Aug 21, 1864
Sunday Morning. Cloudy. In company with several loads of the
Brethren we crossed Provo River to visit one of the greatest
curiosities of Nature which lies about 4 miles west of
Heberville. This curiosity consists of some 35 small creaters
from 5 to 80 feet high in the form of an umbrella with
a hole cut in the Top some 20 of them are nearly full of warm
water some run over the top & no bottom can be found to
them while others ar dry about 15 feet deep. one was 80
feet water runing over top & forming a crustation of white
substance a rope was sunk with a wait 125 feet deep & no bottom
One of these large dry mounds has a large dry hollow with
an opening at the side has a rough surface of losse rock this
is all pure white lime stone & this is about 40 feet high
& opening 40 feet across & this creater or mound is one
universal rattle snakes den considered the largest rattle
snake den in America from 4 to 500 have ben killed
in a day at the den they are the large yellow rattle snake
some have 20 or 30 rattles on, in the spring they cover the
ground & form into Bodies of several Bushels, all tied in
nots, with their heads pointeing all ways for defence. the Breth-
ren have formed a lime kilm in the center of this den
& make the finest lime in the world & the men make there
beds in the knight by the kiln while tending the fires with
snakes for companions as yet we have heard of none
being bit a large amount of snakes oil has been obtained
from this den, a great deal of the country around these
creater sound hollow as a carriage passes over it. After
examing the curiosities we went to Meeting at the bowery
in Heberville. A. P. Rockwood spoke followed by W. Woodruff
& H. C. Kimball. I took dinner at Brother Wall He asked
to for the privilege to resign his office as President of the
stake. His resignation was excepted. In the afternoon
F. D. Richards spoke followed RBy R. Burton then President
Young spoke over an hour Told us whare we should
be one & whare we should not. At the close of the meeting
we took supper at Joseph Murdock
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