[William Clayton Journal] Started at 9 o'clock and traveled till about 5 then camped on the Platte River, having traveled 24 1/4 miles. In consequence of some things which have passed and some which at present exist I have concluded to go on as fast as circumstances will permit to Winter quarters and I intend to start tomorrow. Some have opposed it, but not with a good grace, however, I have no fears that the council will censure me when they know the cause, if they do, I will bear the censure in preference to what I now bear. Before dark Luke Johnson, William A. Empey and Appleton Harmon came up from Laramie, having learned that wagons were near from an Indian. They say that a party of Sioux Warriors have got the brethrens horses 17 in number on the Raw Hide about 18 miles north. They say that about 50 armed men might go and probably get them, but not fewer. The Sioux are at war with the Crows and Pawnees and reports say that there is a large party of the Pawnees a little down the river . . .
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
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