"went on about 15 miles and camped [ ] caught a fine mess of fish enough for the whole camp"
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William Clayton has been suffering with a bad toothache for several days. He describes it here:
"Tuesday 20. Arose at 5½, my head & face very bad indeed. I ate but little breakfast although we had a couple of ducks and a snipe. We started out at 7½ the morning pleasant except a strong West wind. At 9¼ arrived at Shell creek, which is about 6 or 8 feet wide, and a poor bridge over it, but all the wagons got well over. This is about 6 miles from where we camped last night. We then passed throu a small grove of timber, and enter again upon the wide, open prarie bottom [ ] At 11½ we stopped beside a small slough or lake to feed and eat &c being 5 miles from Shell creek. While stopping here, 3 deer passed about half a mile west of the wagons. O.P. Rockwell & Thomas Brown chased them on horses 4 or 5 miles but did not succeed in taking any of them. The wind has fell considerable and it is very warm and dusty. At 1 P.M. started again the horse teams taking the lead travelled about 10 miles further and encamped near a cotton wood grove on the banks of the river. The encampment was formed about half past 5. Tanners bellows & anvil were set up & a number of tires set before dark.
John S. Higbee, Luke Johnson, S. Markham and some others, started ahead of the Camp about noon and went about 2 miles farther than this place to a lake with the boat & Seine. They took over 200 very nice fish and arrived with them about the time the camp was formed. The fish were distributed around the Camp according to the number of Persons in each wagon generally two to a wagon and the brethren enjoyed a good supper on fish. I went to the river and washed my feet which were very dusty and sore. I also washed my socks as well as I could in cold water without soap. After brother Luke Johnson had got through distributing fish I went and asked him to draw my tooth. He willingly agreed and getting his instruments I sat down in a chair [ ] he lanced the gum then took his nippers and jerked it out. The whole operation did not take more than one minute. He only got half the original tooth the balance being left in the jaw. After this my head and face pained me much worse than before. I eat but little to supper and then lay downbut could not sleep for pain till near morning. The evening was very calm & pleasant."
