Wilford at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa when Captain Allen arrives to recruit Mormon Battalion.
26th Sunday [FIGURES]
This was one of the hardest days work
of my life we commenced at about sun
rise to take our cows over with a skiff
we took 5 or 6 cows at a time in the water
tied there heads to the boat, And rowed them
over the river untill we had taken over 20
cows we also took over some of our oxen
in the same way And we having to furnish our
own men And not having men enough without
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