[page torn] [The]y were putting in wheat & preparing for us He had come all
[page torn] [the] way with ownly two men to meet with us. the Saints were
[page torn] [se]ttelled with & the Mormon Battalion was 400 miles from him
[page torn] [H]e said Br Pratt was doing well. The inhabitants of one whole Island
numbering 3000 had imbraced the faith he told us many inter-
esting thigs & we were truly glad to see him distance of the day 8 m
~ Thursday
JULY 1st We tried this morning to swim our cattle over the river but had great difficulty in it. About 15 persons have been
taken sick within a few days with fever ague &c which is said to
be common to emegrants coming from the snowy mountains to the
plains or valleys whare it is hot wether, Br Fowler is better to
day some others of the sick are better some are worse. each
division made a good raft yesterday & are lanched this morning
Brother Brannon brought a file of his papers that he is publishing
with him to camp & a letter to Br Fowler from his wife. He also
informed us that Captain Sutter was vary friendly & wished us
to come & settel near him. He informed us that he saw more
timber on green River whare we now are than he had seen on
his route since he left Calafornia He came through a par[t] of Oregon. We are now in Calafornia. We got over 10 waggons to day
among others my own so we camped over night on the south
bank of the green river
~ Friday
2nd Two rafts have been runing through the day & most of
the waggons have been brought over we swam our horses &
cattle over this morning though with some difficulty, we
held a council in the afternoon with the Twelve &
4 men was appointed to return to meet the camp & pilo[te]
them up, Br Brannan was with the council, we each one
wrote our views concerning the council to be given to the camp
it is an exceding hot day, and both man & beast are much annoyed
with musketoes. Several salmon trout were caught at the mouth of
a slue on green river near the ferry one weighing 7 1/4 lbs. Several
of the brethren gathered a quantity of salaratus from the salarat[us]
bedes about 3 miles east of the indipendance rock near the road &
thought it answered as good a purpose as the manufactured article
for raising bread & family purposes
~ Saturday
3rd A light sprinkle of rain, cool, cloudy & high winds, so they could
not finish ferrying, the pilots are preparing to start back to meet the
companies I wrote a letter by them to Aphek WoodruffA O. Sm[oot]
[FIGURE] and John Benbow, the wind laid & we finished ferrying in the
evening & the whole camp moved 3 miles & camped A guide board
was put up a mile from the ferry saying [FIGURE] 340 mile from Fort Laramie
~ Sunday
SundayIndependanceJuly 4th1847 A meeting was held
last evening & the 4 men were appointed as pilots to go back
& meet the company were called upon to start this morning
to go on their journey. I accompanied Presidents Young KimballRichards & others to the ferry to put them across
[page torn] [t]he river & when we arived at the river we saw 13 horsman
[page torn] [o]n the opposite bank, with therir baggage on one of our rafts
[page torn] [B]ut to our great joy who should they be bout our Brethren
[page torn] [b]elonging to the Mormon Battalion who volunteered into the
[page torn] [se]rvice of the U.S.A. one year ago this month & belonged to Capt
page torn They were putting in wheat & preparing for us He had come all
page torn the way with ownly two men to meet with us. the Saints were
page torn settelled with & the Mormon Battalion was 400 miles from him
page torn He said Br Pratt was doing well. The inhabitants of one whole Island
numbering 3000 had imbraced the faith he told us many interesting thigs & we were truly glad to see him distance of the day 8 m
~ Thursday
JULY 1st We tried this morning to swim our cattle over the
river but had great difficulty in it. About 15 persons have been
taken sick within a few days with fever ague &c which is said to
be common to emegrants coming from the snowy mountains to the
plains or valleys whare it is hot wether, Br Fowler is better to
day some others of the sick are better some are worse. each
division made a good raft yesterday & are lanched this morning
Brother Brannon brought a file of his papers that he is publishing
with him to camp & a letter to Br Fowler from his wife. He also
informed us that Captain Sutter was vary friendly & wished us
to come & settel near him. He informed us that he saw more
timber on green River whare we now are than he had seen on
his route since he left Calafornia He came through a part of
Oregon. We are now in Calafornia. We got over 10 waggons to day
among others my own so we camped over night on the south
bank of the green river
~ Friday
2nd Two rafts have been runing through the day & most of
the waggons have been brought over we swam our horses &
cattle over this morning though with some difficulty, we
held a council in the afternoon with the Twelve &
4 men was appointed to return to meet the camp & pilote
them up, Br Brannan was with the council, we each one
wrote our views concerning the council to be given to the camp
it is an exceding hot day, and both man & beast are much annoyed
with musketoes. Several salmon trout were caught at the mouth of
a slue on green river near the ferry one weighing 7 1/4 lbs. Several
of the brethren gathered a quantity of salaratus from the salaratus
bedes about 3 miles east of the indipendance rock near the road &
thought it answered as good a purpose as the manufactured article
for raising bread & family purposes
~ Saturday
3rd A light sprinkle of rain, cool, cloudy & high winds, so they could
not finish ferrying, the pilots are preparing to start back to meet the
companies I wrote a letter by them to Aphek WoodruffA O. Smoot
[FIGURE] and John Benbow, the wind laid & we finished ferrying in the
evening & the whole camp moved 3 miles & camped A guide board
was put up a mile from the ferry saying [FIGURE] 340 mile from
Fort Laramie
~ Sunday
SundayIndependanceJuly 4th1847 A meeting was held
last evening & the 4 men were appointed as pilots to go back
& meet the company were called upon to start this morning
to go on their journey. I accompanied Presidents YoungKimballRichards & others to the ferry to put them across
page torn the river & when we arived at the river we saw 13 horsman
page torn on the opposite bank, with their baggage on one of our rafts
page torn But to our great joy who should they be bout our Brethren
page torn belonging to the Mormon Battalion who volunteered into the
page torn service of the U.S.A. one year ago this month & belonged to Capt
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," July 1, 1847 - July 4, 1847, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OY0r