men' over sixteen years of age were less than three hundred.[1]
The reader is by this time familiar with the crossing of the plains. This body adopted the usual rules, May 20th, and on reaching the Kansas River organized by electing Peter H. Burnett captain, and J. W. Nesmith orderly sergeant. Nine councilmen were chosen to assist in settling questions, and Captain John Gantt, a former army officer, now a 'mountain man,' engaged to conduct the company to Fort Hall.
The 1st of June was at hand, and late for a start
- ↑ 'Between 500 and 700 souls in all, and 113 wagons. Ford's Road-makers, MS., 3. 'One thousand persons, with 120 wagons, and 5,000 cattle.' Applegate's Views, MS., 4. 'About 800,' Burnett thought; Greenhow places the number at 1,000. Hist. Or. and Cal., 391. M. C. F., in Niles' Reg., lxv. 70, says there were 900. McLoughlin, who was very accurate in all matters which he was obliged to report, put the immigration of 1843 at '875 men, women, and children.' Private Papers, MS., 2d ser. 51. McClane, however, says there were 999 of whom he once had a list: so that there is a discrepancy, even after deducting the California company which turned off at Fort Hall and the other losses. McClane's First Wagon Train, MS., 11.
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