August 28, 1885 ~ Friday

Aug 28, 1885
We left & rode to grass valley & stoped with Brother
Jeffreys who was suffering severely with the teeth
ake his face was badly swollen. After resting we
drove to grass Valley Canyon which was owly abot
a mile from Jeffreys but we were wrongly directed
and went 5 miles out of our way we got to the creek
at 2 oclok took dinner & At 3 oclok I undertook to
fish but it was the smallest stream of water I ever
attempted to fish in it was so small Brother Thompson
did not Believe fish could live in it & would not
fish I could ownly use an 18 inch line for
the thick brush I fished 2 Hours caught 22 trout but
they were small I lost most of the trout I hooked that
would weigh half a pound No chance to get them out from
brush we spent the night at Br Jeffrey 15 Miles

August 29, 1885 ~ Saturday

29 Br Jeffrey was bad this morning we administered
to him we then drove to pinto & down to Holts Ranch
near the border of the Desert stoped with Br Holt 15 M[iles]

August 30, 1885 ~ Sunday

30 Sunday we drove to the Indian Camp a short
distance Below br Holts they had gathered from various
parts to go into the Mountain to gather Pine Nuts
I preached to them & After Meeting Br W^m H Thompson
Baptized 15 of them & I confirmed them & Blessed
5 of their children. The following are Names of those Baptized
Mericats, Machinnap, Secub, China, How,
Cahaoh, Urnup, Pegarbo, Curbu, Cobarry,
Teammamo, Nima, Paraguce Jabbor
Seechort. We spent the night at Br Holts

August 28, 1885 ~ Friday

Aug 28, 1885 We left & rode to grass valley & stoped with Brother Jeffreys who was suffering severely with the teeth ake his face was badly swollen. After resting we drove to grass Valley Canyon which was owly abot a mile from Jeffreys but we were wrongly directed and went 5 miles out of our way we got to the creek at 2 oclok took dinner & At 3 oclok I undertook to fish but it was the smallest stream of water I ever attempted to fish in it was so small Brother Thompson did not Believe fish could live in it & would not fish I could ownly use an 18 inch line for the thick brush I fished 2 Hours caught 22 trout but they were small I lost most of the trout I hooked that would weigh half a pound No chance to get them out from brush we spent the night at Br Jeffrey 15 Miles

August 29, 1885 ~ Saturday

29 Br Jeffrey was bad this morning we administered to him we then drove to pinto & down to Holts Ranch near the border of the Desert stoped with Br Holt 15 Miles

August 30, 1885 ~ Sunday

30 Sunday we drove to the Indian Camp a short distance Below br Holts they had gathered from various parts to go into the Mountain to gather Pine Nuts I preached to them & After Meeting Br Wm H Thompson Baptized 15 of them & I confirmed them & Blessed 5 of their children. The following are Names of those Baptized Mericats, Machinnap, Secub, China, How, Cahaoh, Urnup, Pegarbo, Curbu, Cobarry, Teammamo, Nima, Paraguce Jabbor Seechort. We spent the night at Br Holts