24th We travled to day 5 miles & came to the frozen or Lee spring
and stoped and exhamined it & found the spring to be strongly impregnated
with sulpher so much so it could not be drank the water would boil up
out of a peace of bog ground yet all around it it was so cold that after
removing the turf about 6 inch a solid body of Ice was found about 18 inches
thick some of it we cut up with axes & spades. near this was small ponds
[page covered] [of] water salt & saltpeter & sulpher & peotash seemed to be in the body of
the water, pure perlash was found in such quantities on the edges of
these waters that the brethren gatherd pailfulls of it [to] raise bread with
others would fill their cups with salt so pure from other mixtures that
they used it we travled from this place 12 3/4 miles & camped upon the
bank of the Sweet water two days 18 miles from the foot of the pass
[page covered] [3] companies camped near us to night, this is the last time we shall see
the sweet water on this journey we did not bait to day but camped
at 4 oclok whole distance of the day 17 3/4 miles
Br Youngs team run away with a waggon I cought them by the
bit just as they were about to plunge into the stream
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