Wilford leaves for the Salt Lake Valley with the first company of pioneers.
14th At day light the two first tewo tens were called togethe[r]
to make Arangments for crossing. The proposal was made in the
camp to lash 4 waggons together & float them but the curant
was so strong many did not like that moad we Appointed Br
Grover As our captain to direct the rafting over we finally con-
cluded to put our polls into A raft carry our goods over in a
boat & put our waggons onto A raft we commenced at 5 oclok
& At 9 AM. being 4 Hours we had landed eleven waggon loads
of goods upon the North Shore with the little leather boat &
during the day we got over all the waggons belonging to our
tens being Eleven in all, And All of the rest encampment being
twelve tens ownly got over the same number that we did that
they floated therirs their waggons they floated their waggons
by tying from two to four together but they turned clear over
each other bottom side upwards & back again broke the bows covers
& boxes to pieices & lost ploughs Axes & Iron that was left in the
boxes. most of our company was in the water from morning
to night & all was vary weary when the work was done, we
saw A Heavy storm Approaching us, we had just drawn Dr Rich[ards]
two waggons to his goods on the shore & loaded them into his
waggons with all speed Just got through as the storm struck
us I sprung into my carriage & tied all down tight but the ra[in]
wind & Hail beat upon me so Heavy that I had to lay out most of
my strength to hold my waggon cover on both hail & rain came
insid my carriage untill my bed & things were nearly drenched
it ownly lasted 7 minutes but was vary severe most of the wagg-
ons & goods were more or less wet our Horses run two or three
miles in the storm when it was over I crossed the river & went
after them, tied them up returned back & went to rest vary
weary, But had some plesant dreams.
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to see our flour & meal bags replenished in the midst of the black Hills as it did to have the children of Israel fed with manna in the wilderness [Exodus 16:11-15]. But the Lord has truly been with us on this Journey we have had peace & union in our midst, our Horses & cattle have been wonderfully preserved from death & Accident on the way & our waggons from Breaking down. Great good will grow out of this mission if we are faithful in keeping the commandments of God
I have taken great delight of late in reading the book of Mormon seeing the great & glorious things revealed & recorded in that book & that we are now trying to fulfill the great things or some of them that Lehi Nephi Alma, Moroni, Isaiah and many other prophets had in view in the last days in building up Zion, redeeming Israel, warning the Nations & sealing salvation upon the meek of the earth & laying a foundation that the earth may be prepared for the coming of the Mesiah.
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