July 1st After travling A few miles we recieved
A visit from Elder P. P. Pratt wh[o] was direct
from council Bluffs And Had A message to
All the camp of Israel I formed A circle
of some 50 waggons And the substance
of his errand was that He wanted A com-
pany of men raised immediately to go to
the mountains without there families to
pick out A location And put in spring
& fall crops the quorum of the Twelve
volunteered to go After we got our
Message I drove A head as fast as possible
with my teams we drove 20 miles with
our ox waggons And [c]amped for the
night about 10 oclok both man And beast
wearied out we crossed the 18 mile
prairie
Browse people Wilford Woodruff mentioned on this day in his journal.
Browse places mentioned in Wilford Woodruff's journal entry on this day.
Browse other documents with this same date. These could include pages from Wilford Woodruff's autobiographies, daybooks, letters, histories, and personal papers.
View selected events in the two months surrounding this date in Wilford Woodruff's life.