DEPARTURE OF THE PIONEERS.—APRIL 7, 1847.

Arrival of Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor at Winter Quarters.—Organization of the Pioneers.—Manner of Forming Camp.—Horse Feed Enroute.—Pawnee Indians.—A Practical Joke.—Crossing Loup Fork.

[CHAPTER 26. ]

PIONEER JOURNEY CONTINUED, 1847.

Elijah Newman Healed.—Indians Attempt Theft.—Antelopes Killed.—Encounter with Indians.—A Buffalo Hunt.—Meet Traders from Laramie.—A Decision To Keep the North Bank of the Platte.—Immense Herds of Buffaloes.—William Clayton's Mile Gage.—Letter Left for Next Company.—Description of the Rodometer.

[CHAPTER 27. ]

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.

[CHAPTER 28. ]

PIONEERS ENTER SALT LAKE VALLEY.