Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
13 Many of the Brethren went out to visit the Indian
encampment & brought in mogasens, parts of robes
leather &c, we have A strong cold nort wind to
day, we travled to day 11 miles & camped on the
west Bank of A stream about 12 rods wide with
good ford that empties into the Platt this is nearly
opposite the first Bluff that is formed between
the two forks of the Platt, the grass was better th[an] [page covered]
it had had been, the Bluff here for the first time
on the north fork comes hold to the river so that
we have to go over the Bluffs with our waggons
there is one thing concerning the Platt river which
is worthy of note, which is not characteristic of any
other river that I have any knowledge of in the world
it is much of the way A mile in wedth & generally
coverd with water but vary shallow when A south
wind blows hard the water all rushes to the north
shore untill one would suppose there was a great rise
in the water let the wind shift & bolow hard from
the North & the watter immediately leaves the north
shore untill one can walk across two thirds of the
river on bare ground & the river constantly ebs &
flows like the tide just according as the wind blows
I went onto the bluffs Hunting Buffalo in the evening saw
several small Herds President Young gave the stream
we camped on the name of the Bluff fork.
I dreamed last night we had arived at our Journey end
whare we were to build up a stake of Zion. As we came
unto the place there was An open vision of A temple
presented before me I asked some brethren that stood
by me If they saw it they said they did not I gazed
upon it & it was glorious it appeared as though it was
built of white & blue stone the sight of it filled me
with Joy and I awoke, & behold it was a dream 11 m[iles]
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I dreamed last night we had arived at our journey end whare we were to build up a stake of Zion. As we came unto the place there was an open vision of a temple presented before me I asked some brethren that stood by me If they saw it they said they did not I gazed upon it & it was glorious it appeared as though it was built of white & blue stone the sight of it filled me with Joy and I awoke, & behold it was a dream
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