climbed a hill and saw a rock that Kit Carson and John Fremont had carved their name into it. We found a spring and drank from it. Nothing bad happened yet. All is good.


 * The Narrows **
 * (1.5 miles northwest of Oak, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 252 **
 * May 20 **

oomae/charlotte today trudie got bit by a rattlesnake. We used plantain and tabacco to heal the wound. she lived, but her leg didn't work for 1 day. she sat in the wagon that day and her leg was working the next day.

Trudie/trudie
 * Fort Kearny "Fort Childs" **
 * (5.5 miles south of Kearny, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 319 **
 * May 30 **

We styoped at a trading post today and restocked on alot of stuff. Flower beans and bocon. We are going to write a letter and its 10 cents.

Laura Tayon/Rebeca Steams
 * Gilman Station **
 * (8 miles west of Gothenburg, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 401 **
 * June 11 **

We traded and gonly 3 new oxen. We are going to buy 3 new oxen at the next fort.

harlem/thomas we paid a french man to ferry the wagon across the river.
 * Lower (old) California Crossing **
 * (3.8 miles west of Brule, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 485 **
 * June 23 **


 * Windlass Hill **
 * (Garden County near Ash Hollow, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 500 **
 * June 25 **
 * Trudie/trudie **

Today we went down a vaery steep hill. First we walked all our animals down. Then all the wagen train helped lower our wagen sloly down the hill.


 * Courthouse Rock **
 * (5 miles due south of Bridgeport, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 561 **
 * June 30 **

oomae/charlotte we had no firewood so we had to collect buffalo chips.


 * Chimney Rock **
 * (3.5 miles southwest of Bayard, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 575 **
 * July 1 **

Laura Tayon/Rebecca Steams I wrote my name on chimney rock and we found Watch's description on the rock with FOUND underneath it!!!! He is at FORT LARAMIE!!!


 * Horse Creek Crossing **
 * (4 miles southwest of Morril, Nebraska) **
 * Mile 615 **
 * July 6 **

Laura Tayon/Rebecca Steams We met the sioux and the wanted a large payment for crossing the land, but we negotiated with the cheif and found a plan that will work. We discovered that they were starving!!!!!!


 * Fort Laramie **
 * (Goshen County, Wyoming) **
 * Mile 650 **
 * July 11 **

Laura/Rebecca We got to Fort Laramie safely and looked for Watch, and we found him, but the soldiers wanted to keep him and Watch seemed happier with them, so we left Watch with them.

Trudie/trudie Today we raeched the Ayers Natural Bridg. Nobody desided to clim it thoght. We thoght it to riske. And i really miss Wach.
 * Ayers Natural Bridge **
 * (12 miles west of Douglas, Wyoming) **
 * Mile 724 **
 * July 13 **

oomae/charlotte we tryed to float the river but we ended paying beacause another storm hit us.i really miss watch beacause i played with him alot in the evenings.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Reshaw's Bridge **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(3 miles northeast of Casper, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 761 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July 17 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Poison Spring **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Natrona County, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 777 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July 18 **

Trudie/trudie Today we reached posen springs and it eas good and bad. A new babby gril we neamed her Grace. But Betty and one of our oxin drack the posene water and died:(

Laura/Rebecca We researched how alkali was really bad for you and we lived through alkali slough!!!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Alkali Slough **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Natrona County, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 798 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July 20 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Saleratus (Playa Lake) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(1 mile northeast of Independence Rock, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 814 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July 22 **

oomae/charlotte we made some bread it looked greenish so we tossed it out.for the rest of the week we get no more bread.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Independence Rock **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(48 miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 814 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July 22 **

Thomas/Harlem we came to independence rock and some people told us the story of it nothing bad happened.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Devil's Gate **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Natrona County, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 820 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July 23 **

Trudie/trudie Today there was a stampede. We rounded them up and we all lived!! But all of our livestock ran away and we spent a whole day looking for them.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">oomae/charlotte <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">we chose to dig up the ice and now we have cold clean ice to put in the water.and we can splash it on our head.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ice Spring **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(9.5 miles east of Sweetwater Station, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 862 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July25 **

rebecca/laura Trudie knew the lyrics to Oh,Susanna so we got 2 oxen and a yoke (a harness for the oxen)!!!!! :) :) :) !!!
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">South Pass **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 913 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">July 30 **

harlem/thomas we decided the to go on the fort bridger route with the wagon train.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Parting of the Ways **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(9 miles northeast of Farson, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 932 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">August 1 **

Rebecca/Laura We asked for Indians and got important info and decided to repair some fences so we have 11 OXEN!!!!!! :D
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fort Bridger Route **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Little Sandy Crossing **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(7 miles northeast of Farson, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 940 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">August 2 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fort Bridger Route **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fort Bridger (Fort Bridger, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1026 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Thomas Fork Crossing **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Rejoining the trails: Sublette Cutoff and Fort Bridger Route **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(1.2 miles west of Border, Wyoming) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1108 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">August 14 **

Trudie/trudie Today we reach fort briger. We hade a good rest and we are ready to go erly in the morning.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">oomae/charlotte <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">we reasearched so our hand didn't get burned and we didn't have to wear bandages for two days and we got to fill our kegs.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Steamboat Spring **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Soda Springs, Idaho) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1154 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">August 16 **

oomae/charlotte we didn't buy anything. we checked the weather.we found out there is a early winter.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fort Hall **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(South of the Snake River, Idaho) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1217 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">September 4 **

Today we had to cross a dagres river. We trid to use the trvers way and use the ilands for land marks. It dint work and we lost all of our pilet bread.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Three Island Crossing **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Elmore County, Idaho) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1397 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">September 20 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Trudie/Trudie **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Trudie/trudie <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I feel really good and worried about the mountains. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Laura/ Rebbeca <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I feel relieved because we don't have very many decisions left.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Farewell Bend **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Baker County, Oregon) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1551 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">September 30 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The whole family **

Trudie/trudie Today we had to go down a steep hill. It took a long time. But we made it without losing anybody.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ladd Canyon Hill **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Union County, Oregon) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 163 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">October 5 **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Deadman Pass **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Umatilla County, Oregon) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1671 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">October 8 **

Laura/Rebecca We earned 200 dollars because a publisher wanted to print our journal. We will get the money when we are finished with the journal.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Trudie/Trudie <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Today we choss to use the tole rode. And we fond out thes grnels sel for 200$ a famly. And we sold 2 oxen for $200.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Whitman Mission **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Walla Walla County, Washington) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mile 1709 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">October 12 **


 * The Barlow Toll **


 * (Gate Wasco County, Oregon) **

Trudie/trudie Today we lost tow man from our grop, Evan and David they died in an avlach. And so did Jacob he where eatin by a bair.
 * Mile 1857 **

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