Wilford Woodruff, Fourth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints History of His Life and Labors, as Recorded in His Daily Journals

CHAPTER 27.

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PIONEERS REACH FORT LARAMIE--JUNE 2, 1847.

In the Red Man's Country.--Indian Customs.--Hunting Became Excessive.--Description of the Bluffs.--Guide Board 409 Miles from Winter Quarters.--Chimney Rock.--Brigham Young Rebukes Card Playing and Frivolity.--Fasting and Prayer.--Arrive at Fort Laramie.--Ascending the Plateaux.--Word from the Mormon Battalion.