Day in the Life

Jun 19, 1847

Journal Entry

June 19, 1847 ~ Saturday

19th we parted with the brethren who were to att
end the ferry & the camp moved on having been
one week we travled through A barren country
to willow springs ^A spring of water^ & nooned being 12 miles, we
past the red butes & many rough picturesque
sceneries & camped at night by the poison waters
travled 9 1/2 miles in the Afternoon whole distance 21 1/2 [miles]
Our camping place for the night was the most wretched of any ground
we have found on the way President Young thought it might properly
be called Hell gate All the water tasted as though it run through
A bed of salt, salts, saltpeter, sulpher the it was naucious Horrible
the ground in the valleys & marshes was Apparently one half of it
composed of the saline floresance or salty substance of which this
country abounds. Our Horses & cattle being thirsty drank a
little of the watter & quit it some of the cattle got badly miered
in the marshes. The traiders informed us these grounds wers
poison & would kill cattle but ours did not drink much or feed
long we tied them up. The Hunters brought in one buffalo &
one deer & 3 Antelope

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3440 mentions
Apostle, Family

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Willow Springs, unorganized U.S. Territory

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the Lord is determined to esstablish his kingdom in the last days & He will have a faithful diligent & obedient people and He chastizes the Saints to keep them humble & make them do thereir duty if we had not been mobed & afflicted but always been in prosperity we should have been lifted up in the pride of our hearts & not gathered together & built up Zion as we ought to have done, so that these trials will work together for our good.
~ Brigham Young
Instructions was also given to the Brethren who were to tarry to keep to gether & be united, divide the means equally among yourselves according to your labour, let each essteem his brother as himself. In no wise retain that which belongeth to the traveller, steal not at all, be careful of the lives & property of those you ferry over, & forget not your prayers keep together & come up with the next company of Saint
~ Brigham Young
Instructions was also given to the Brethren who were to tarry to keep to gether & be united, divide the means equally among yourselves according to your labour, let each essteem his brother as himself. In no wise retain that which belongeth to the traveller, steal not at all, be careful of the lives & property of those you ferry over, & forget not your prayers keep together & come up with the next company of Saints
~ Brigham Young

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Jun 19, 1847