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Transcript for Hougaard, John Hansen, Autobiography and journal, 1869-1909, 14-20
We had some considerable trouble in getting started from Florence with those kind of Horses. "I mean Oxen" which some there provided for us, for those that used to drive cattle, it is not much of a trick, but for such as we were, intirely unaccustomed to such Animals, it was quite an undertaking, especially such Oxen as most of those which we got, that had not been used to work much, or were what they call In this country unbroken—Still we had very good success and no accident of any consequence occured to anybody—still on the whole, traveling with Oxen is not the most pleasant or expedicious way of getting along, it goes slow but sure, and finally after a somewhat tiresome and tedious trip of about 10 weeks we arrived in Salt Lake City[,] Utah Septbr[.] 23rd 1862