-------------------------------------------------- * * * -------------------------------------------------- 𐐜 𐐘𐐢𐐄𐐡𐐆 𐐉𐐚 𐐘𐐉𐐔 𐐆𐐞 𐐆𐐤𐐓𐐇𐐢𐐆𐐖𐐇𐐤𐐝 𐐐𐐄𐐢𐐆𐐤𐐝 𐐓𐐅 𐐜 𐐢𐐃𐐡𐐔 -------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * * * * * * -------------------------------------------------- The following transcription presents the Deseret Alphabet portions of the journal of Thales Hastings Haskell, covering 4 October 1859–1 January 1860. The original journal is held by Brigham Young University: Thales Hastings Haskell, Haskell (Thales Hastings) diary, 1859–1860, Vault MSS 437, vol. 1, L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library, BYU Library, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. The underlying journal is in the public domain. The Illinois Deseret Consortium retains copyright in its original editorial contributions to this transcription. Permission to reproduce those contributions is granted for educational and personal use; publication requires permission. These conditions do not restrict use of the underlying public-domain text. The original edited, printed version of the journal (Juanita Brooks, Utah Historical Quarterly 7:69–98, 1944) is available here: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=420216 CITATION FOR THIS TRANSCRIPTION Illinois Deseret Consortium. 2026. Deseret (Unicode) transcription of Deseret Alphabet passages in the Thales Hastings Haskell Journal, 1859–1860. Accessed , from http://faculty.las.illinois.edu/rshosted/newdeseret/des-haskell.html. CONVENTIONS Text lost through damage to the manuscript, including tears or missing portions of a leaf, is indicated by triple brackets [[[…]]]. This marker denotes a loss of unspecified extent, not necessarily the remainder of the page. Overwritten or struck-out characters/words are enclosed in double brackets [[...]] and placed immediately before the characters that replace them. Supralinear insertions are enclosed in paired double carets ^…^ and placed at or near their corresponding position in the line of text. Page metadata occurs on lines beginning with %. An equals sign (=) marks a word divided across manuscript lines, replacing Haskell's paired hyphens at the end of one line and the beginning of the next. Hyphens appear at the beginning of a line only if a word is clearly broken and the immediately preceding material is no longer extant. An asterisk * marks an apparent misspelling relative to Haskell's own orthographic practice. It is used only for frequently occurring words whose spelling elsewhere in the text provides a clear basis for comparison. Curly brackets {...} are used to indicate Roman Alphabet characters. Angle brackets <...> are used to indicate correspondence to pages of the the Roman-alphabet version of the Diary, including links to scans held at the Harold B. Lee Library. Because there are substantive differences between the Deseret and Roman-alphabet versions, these markers are occasionally approximate and frequently occur in the middle of a Deseret line (no break is added after the marker unless it happens to occur at the beginning of a Deseret line). Meta-data tags for dates include the first dated entry on the image/page, even if some material on the page corresponds to an earlier date. SPECIAL NOTE ON DESERET ALPHABET CHARACTERS The manuscript writes a combination of ⟨𐐮⟩ + ⟨𐐳⟩ (SAMPA /I/ + /U/; KIT + FOOT), transcribed here as the single Unicode character ⟨𐑏⟩ which can be understood as ⟨𐐮⟩ + ⟨𐐭⟩ (/I/ + /u/; KIT + GOOSE), corresponds to the MULE diphthong. No dedicated Unicode character represents the manuscript's combined form. Because ⟨𐐳⟩ and ⟨𐐭⟩ represent different vowels, this substitution may obscure a pronunciation distinction suggested by the handwriting. Similarly, the combination of ⟨𐐮⟩ + ⟨X⟩ (SAMPA /I/ + /O/; KIT + THOUGHT) used in the manuscript is transcribed here as ⟨𐑎⟩, i.e., ⟨𐐮⟩ + ⟨𐐱⟩ / + /Q/; KIT + LOT), corresponding to the CHOICE diphthong. SPECIAL NOTE ON TERMS USED In some cases obscured by pronunciation and Deseret orthography, the following terms may be useful: klarI = Clara: Santa Clara River bEn nEl = Ben Knell (1833-1915) hAUnz = Hounds: braces connecting the wagon’s front axle assembly to its tongue kAvitsIz = Plural/possssive name, probably related to Kai'vi'vits in Southern Paiute; it is rendered "an Indian camp" in the script version of the diary that was published by Juanita Brooks in 1944 fort klarI = Fort (Santa) Clara AIrI hac = Ira Hatch (Hatch, 1835-1909, was involved in subsequent mission to the Hopi in 1862; Smallcanyon 2010, p. 28) tQmVs edar = Thomas Adair (1814-1890) kUvIntUip = Southern Paiute toponym associated with Blue Canyon on the Moenkopi Wash kVINwQ = Thuringwa (from Roman-alphabet diary) POSSIBLE FEATURES OF HASKELL'S DIALECT pentr = Pinto (Creek) AtIklz = articles pAt = part stAtId = started mESin = machine kAt = cart rigAd = regard rVDr = rather At = art kwOtr = quarter -------------------------------------------------- TRANSCRIPTION © Illinois Deseret Consortium 2026 -------------------------------------------------- % Image 1 % 4 October 1859 VrnVl bAI Telz h haskVl QktobVr 4T 1859 AI lEft pentr krik bAUnd fQr D mokwIcIz AI sEnt mAI m𐑏lz ahEd tu D klarI bAI bEn nEl and navIgetId e bVl tim mAIsElf travIld .6. mAIlz kampt t D mEdos sted Dar Dat Aftrnun and Dat nAIt Qn D akAUnt Ov an Qks Dat wQz mIsIN wEnz. 5T kUd nQt fAInd D Qks hIct Vp an VDr and stAtId lodId wID rOhAId rolz provIZVn wOtr kEks and VDr valy𐑏Ebl AtIklz travIld Dat de and pAt Ov D nAIt brok mAI wagVn hAUnz and fEct Vp In e sand baNk cend D bVlz tu sVm triz and kQnkl𐑏dId tu slip D rEst Ov D nAIt ^Trz^. 6T tAId Vp mAI wagVn hAUnz and stAtId trEvIld at D ret [[O]]Vv abAUt .1 Or 2. [[[…]]] an AUr stQpt at kAvitsIz at nun fEd D katl sVm kQrn fQdr Et sVm [[[…]]] and ciz and rold AUt agen landId at fort klarI abAUt D mIdl Ov D Aftrnun fAUnd sVm Ov D foks sIk wID D eg𐑏 tUk sVm stIm𐑏lVs at dQjEz In kVm= pEnI wID br nEl. tUk sVpr wID AIrI hac frAIdI 7T. spEnt D de In [[[…]]] kUd nQt slip gQt tu T [[[…]]] had D bl𐑏z aftr e lI [[[…]]] Ov DIs wrld and Ol [[[…]]] nQTIN k [[[…]]] % Image 2 % 9 October 1859 % Lower left-hand portion of page is missing. tu wQSINtVn tu trAI tu rez mor handz tu go wID Vs sVndI 9T, wEnt dAUn Intu D vrjIn fild mEt br yVN and tQmVs edar tQm havIN kQnkl𐑏dId tu go wID Vs bVt AftrwVd[[s]]z wiknd spEnt D de itIN mElVnz and Enj𐑎IN AUrsElvz D bEst wi n𐑏 hAU at br wIlyVm yVNz molasIs mESin mVndI. D .10T wi rold AUt agen br nEl QfISIetIN az bVl drAIvr wi gQt alQN fAIn tIl wi kem tu D kle hIlz jemz pirz havIN nAU j𐑎nd Vs med Vs .5. In nVmbr strQN wi nAU sEt abAUt hVntIN e rod Tr𐑏 D hIlz wID VnkQmVn vIgr at lENT Aftr kQnsIdrEbl hwIpIN hupIN yElIN {tc} wi manIjd tu gIt Vp sVm 3 Or 4. Ilz bVt In goIN dAn wVn D kAt kapsAIzd plVm bQtVm Vp In spAIt Ov br rIdl and mAIsElf hu [[[…]]] haNIN tu D strn wi rAItId hVr Vp gEDrd AUr TINz tugEDr [[[…]]] Vp and trAId It agen wEnt abAUt 30 stEps and kapsAIzd agen AUr feT nAU In rigAd tu D kAt goIN tu D kQlredo bIgVn tu dIklAIn aftr sVm lebVr hAUEvr wi gQt D TIN stAtId agen and gQt Tr𐑏 D hIlz Intu D dip sand hwar D kAt rold hEvI az It wQz kIt= [[[…]]] Qv wOtr travIld [[[…]]] Vp AUr m𐑏lz and kampt [[[…]]] kamp grAUnd l[[U]]𐑏kt rVDr [[[…]]] tId bak tu mit D [[[…]]] and fAUnd % Image 3 % 12 October 1859 % Center right portion of page is missing. tu muv Qn tu D lItl wOtr hol and wet Dar fQr br hamblIn and D rEst Ov AUr kVmpVnI br hamblIn havIN bIn dItend Qn D akAUnt Ov .1. Ov hIz m𐑏lz havIN gQt lOst brz yVN rIdl and mAIsElf wEnt tu lUk at D mAUntIn ahEd az wi had sVm dAUts az tu D pQsIbIl= ItI Ov gIt* D gAt* Vp fAUnd It nEkst TIN tu ImpQsIbl wEnt bak tu kamp and EksprEst AUr v𐑏z Qn D sVbjEkt tu D b𐑎z alON In br SEltn kem Intu kamp abord Ov e m𐑏l rAIdIN e paksadl wID e laSrop fQr strVps sEd br hamblIn and telr krQzbI wUd sUn bi Dar De sfn arAIvd br h TOt wi lUkt rVDr lo spIrItId wi told hIm D kAt wQz e bad Eg and Dat wi dId nQt TINk It wUd mek D rIfl wEnsde .12T., gQt Vp and tUk e lUk fQr D anImVlz fAUnd Dat De had Ol tekn D bak trak bVt D katl and .2. hQrsIz D hQrsIz [[[…]]]n mAUntId bAI brs nEl and krQzbI hu stAtId bak aftr D mIsIN anI[[[…]]] rIdl Qn fUt brz hamblIn SEltn and yVN rold AUt w[[[…]]] tu kip kamp tIl D b𐑎z kem wID D hQrsIz D Ink[[[…]]] wID Vs wiknd and wEnt bak D b𐑎z ritrnd abAUt [[[…]]] fAUnd DEm sVm 8 Or 10, bak Qn D trel wi pakt Vp and tUk [[[…]]] tUk It at D fUt Ov D mAUntIn hwar D TIN rIf𐑏zd tu klAIm so[[[…]]] AUr plVndr and had e gUd tAIm dIspleIN AUr InjIn𐑏ItI In D At Ov pak= IN br h diteld brz nEl and SEltn tu go bag wID D kAt and wVn yok Ov D katl wID InstrVkSVnz tu gEt .2. Or .3. mor anImVlz tUk D VDr yok Ov alON fQr bif and wEnt Qn AUr we rij𐑎sIN br krQzbI had .1. m𐑏l nemd dEvl hwIc AI TOt wQz rAItlI nemd az hi simd tu tek gret dIlAIt In trAIIN tu ImItet Dat jEntlmVn hi kQt* tu jVmpIN and trnd hIz pak br hamblInz hQrs jVmpt sAIdwez Tr𐑏 e sak Ov binz and brst D sak hwIc wi lEft leIN Dar tIl mQrnIN br krQzbIz rAIdIN m𐑏l Olso had e fIt Ov jVm= pIN and gQt prItI wal akwentId wID Dat jEntlmVnz amErIkVn sprz % Image 4 % 13 October 1859 % Center left portion of page is missing. bIfor hi gQt Tr𐑏 DIs Ov tekIN ples In D nAIt kEpt Vp InVf Eks= AItmVnt tu mek It IntrEstIN tIl wi gQt tu rQk kanyVn hwar wi kampt fQr D nAIt Trsde D .13T rImend In kamp and rIgd Vp pak sEdlz balVnst AUr paks {&c}. brz hamblIn and pirs wEnt bak aftr D spIld binz and sVm rOhAId Dat wQz lEft at D fUt Ov D mAUntIn frAIde. 14T. rImend In kamp wEnt dAUn D kanyVn abAUt e kwOtr Ov e mAIl tu si e ples hwIc wi kOld nAIagrI fOlz e ples hwar D wOtr [[fOlz]] pOrz Ovr D rQks sVm. 2 Or 3. hVndrVd fit In tAImz Ov hAI wOtr satrde. 15T. stIl rImend In kamp wetIN fQr brz nEl and SEltn In D iv= nIN br nEl arAIvd wID .2. anImVlz e mar and e m𐑏l sEd br SEltn had gOn tu D kQtn fAm tu trAI tu gIt e hQrs tu rAId dId nQt no hwEn hi wUd kVm br[[z]] rIdl wQz [[[…]]] sIk at DIs ples kEpt gItIN wrs and fAInVlI [[[…]]]pak hQrs and tred wID Vs [[[…]]] tu stAt akrQs D .40. mAIl dEzrt br hamblIn [[[…]]] wet fQr SEltn and Dat D rEst Ov Vs had [[[…]]]d gQt abAUt e hAf amAIl hwEn AUr anImVlz gQt D [[[…]]] and pVl In DEr tAIm rVnIN jVmpIN kIkIN and TroIN DEr [[[…]]]IfVl str𐑏IN spedz SVvlz aksIz krakVrz binz rOhAId {&c}. In Ol dIrEkSVnz br rIdlz hQrs hwIc had bIn D most jEntl and had speds and aksIz pakt Qn hIm hi apird tu bi D wrst hi Tr𐑏 hIs* pak trnd D sadl and gIkt* It lus brekIN It Ol tu pisIz and kVt hIz lEgz so bad Dat hi r𐑏Ind hImsElf fQr D trIp sEvrl VDrz trnd DEr paks and fAInVlI wi TINz gQt so bad Dat wi had tu go bak tu AUr old kamp krAU= nd* tu rIpar fIkst Vp TINz D bEst wi kUd and kQnkl𐑏dId tu stQp tIl nEkst mQrnIN br SEltn arAIvd In D ivnIN In kVmpVnI wID br s lItlfild hu kem tu tek bak e hQrs hwIc br SEltn had bQrod tu rAId AUt Dar fAInVlI kQnkl𐑏dId tu sEnd bak D krIpld hQrs and tek Dat wVn Qn % Image 5 % No date % "Page missing in original" % Image 6 % 2 November 1859 e pAs In e mAUntIn jVst wAId InVf fQr D m𐑏lz tu go sINl fAIl sQlId prpIndIk𐑏lr rQks vErI hAI Qn ic sAId DIs pAs Is* kwAIt e k𐑏rIQItI* travEld Qn and kem tu e dip mVdI nastI rEvin lidIN tu D kQlredo had Ol wi kUd du tu kIt AUr anImVlz dAUn D rQks Intu It and Aftr wi gQt In had tu Vnpak sVm Ov D anImVlz bIfor wi kUd kEt Tr𐑏 It biIN so mAIrI wi hAUEvr [[AU]]Aftr mVc lebr gQt dAUn tu D ford hwar AUr .2. IndIVn gAIds sEd D rIvr wQz tu hAI tu krOs and rif𐑏zd tu tek D lid wi hAUEvr kQnkl𐑏dId tu trAI It and br hamblIn and mAIsElf stAtId In D gAIdz havIN prok𐑏rd lON wIlo aNkrd DEmsElvz tu br pirs hi holdIN tu wVn End and De tu D VDr wi gQt In e SQrt dIstVns hwEn D gAIds* wiknd and wEnt bak and kQmEnst pAUwAUIN Qn D bQNk wi wEnt ahEd gQt Intu dip wOtr flAUndVrd arnd ahwAIl and fAInVlI tUk D IndIVnz advAIs and wEnt bak O^l^so nQt In e vErI gUd 𐑏mr bAI D we az wi war Ol wEt Vp tu AUr lor EkstrEmItIz paks and blaNkIts Olso mostlI wEt and e dEvl Ov e kold nAIt In D bAgIn AI gev D IndIVnz kwAIt e lEktcr fQr biIN kAUrdz and gUdfQrnQTIN skVNks fQr nQt tekIN D lid De biIN akwentId wID ford De onlI ansrd Dat De war afred wi Vnpakt bIlt Vp e fAIr tUk sVpr brnd Vp Ol D wUd wi trAIIN tu drAI AUr kloDz and wQrm AUrselvz gast abAUt D prQbIbIlItI Ov kEtIN akrOs tumQro .{&𐐽}. and w^E^nt tu bEd Enzde .2^Vnd^. gQt Vp and lUkt wISfVl at D QpVsIt bank Ov D rIvr br hamblAIn and sVm Ov D VDr b𐑎z Vnwal frQm EkspoZr D ivnIN bIfor kAId* sEd Dat Dar wUd sUn bi an IndIVn Dar Dar Dat lIvd Qn D VDr sAId Ov D rIvr and n𐑏 D ford and wUd nQt bi afred tu pAIlVt Vs arQs hi arAIvd In d𐑏 tAIm and sEvrVl VDrz wID hIm De stUd Qn D baNk and and jabrd ahwAIl and fAInVlI sEd D rIdr* wQz tu hAI sEd wi had bEtr wet e wik Or .10. dez tIl It gQt lor br pirs dIskVvrd an old % Image 7 % 2 November 1859 rAft med Ov e kVpl Ov kQtnwUd polz wID bVlrVSIz tAId akrOs hwIc wi sVpozd D y𐑏ts had med wi tOkt sVm Ov fIksIN It and fErIN AUr TINz ovr and swImIN D anImVlz br hamblIn TOt e kVpl Ov Vs had bEt= Vr trAI D ford Egen hOrsbak tu si If wi kUd nQt ford It IndIVnz bAI DIs tAIm had Ol lEft AI sadld mAI m𐑏l strIpt Of EvrITIN bVt mAI SVrt [[gOA]] gAm= Vnts and hat and In kVmpVnI wID br SEltn stAtId In EkspEktIN prQbVblI e lON swIm In kold wOtr wi nEvr had D lVk tu gIt akrOs sef wID= AUt swImIN AI had sVm macIz In D tQp Ov mAI hat wID hwIc AI strVk Vp e fAIr tUk e smok and wetId wID sVm aNzAIItI tu si D rEst Ov D b𐑎z kVm akrOs wVn mar had fQlod Vs ovr hwIc lEft DEm mAInVs e pak anImVl De pakt Vp D rEst and stAtId In gQt abAUt hAf we akrOs hwn D Qks rif𐑏zd tu kVm EnI fADr and De had tu lEt hIm go bak De gQt prItI nir akrOs and barIn e lItl tu fA tu D lEft gQt In tu dip wOtr hwar D smQl m𐑏lz had tu skIm .1. m𐑏l Ov br krQzbIz biIN pakt hEvI wID mit gQt Of Ov hIz bAlVns and wEnt rolIN ovr and ovr dAUn strim fAInVlI strVk bQtVm and le wID hIz fit stIk Vp kIkIN and wQz gIvIn Vp bAI Ol hands az dEd hi hAUEvr med e dEsprIt strVkl* and rezd Vp and kem aSor mVc tu D astQnISmVnt Ol prEzVnt .1. pak and D Qks stIl rimend Qn D QpVzIt sAId brz SEltn and pirs vQlVntird tu go ovr Aftr DEm De kQt* ovr sef and pAt we bak hwEn D Qks brok bak agen In spAIt Ov br pirsIz Eforts tu hEd hIm kQt Ovr wID D pak sef kQnkl𐑏dId tu lEt D Qks ko tIl D nEkst de strEct D tEnt az It lUkt lAIk ren bIlt e bIg fAIr gQt sVpr and Ol fElt fAIn wISIN hAUEvr Dat D Qks wQz ovr sO no mor Ov D IndIVnz rzde 3d. gQt Vp and sprEd AUt AUr TINz tu drAI tUk brEkfVst wQndrd lezIlI Ovr D rQks ahwAIl and gezd at D kQlredo and D hAI rQkI klIfts Tr𐑏 hwIc It wAUnd Its lonlI kors bIgVn tu TINk abAUt kItIN D Qks ovr and wEnt bak tu kamp br hamblIn told mi tu cuz sVm wVn tu go wID % Image 8 % 4 November 1859 mi and go ovr and gIt hIm coz br yVN hi biIN e gUd swImr In kes Ov aksIdEnd wi nAU rIgd AUrsElvz AUt wID e spAIk pol and e lOn rop and stAtId had gUd lVk and gQt hIm ovr sef br yVN lidIN hIm and mAIsElf bIhAInd wID D spAIk pol wID hwIc AI QkeSVnVlI b^r^AItnd Vp hIz AIdirz hwEn hi wEnt tu trn bak pripard tu stAUt* D nEkst de In D ivnIN sVN sONz and Ol fElt In fAIn spIrIts .16. mAIlz frQm hVnIkom rQk tu DIs ples plEntI Ov wU* wOtr and grAs Qn D ist baNk Ov D rIvr rAIde .4T. gQt Vp tUk brEkfVst pakt Vp and stAtId gQt abAUt e mAIl hVntId Vp and dAUn Tr𐑏 D wIloz kwAIt ahwAIl fQr D Oks and kUd nQt fAInd hIm br krQzbI fQlod hIz trak bak tu D ford and fAUnd Dat hi had krOst bak Ovr D rIvr In D nAIt brz hamblIn and yVN wEnt Aftr hIm D rEst Ov Vs trEvld* Qn ovr e vErI rQkI bad kVntrI trav= Eld .23. mAIlz and kampt at kQtnwUd krIk e ples hwar D rQks ar so hAI and D brVS so TIk Dat wi had tu TUk stret Vp tu si AUt jVst az wi war stAtIN e fAIr brz hamblIn and yVN arAIvd wID Qks De sEd Dat hi had swam D rIvr and kem vErI nir drIftIN dAUnstrim bIlo landIN az Dar wQz hAI stip rQks e f𐑏 rQds bIlo hwar hi wEnt aSor plEntI Ov wUd and wOtr at DIs ples bVt pur fid atrde 5T gQt Vp and pripard tu stAt .2. m𐑏lz war mIsIN wVn Ov mAIn and br nElz br hamblIn TOt Dat D kVmpVnI had bEtr go Qn and .2. Ov Vs stQt and hVnt D m𐑏lz AI st^r^Vk AUt tu hVnt D m𐑏lz nQt In e vErI kUd* h𐑏mr fQr In kes wi dId nQt fAInd DEm AI dId nQt fansI biIN lEft afUt bI= hAInd D kVmpVnI nQt noIN hAU fA It wQz Ehad tu wOtr br yVN wEnt In wVn dIrEkSVn and mi In anVDr If iDr Ov Vs fAUnd DEm wi wQz tu fAIr e pIstVl tu lEt D VDr no AI hVntId sVm tAIm and wEnt Vp Qn e hAI pik hwar AI sUn sO D smok Ov e pIstVl and dIrEktlI hrd D riport lUkt In Dat dIrAIkSVn e f𐑏 momEnts and sO br yVN kVmIN wID D m𐑏lz kQt bEtr necrd Ol at wVnts wEnt dAUn and sadld Vp and sUn ovtUk* D kVm= % Image 9 % 6 November 1859 pVnI travEld .27. mAIlz tu rQk kamp gQt Dar Aftr dAk sO e fAIr tu D rAIt br hamblIn and pirs wEnt Qn tu D tQp Ov e hAI rQk and med e fAIr TIN= kIN tu rez sVm IndIVnz In e SQt tAIm .4. med DEr apirVns and Dat Dar wQz plE= ntI Ov wOtr Vp tu Der kamp hwIc wQz onlI abAUt e mAIl frQm Vs brz hamblIn krQzbI and mAIsElf wEnt and wOtrd D anImVlz and fIld. ^plIntI Ov wUd and gUd fid at DIs ples^ AUr kantinz stand wOtr In e rQo* ^besn^ Vnde .6T. gQt Vp and tUk brEkfVst lEt D anImVlz hav e gUd cAns tu rEst and fIl DEmsElvz DEn wOtrd pakt Vp and stAtId travEld 23 mAIlz and kampt jVst Aftr dAk In sVm sidrz wIDAUt wOtr lEt [[A]]anAIUVlz* fid ahwAIl and tAId DEm Vp wi hrd sVmTIN [[D]] yEl sVm pronAUnst It e wUlf and sVm an IndIVn AI TOt It wQz an IndIVn wi wEnt tu bEd and had nQt farlI gQt tu slip hwEn .2. IndIVnz kem tu kamp sEd Dar wQz plEntI Ov wOtr e SQrt dIstVnst tu D rAIt hwar De war kampt De le dAUn ahwAIl bVt sUn gQt so kold Dat De gQt Vp and bak tu DEr on kamp Vnde .7T. at delAIt wi kQmEnst pakIN Vp sUn dIkVvVrd anVDr pAIy𐑏t kVmIN hi pAIlVtId Vs abAUt e mAIl and e hAf tu wutr hwar sVm .4 Or 5. Ov DEm war kampt wi tredId fQr sVm antIlop mit and tUk brEkfVst remend In kamp and lEt D anImVlz rEst br yVN tredId hIz gVn tu an IndIVn fQr e ponI and e blankIt br SEltn wEnt e hVntIN and dIkVvrd EnSVnt r𐑏Inz hwIc kQnsIstId Ov .2. stVn wOlz sVm .3 Or 4. mAIlz lON and In sVm plesIz .15. fit hAI az De war nQt fAU frQm kamp Ol handz bVt D kUk wEnt tu si DEm De lUkt az Do De mAIt wVnz hav Enklozd e strit bVt nAU ar onlI e dikeIN mAs Ov rQks In D mIdl Ov e dEzrt wEnt bak tu kamp mEdItetIN hu kUd hav bIlt D wOlz and hu wVns lIvd Dar wQz e kwEstSVn nVn kUd ansr Dar Iz plEntI Ov wOtr In e rQk besVn gUd fid and plEntI Ov wUd at DIs ples kOld It flat rQk kamp 𐑏zdI .8T. 1. IndIVn vQlVntird tu go wID Vs az gAId tUk brEkfVst pakt Vp and stAtId travEld .18. mAIlz kampt ^at^ kUvIntUip D IndIVn sEd Dat wi had bEtr kip e gUd lUkAUt fQr D anImVlz az wi war nAU In D % Image 10 % 6 November 1859 navIho kVntrI so wi drov DEm antu e blVf hwIc wQz sVrAUndId Qn Ol sAIds bAI stip rQkI prEsIpIsIz and OnlI wVn ples tu go Vp and stUd gAUd plEntI Ov wUd and wOtr at DI[[D]]s ples fid skers Ensde .9T. gQt Vp tUk bEkfVst* and stAtId IndIVn wEnt ahEd tu orAIb ^vIlIj^ tu tEl DEm Dat wi war kVmIN wi travEld .25. mAIlz kampt abAUt e mAIl frQm e sprIN and D orAIb gAdInz wOtrd hQbld and trnd AUt dId nQt stand gAd gUd fid at DIs ples sprIN smOl and wUd skers rzde .10T. travIld 5 mAIlz and arAIvd at orAIb vIlIj D IndIVnz war frEndlI and Ofrd Vs e rum tu kamp In bVt az wi wOntId tu kIl D bif wi wEnt dAUn abAUt e hAf e mAIl tu e sprIN and kamp and kIld D bif kVt Vp sVm Ov It fQr drAIIN tUk sVpr fIkst D mit Vp Qn sVm hAI rQks AUt Ov D we Ov D wUlvz and dQgz kQt* Vp D hQrsIz and muvd Vp Intu D rum bIfOr mEn= SVnd tAId Vp AUr anImVlz and stod AUrsElvz Ewe fQr D nAIt rAIde .11. kQt* an IndIVn tu hrd D anImVlz and Ol bVt brz hamblIn and yVN wEnt dAUn and fInISt kVtIN D mit wi kem bak tu D vIlIj and fAUnd br and yVN srAUndId bAI sVm lEs Dan e TAUzn IndIVnz tredIN kQt* D IndIVnz TInd AUt e lItl and tUk dInr Aftr hwIc br hamblIn sEd hi wUd lAIk tu tOk wID mi hi sEd Dat AI had bIn amVN D IndIVnz so mVc Dat hi hetId tu Ask mi bVt wUd wUd lAIk If AI wQz wIlIN tu hav mi ste wID br SEltn AI told hIm Dat AI wUd ste and D bEst AI kUd atrde .12. br hamblIn stAtId tu D mokwIcIz akQmpVnId bAI brz yVN krQzbI nEl and pirs livIN br SEltn and mAIsElf hir Aftr De had gOn wi kQnkl𐑏dId tu trAI tu fAInd e mor kVmfQrtIbl rum tu lIv In az D hAUs hwar wi Ar stQpIN Iz vErI kold and dIsEkriIbl wi Qbtend prmISVn Ov an IndIVn nemd kVINwQ tu slip In hIz wrkSQp Vnde .13. AUr kwQrtrz In D SQp bi^IN^ so smokI and krAUdId wID IndIVns Dat wi kUd nQt kUk wi wEnt tu kVINwQ and kQt* hIm tu Vndrstand % Image 11 % 14 November 1859 Dat wi wUd lAIk tu hav e smOl rum bAI AUrsElvz Aftr kAUnsElIN wID hIz and an IndIVn kOld talamI De kQnkl𐑏dId tu lEt Vs hav wVn Ov D fQloIN dIskrIpSVn It Iz abAUt .12. fit lON .8. fit wAId and .4. fit hAI wID e skwar hol In D tQp jEst wAId InVf tu admIt e kQmVn sAIzd mEn De hElpt Vs klin It AUt and AUftr mekIN e lAdr tu ansr D prpos Qv e par Ov starz Aftr hwIc wi muvd [[hwQt]]sVc TINz In az wi nidId fQr prEsVnt 𐑏s and stud D rEst E= we In wVn Ov kV^I^NwQ rumz In megIN D lAdr wi rIpt opn e stIk wID e hand sO hwIc hwIc kQlEktId e lAj krAUd Ov spEktetrz De simd tu TINk It wQz e n𐑏 AIdir and had e kred mEnI rimAks tu mek hwIc wi kUd nVt VndVrstand mVnde .14T. gQt Vp Qn tQp Ov D hVt D de biIN wQrm and plEsEnt and rot e lEtr tu mAI wAIf. 𐑏zde .15T. DIs mQrnIN as wi war itIN brEkfVst br hamblIn and kVmpVnI arAIvd frQm D mokwIcIz De had .4. anImVlz pakt wID wUd fQr Vs az wi war VnpakIN AI sO bAI D lUks Ov sVm Ov D b𐑎z kAUntInVnsIz Dat sVmTIN had wEnt rON AI Askt DEm If De had gUd lVk De sEd sVm In= dIVn had stoln br krQzbIz sadl rivQlvr and nAIf and sEvrVl VDr TINz frQm D rEst Ov D kVmpnI AI hav sIns lrnd Dat It wQz e navIho Dat tUk DEm. e Vnsadld gat an IndIVn b𐑎 tu hVrd D anImVlz and rimend wID Vs Ol de In D ivnIN wi lrnd frQm an IndIVn Dat e kVmpVnI Ov trups wUd bi hir tum= Qro br hamblIn kQnkl𐑏dId tu hav D b𐑎z stAt AUt at delAIt wID D anImVlz and hi wUd stQt tu si hAU TINz trn Enzde .16. b𐑎z stAtId az sUn as It wQz lAIt anVf tu si tu pak Vp br hamblIn rimend wID Vs hi pAst D de tredIN fQr pik drAId picIz {&c}. In D Aftrnun br hamblIn and mAIsElf tUk hIz hQrs and pakt Vp D mit hwIc had bIn lEft abAUt hAf e mAIl frQm D vIlIj Qn e kVpl Ov hAI rQks tu drAI AI du nQt TINk D IndIVnz had tekn e pis Do De Ol n𐑏 % Image 12 % 17 November 1859 hwar It wQz wi brOt It Vp and stod It Ewe In wVn Ov kVINwQz rumz rzde .17T. It pruvd tu bi e fQls rIport abAUt D trups br h wQz abAUt stAtIN hwEn hi dIskVvrd Dat hIz brAIdl wQz mIs= IN kQnkl𐑏dId sVm Ov D orAIbz had tekn It AI lEt hIm hav mAIn and a= grid tu lUk AUt fQr hIz amVN D IndIVnz br hamblIn bId br SEltn gUd bAI and stAtId AI wEnt AUt abAUt e hAf e mAIl wID hIm hi gev mi D tEnt tu tred tu D IndIVnz fQr provIZVn wi nAU SUk hand and pAtId AI wEndId mAI we slolI and sQrIfVlI bak tu D orAIb vIlIj filIN lonsVm lonsVm lonsVm rAIdI .18T. sprEd D mit AUt tu drAI az Ol Ov It wQz nQt drAI EnVf tu kip IndIVnz AI TINk ar hVntIN rabIts atrde .19T. DIs mQrnIN wVn Ov arIpinz sVnz and anVDr y𐑏t aAIvd and tUk brEkfVst wID Vs De sEd Dat arIpin and sEvVrVl y𐑏ts wUd bi hir In e f𐑏 dez and Dat De wEr goIN tu tEl D mokwIcIz and navIhoz tu kVm and tred br SEltn med e strO tIk AUt Ov e pis Ov D tEnt and wi wEnt dAUn tu D fild and fIld It wID widz and bin vAInz . . . . Vnde .20T. br SEltn and mAI sElf wQSt AUr bQdIz cenjd AUr kloDz and spEnt D de sobrlI In D ivnIN wi lrnd Dat arIpin had arAIvd and kampt at D sprIN abAUt .4. mAIlz frQm hir Vnde .21st. DIs mQrnIN br SEltn and mAIsElf wEnt tu si arIpin fAUnd Dat jEntlmVn sitId In hIz lQj lUkIN az grev and sidet az pQsIbl Aftr SekIN handz hi gev Vs e lEkcr fQr D mQrmVnz tElIN D pAI𐑏t Dat hi stol Der cIldrIn and fAInVlI wAUnd Vp bAI pUlIN AUt e pis Ov tobako and OfrIN e smok hwIc wi EksEptId wID mVc plEZr az wi had bEn AUt Ov tubako fQr sEvVrVl dez wi smokt and catId wID hIm sVm tAIm hi Sod Vs .2. lEtrz frQm prEz VN hwEn wi lEft hi gev Vs .2. smOl plVgz Ov tubako and sVm kOfI wi pakt hom sVm wUd tUk sVpr and wEnt tu bEd % Image 13 % 22 November 1859 𐑏sde .22t. tUk brEkfVst and and wEnt aftr e lod Ov wUd sVm 3 mAIlz frQm D vIlIj kQt .3. Or .4. kQtnwUd stVmps and VndrtUk tu pak DEm Qn mAI bak bVt D rop kVt mAI Soldrz so Dat AI had tu InvEnt e n𐑏 plan hwIc wQz tu pUt hAf D wet In frVnt Aftr kQnsIdrIbl pVfIN and bloIN AI kQt hom wID It TINkIN Dat D orAIbz had e rVDr hAdr we Ov gItIN wUd Dan D pipl In sOlt lek sItI fAUnd br SEltn SApnIN e sO fQr an IndIVn Ensde .23d. wEnt fQr anVDr paklod Ov wUd br SEltn Iz kwAIt Vnwal D IndIVnz ar hVntIN rabIts hwIc ar rVDr skers bVt e f𐑏 goz e gret wez wID DEm rzde .24T. strON wInd frQm D wEst IndIkeSVn Ov sno AI splIt wUd hwAIl br SEltn med e lAdr fQr an IndIVn fQr hwIc hi risivd sVm drAId pi= cz D IndIVnz apir frEndlI tu Vs rAIde .25T. sEvrVl navIhoz In tAUn tu de br SEltn InvAItId DEm tu kVm and tek dInr wID Vs Aftr itIN br SEltn had kwAIt e lON tOk wID DEm and gev D cif e Srt De lEft apirVntlI filIN wEl tordz Vs atrde .26T. r SEltn and mAIsElf wEnt dAUn Int* kVINwQz wrk SQp tu sz* D IndIVnz dAns az DIs wQz e de sEt EpAt fQr dAnsIN old kVINwQ smokt ahwAIl and DEn e lQt Ov pik drAId picIz and VDr itIblz war brOt In D IndIVnz stUd Vp and fQrmd e hAf srkl kVINwQ stUd Ovr D f[[U]]ud wID e drVm and bit VpQn It hwAIl Dt* dAnst at lENkT Di hIt D drVm e hAd lIk hwEn Ol handz pIct Intu D fud wi spEnt D de and pAt Ov D nAIt siIN DEm dAns Vnde .27. r SEltn and mAIsElf fistId wID old kVINwQ Qn pik hQmVnI bif sup swit mVS and rEd pEpr Aftr hwIc wi rot lEtrz tu sEnd bAI arIpin AI stAtId tu tek DEm tu hIz kamp gQt e SQrt dIstVns and mEt an IndIVn hu told mi Dat arIpin had gOn so AI kem bak D orAIbz tEl Vs Dat e mQrmVn kem tu arIpinz kamp DIs mQrnIN and arIpin lEft ImidIetlI hu It kUd bi and hwQt kUd hav bEn hIz arVnd Iz e % Image 14 % 28 November 1859 % Most of page missing mIstrI tu[[[…]]] provIZVn[[[…]]] Vnd[[[…]]] % 28 November 1859 =kl𐑏dI[[[…]]] no mor[[[…]]] wQS[[[…]]] d𐑏 tAIm[[[…]]] =kIN D[[[…]]] and b[[[…]]] =AIb[[[…]]] sEd[[[…]]] 𐑏z[[[…]]] % 29 November 1859 an[[[…]]] Iz[[[…]]] % Image 15 % 1 December 1859 % Most of page missing [[[…]]]c vIlIj % 1 December 1859 [[[…]]]jVr= [[[…]]]wi [[[…]]]ar tre [[[…]]]Vz tu [[[…]]]Anz [[[…]]]kl𐑏= %2 December 1859 [[[…]]]bEt= [[[…]]]In. %3 December 1859 ? 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Qnkl𐑏dId tu go fQr e lod Ov wUd old kVINwQ sEd Dat If D navIhoz kOt iDr wVn Ov Vs AUt bAI AUrsElvs De wUd az sUn kIl Vs az nQt AI wEnt hAUEvr and gQt bak sef wID e lod Ov wUd. AUnd br SEltn frAIIN mit hwIc AI hElpt hIm dIstr𐑎 wID an VnkQmVn gUd stVmVk spEnt D ivnIN itIN mEl- Vnz and sININ sONz atrdI .24T. wEnt wID an IndIVn dAUn tu sVm kQtnwU triz and med e dEd fOl tu trAI tu kEc e wUlf and pakt hom e lod Ov wUd Vnde .25T. Ent dAUn tu mAI wUlf trap bVt no wUlvz had bEn tU It kem hom and fAUn* br SEltn priparIN e krIstmVs fist gQt It rEdI and InvAItId .3. Ov D hEd mEn Ov D vIlIj tu it wID Vs had b𐑎ld mVtn st𐑏d picIz s𐑏It dVmplInz frAIdkeks pankeks and % Image 19 % 26 December 1859 pik aftr dInr wi smokt sVN e hIm and had sVm kQnvrseSVn wID AUr IndIVn frEndz De apird tu Enj𐑎 DEmsElvz vErI mVc In D Aftrnun wi sO anVDr IndIVn prfQrmVnts hwIc tUk ples Vp In D sEkVnd storI Ov old kVINwQ hAUs .15. Or .20. yVN bVks nekId tu D brIcklAUt kQt Vp Dar hwAIl D old wUmVn and hVr .2. grlz stUd bAI and daSt kold wOtr ovr DEm De wUd go In tu D bak pAt Ov D hAUs and fEc AUt mElVnz and VDr nIknaks hwIc De wUd Tro dAUn tu D krAUd bIlo hupIN and yElIN b𐑏tI= fVl Vnde .26T. med e par Ov bVlIt molz AUt Ov sand rQk and rVn sVm bOlz tu fIt mAI yOgr apirVns Ov sno 𐑏zde .27T. kVt sVm lVDr [[Ov A]] Of Ov mAI sadl rIkIN and hAf sold mAI S𐑏z vIzItId arAnd amVN D IndIVnz. slAIt sno fEl d𐑏rIN D de Enzde. 28T sno fEl sVm 3. Or 4. IncIz d𐑏rIN D nAIt swEpt D sno Of frQm D tQp Ov D hVt splIt Vp sVm wUd spEnt D most Ov D de In D hVt It biIN vErI kold rzde .29T. AI sIt Qn tQp Ov D hVt s𐑏IN hwAIl br SEltn wrks bIlo at hIz fIdl.

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