 On May 22nd, the Burlington Herald says, they saw ferries running day and night, crossing 35 times in 24 hours at Nauvoo, 35 trips a day at Fort Madison, and some were crossing downriver at Nashville. Citing the Hancock Eagle, it reported that teams on the west side of the river numbered about 1,400 teams. Thomas Bullock was a convert from England and an excellent diarist.