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here lived Mr Brooks & family who kept a sort of tavern Mrs Brooks had for a cradle a box which probably had been filled with 1 Doz Brandy swung up by cords in the cabin in which her litter was seemed as contented as though in their best cradle ever made 3 miles from Brooks crossed Bear River swimming our animals 2 miles farther came to "Illinois Town" took dinner with an Oregon man who had his family with him - had just mounted my horse when I saw McCuskey & Cain from them I learned of the arrival of the Rickd [?} 6 miles from here learned that the Indians were very troublesome stealing animals and killing seem [?] had killed one man watching mules at this place and one