I had remembered this story from years ago and originally had thought it was a diary entry. After consulting the only other human that may have had a copy of this he finally came through with a "scan of a copy".
This story was discovered by one of the staff at the Oklahoma Historical Society among a miscellaneous file of the Indian Territory collection and then related to my buddy. It is actually a published recollection and not a diary; enjoy the read. Although the image is a bit hard to read, I'm sure it's no more illegible than some deeds we work with daily.
BTW - In the text he relates they changed trains at Chanute, KS. to get to the Indian Territory. For those here that take notes Chanute is just a short wagon ride from our Divine Bovine's main corn crib.
paden cash, post: 397018, member: 20 wrote: the only other human that may have had a copy of this
You can buy a reprint from Amazon and other sources,or download the ebook https://books.google.com/books?id=RV04AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PR1&lpg=RA2-PR1&dq=Michigan+Engineers+Annual+of+1899&source=bl&ots=jMINlnZLs8&sig=uEERbDIKX1Bcu295yxKXUMDDT60&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXtZzZ4vnPAhVm8IMKHVWKB6MQ6AEINDAE#v=onepage&q=Michigan%20Engineers%20Annual%20of%201899&f=false&apos ;">from Google Books.
paden cash, post: 397018, member: 20 wrote: a short wagon ride
A little shy of 18 miles by my reckoning.