Supply yourself with a fair stock of vegetables, dried fruits, acids, pickles, etc. Let each wagon be supplied with some good cathartic, tonic and heating medicines. Don't carry loaded guns. You won't have time to hunt, and you needn't expect trouble from the Indians unless you go looking for it. Be careful crossing rivers and streams.
Many careless emigrants drown each season.
Drink water from flowing streams. That includes the Platte. Do not drink from trailside wells. Don't pass up the chance to camp where there is good feed and water, even though it is but the middle of the afternoon. Be prepared to travel in a crowd.