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Apr 7, 1847

Journal Entry

April 07, 1847 ~ Wednesday

7th. I took my leave of my family & friends & started
with my company of Pioneer waggons 8 in all & left
winter quarters for the Journey. when we were
on the top of the ridge west of the city I took a
view of the place & looked at my wife & children
through my glass I then led the company to the
old camp ground from thence on the Punkaw
road about 7 miles & camped for the night about
10 miles from winter quarters we had excellent
stables for our Horses in a valley near a small stream of
water we had not been camped long before Br
Pratt & his company arived & vary soon President
Young & his company so we all camped together about
25 waggons. It was A vary windy night 10 m[iles]

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1083 mentions
Apostle
Woodruff, Phebe Whittemore Carter
8 Mar 1807 - 10 Nov 1885
1580 mentions
Family

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Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. Territory

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Autobiography 1897 Deseret Weekly
On the , I left my family and friends at Winter Quarters and traveled with President Brigham Young and the Pioneer company of 143 men, a thousand miles across the plains into the midst of the Rocky Mountains, arriving in the valley of the Great
Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
The day after the General Conference I took leave of my family and friends and started with my company of Pioneer waggons 8 in number and left Winter Quarters for our journey to the Mountains to select a location for the Church and prepare for the body of the Saints to follow When we were on the top of the ridge west of the city I took a view of the city and looked at my wife and children though my glass. I then led the company to the old camp ground from thence toon the Pinakaw road about 7 miles and camped for the night, ten miles from Winter Quarters. We had excellent stables for our horses in a valley near a small stream of water. We had not been camped long before Brother Pratt and his company arrived and close upon them President Young and his company so we all camped together about 25 waggons of us and it was a very windy night. In the morning we arose and took breakfast. A ^squirel^ was killed and it being the first game killed by the Pioneer Companyies I moved that the first fruits of the game be offered to the Priest: so it was presented to President Young for his breakfast President Young Father Morley and others went to the old camping ground to pick them out a place for a farm and I with several others spent the day in hunting butand caught nothing but weary limbs and wet feet. We saw however deer geese ducks &c.

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Apr 7, 1847