[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 12th Sunday We travled 21 miles & camped on the sweet water about 200 miles from fort John. Just before camping we saw a herd of Buffalo Bulls 11 in number. About one dozen footman with their guns put after them as we had no meet in camp. I mounted a small mule with A brace of pistols & a 7 shooter pistol. I was the ownly horsman in chase.
We drove them into A canion of the mountain whare they could not get away & we surrounded [them]. The footman shot 3 times into the herd & they jumped of a precipice 25 feet. One broke his neck in the fall & droped dead. The remainder came rushing by me. I gave them chase. Run into the herd & drove out two of them which we killed with our pistols & rifles. So we got 3 of them which made us plenty of meat. 21 m.
[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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