Day in the Life

Jul 18, 1846

Journal Entry

July 18, 1846 ~ Saturday

18th My left side was exceding lame this
morning But Col Little rubed it thoroughly
with red pepper, lumborum, whiskey &c And it
was much better I arose took breakfast And
examined big Pigion And found it to be
A stream with a cut of 10 or 14 feet cut
banks about 15 feet wide from 1 to 10 feet
deep with a hard blue clay bottom well
supplyed with good fish. I saw A flock of
Ducks one Brother shot one I went fishing
And Br Lot caught one white shad
I returned to the waggons. One company
of six men crossed the big pigeon to explore
the country And the Twelve returned
with myself to redemtion Hill. from there
in company with Mrs Woodruff I rode to
the encampment near the ferry to see the
Mormon Battlion of 500 men who were
making preperations to start on there
Journey. President Young called the officers
of the company together And gave them
good teaching concerning there journey to
Calafornia After much interesting instruction
to the officers they dismissed A consort was
also given to Col Allen in the Afternoon. We
returned home in the evening distance 30 mile

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family
8 mentions
6 mentions
Little, Jesse Carter
26 Sep 1815 - 26 Dec 1893
178 mentions
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1582 mentions
Family

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Big Pigeon Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Territory
California, Alta California, Mexico
Redemption Hill, Miller's Hollow, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Territory

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Jul 18, 1846