Letter to Emma Smith Woodruff, 19 May 1879
Mount Hope Colorado
Dear Emma
The last Letter I have recieved from
you or any of the family was Dated the 27 of Feb
I have written two since I have received any from
you. I would like to hear from you & know
how you and the children are getting along you may
have heard of my sever attack of sickness on sunday
night the 4 May I had a Deadly attack of the
Billious Cramp choic [cholic] I had 10 turns during the night
of cramp of the stomach & vitals the last one at day
light it Entirely took away my Breath, my friends
thought I was Dead & ownly restored By the admin-
istration of the Elders I could not have lived through
anoth turn, for 48 hours I could no more stand on
my feet than a new born infant. It restrained my legs
& vitals ^so^ that my Urin turned to Blood, it left me vary
weak. My friends done all they could for me, stood
By me day and night But through the Mercy of God my
life was again spared for a little season longer. But I did
not know but my work was finished But I did not
really want to die quite so far away from my family
On the 3rd day after my attack I was able with the help
of two men to walk some 4 rods into a larger tent and
in two days more I was Enable to walk with a staff
alone A carriage had arived to take me 125 Miles asto another
