In the Mormon Company , bugles sounded each morning at five. Two hours were allowed for breakfast and prayers. During the day the company traveled in a close file,most of the men trudging beside the wagons,carrying weapons that were loaded and clearly visible
At night the wagons were drawn into a tight circle - or a semicircle if the company camped on a river bank. Usually the animals were pastured within the circle to keep them from roaming and falling prey to thieves . The men would retire for prayers by groups at eight-thirty,and they were expected to be settled by nine. Fifty of them had been appointed as guards,with twelve of these standing duty each halfnight. At one time whlle they were crossing the prairies in Indian country the company drove five wagons abreast
The Mormon sighed their first buffalo at the head of Grand island on April 30 . Hunters form the camp rode after them and succeeded in bringing down eleven,which were added to the larder