Scope and Contents It was through Benjamin Bullock that the Book of Abraham on papyrus was brought to Joseph Smith at Kirtland, Ohio. The account gives the whole story of the acquiring, translation, and publishing of the Pearl of Great Price. Bullock was so impressed with Joseph Smith that he moved his whole family from New York to Kirtland to live among the Mormons. They moved with the Saints to Nauvoo and then to Council Bluffs. In 1852 they started west. At the Platte River, Bullock became ill and died there....

Scope and Contents Electa was the first wife of Isaac Bullock, son of Benjamin. She lived in Salt Lake City as a girl. She was one of the cast of the first performance given in the old Social Hall. Later when living in Provo, she was a member of the First Amateur Dramatic Company. She married in 1856. In 1857 she went with her husband to Fort Supply, Wyoming, where her first child, Isaac Jr. was born. Later in 1857, he was released and they moved to Springville, Utah, and then to Provo. She helped her husband run...

Scope and Contents Isaac Bullock had a college education in New York, graduating from law school. Moved to Nauvoo with the family. Went on a mission to New York. In 1852, he crossed the plains with the family to Utah, after his father's death at North Platte. In 1853 he was sent to Fort Supply, Wyoming, with others to establish an agricultural enterprise and to work with the Indians. He learned the Shoshone Indian Language. This account tells of the incident with Chief Tibunduets. He was released in 1857. He...

Scope and Contents Orson Hyde arrived at Fort Supply from Salt Lake 7 May 1854. He appointed and set apart for a mission to the Shoshone Nation the following elders: Isaac Bullock, James S. Brown, E. B. Ward, James Davis. They left Fort Supply May 13th. May 15th, they arrived at Green River. Stopped with Baptiste. May 20, they learned from an Indian that Chief Washakie was camped 30 miles away. May 21, they reached their camp. Bullock gives a description of the Chief. He was impressed. They stayed to the 26th of...

Scope and Contents The locating committee left Provo. It consisted of William M. Wall, Isaac Bullock, Erastus Meacham, and Joseph Kelly. Bullock gives a detailed description of the Provo Canyon, Upper Provo River Valley, Weber Valley, going up a creek over the mountain to Yellow Creek, and a fork of the Muddy to Bear River and to Fort Supply. He pointed out where a road could be built. Arrived at Fort Supply September 26th, cold and icy.

Scope and Contents Tells of the Chief and his men raiding their fields and causing trouble. Mr. Armstrong, U.S. Indian Agent, arrived in time to save an attack on the Fort. Indians called the agent their ParPar; had great confidence in him.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Isaac Bullock family papers [photocopies] (1854-1952) include biographies for Benjamin Bullock III (1792-1852), Electa Wood Bullock (1834-1911), and Isaac Bullock (1825-1891). Also included is Isaac Bullock's journal, of which a transcription and photocopy are available. It gives three accounts titled "The Mission to Chief Washakie," "Provo Canyon Road Company, Trip from Provo to Fort Supply, 1855," and "Trouble with Chief Tibunduets, 1855." Some notes give records of supplies at Fort...

Scope and Contents Bullock was in charge of supplies.

Scope and Contents Researched notes and references, compiled by Elva Dean, which help to clarify and understand the story of the journal.

Scope and Contents Includes vocabulary of Shoshone words, which were not transcribed. Please refer to the Fern Smoot Taylor family papers to access the original journal and Shoshoni vocabulary.