Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
May the 1st ^^ Orson Pratt George A Smith W Porter and
myself and Phebe W. Woodruff went to the upper bur[y]ing groung and took up
our little boy named Joseph and brought him to the bur[y]ing ground near
Winter Quarters and put him into the grave with Ezra Woodruff
Their bodies are in the grave No 34. I put a stone at the head of
their graves marked J. E. W. for Joseph and Ezra Woodruff. I also
put a stone at the head of Sister Benbow's grave with J. B. on it
George A Smith put grave stones at the head and foot of all his relatives
lying there and O. Pratt did the same.
We packed up our trunks during the next
day preparing for our mission; and in the evening a company
of soldiers arrived from the Valley and brought a mail
A letter came from the High Council
of Great Salt Lake City to the Presidency here. Our Valley
news informed us that the Saints had sowed 800 acres of wheat and
had inclosed 5000 acres of land within pole fences
The Otoe Chiefs with many of their
