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Apr 8, 1858

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April 08, 1858 ~ Thursday

8^th I started this morning with 3 loads for provo
two loads of secretaries and one of Goods it soon
began to snow and I rode 12 miles on a slow walk
in the worst snow storm we have had this winter
I came near freezing my hands and I became
so chilled I could hardly move when I got to
Unionville the rode was lined with people and teams to
Provo for 50 miles many suffered and some came near
perishing horses died by the way side men unloaded
their goods in the mud others took their team off and
left their ~~teams~~ waggons sticking in the mud some teams
gave out and whole families lay in the mud under their
waggons over night women carried their children
in their arms and waided in water mud and snow
knee deep. I stoped at Unionville and spent with
sister Martecia Smith and was glad to get into a
harbor

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8th I started this morning with 3 loads for provo two loads of secretaries and one of Goods it soon began to snow and I rode 12 miles on a slow walk in the worst snow storm we have had this winter I came near freezing my hands and I became so chilled I could hardly move when I got to Unionville the rode was lined with people and teams to Provo for 50 miles many suffered and some came near perishing horses died by the way side men unloaded their goods in the mud others took their team off and left their teams waggons sticking in the mud some teams gave out and whole families lay in the mud under their waggons over night women carried their children in their arms and waided in water mud and snow knee deep. I stoped at Unionville and spent with sister Martecia Smith and was glad to get into a harbor

~ Wilford Woodruff