Advance company arrives in Salt Lake Valley (still Mexican territory at the time); sets up camp.
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Sunday
[page covered] [2]9th We travled in the fore part of the day 15 miles
nooned by a spring 15 miles west of Mathews Cave
we here were met by our messengers who had been on
[page covered] [to] meet the camp Br E. T. Benson & others they were truly
welcome messengers, for our Anxiety had been vary great to hear
from our families & the camp, & to our joy we herd from them
[page covered] [th]is day. the camp No near 600 waggons, & divided into 9 co
[page covered] [m]pinies I also recieved 3 letters from Mrs Woodruff & one from
[page covered] [A]. O. Smoot Mrs Woodruffs letters brought me intelligence of
[page covered] [a]ll matters appertaining to my cattle, cows, Business matters & fami
[page covered] [ly] concerns, & I find that some persons who I have tried to do
[page covered] [g]ood & save, are filled with folly & the poison of Asps are under
[page covered] [t]heir tongue & are tatling, lying, & destroying themselves & using
[page covered] [e]vry exhertion to destroy the peace of my family. The letters
[page covered] [i]nform me that Father Woodruff is coming along & is well
Also Mary Jackson is along in his waggon, Br & Sister Armstrong
[page covered] [h]as one of my waggons, Mother Woodruff has gone Back to
Iowa to live with Dwight & Eunice Woodruff & And it would
have been for the peace & Happiness of my family if B. C &
M. J. had been with them for they are foolish & do not those
[page covered] [t]hings which are right & righteous. We obtained much news
[page covered] [o]f interest from the mail about matters in general. we camp[ed] [page cut off]
[page covered] [f]or the night within 4 miles of Bear River distance 26 m
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