Day in the Life

Jun 2, 1848

Journal Entry

June 02, 1848 ~ Friday

2nd In company with O. Hyde E. T. Benson H. Miller, Scofield
Daily, Hickman, & others I rode out to the Horn to see Presidents
Young Kimball & the Camp of Israel. We found all had crossed
the Horn Lorenzo Snow, & Zera Pulsipher captains of hundred had
gone on their Journey with A hundred each. we assertained their
were about 600 waggons in all crossed the horn they made a
splendid encampment & beautiful sight. their had been 4 burials at
the Horn 2 infants one aged woman & brother Neff had a son
named Charles 8 years of Age drowned in the Horn which was
buried there. I spent A little time with President Young then
went through the camp & visited my acquaintance I wrote a
letter to Br John Benbow As he had gone on and I could not see
A hand pointing to the right him distance 30 mils

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Benson, Ezra Taft
22 Feb 1811 - 3 Sep 1869
378 mentions
Apostle
Kimball, Heber Chase
14 Jun 1801 - 22 Jun 1868
1456 mentions
Apostle
Miller, Henry William
1 May 1807 - 9 Oct 1885
Benbow, John
1 Apr 1800 - 12 May 1874
172 mentions
1840 British Convert, United Brethren
Snow, Lorenzo
3 Apr 1814 - 10 Oct 1901
692 mentions
Apostle, Family
Daley, Moses
16 Apr 1794 - 9 Dec 1865
Hyde, Orson
8 Jan 1805 - 28 Nov 1878
694 mentions
Apostle
Hickman, William A.
16 Apr 1815 - 21 Aug 1883
Pulsipher, Zerah
24 Jun 1788 - 1 Jan 1872

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Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
and others on the I rode out to the Horn to see Presidents Young and Kimball and the Camp of Israel. We found on our arrival that all had crossed the Horn and that Lorenzo Snow and Zera Pulsipher captains of Hundreds had gone on their journey with their Hundred each. There were about 600 waggons in all that had crossed the Horn. They had made a noble looking encampment and a beautiful sight. There had been 4 burials here 2 infants and one aged woman and Brother Neff had a son ^named Charles^ 8 years of age drowned at the Horn. His name was I spent a little time with President Young went through the encampment visited my acquaintences and whrote a letter to brother John Benbow who had gone on in the foremost companies. Next day we took the parting hand of Presidents Young and Kimball and many of the Saints re-crossed the Horn and returned to Winter Quarters

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Jun 2, 1848