13th We travled & stoped within one mile of the Kanyon &
President Young came to see me But He returned And I
Did not see Him
~ Monday
14th[FIGURE]
I Drove to the mouth of the kanyon met L Hardy & company
And I drove into the city of the G. S. C at the Head of
the company I was truly glad to gaze once more upon
the city of the great Salt Lake & valley of the mountains
I met with Elder G A Smith & many others I drove to
the two rooms that I made while in the valley before
~ Tuesday
15th I visited many of the Brethren Had our oxen on hand
I got a state Brand to Brand our oxen which was recorded
as follows [FIGURE] on the left shoulder
~ Wednesday
16th I put into the Hands of Willis & Co 52 Head of oxen &
18 cows Total 70 Head to Heard at one cent per Head each day
I met in council with President YoungKimball & Richards P P PrattG. H. Smith P P Pratt & others I found President
Young sick abed the subject was discused of esstablishing
A treading company to do business for the Church instead of
suffering the Gentiles to come in & [gol] the Church Adjourned
untill 2 oclok at the Dr W Richards office to morrow
~ Thursday
17th Met in council with the Presidency & Twelve And it was thought
Best for me to open the goods with Heywood & Woolley
19th I moved my log cabbins from the old fort on to my lot Joining the Temple Block
~ Sunday
20th Sunday I met with the saints in the Bowery was called
upon to Address the meeting I gave An account of my mission
to the East I spoke of my dream I dreamed of diying & going
to the place of the departed spirits I saw Brother Joseph & Hyram Smith & many of the Saints who had died they all
appeared to be in a Hurry I thought strange to find them
in A Hurry And I enqiuired the cause they informed me that
the time was set for Christ to come as the great Bridegroom
to the Earth to meet the Bride the Lambs wife & they had
not had time to prepare as those of other dispensations &
Had to be in a Hurry in order to get ready. And when
I awoke I was overwhelmed with a peculiar sensation
at the view of the work ofthe Latter Day Saints Had to perform
in order to prepair the Bride for to meet the Bridegroom. I
was followed by P. P. Pratt who spoke well
13th We travled & stoped within one mile of the Kanyon &
President Young came to see me but he returned and I
Did not see him
~ Monday
14th [FIGURE]
I Drove to the mouth of the kanyon met L Hardy & company
and I drove into the city of the G. S. C at the head of
the company I was truly glad to gaze once more upon
the city of the great Salt Lake & valley of the mountains
I met with Elder G. A. Smith & many others I drove to
the two rooms that I made while in the valley before
~ Tuesday
15th I visited many of the Brethren Had our oxen on hand
I got a state brand to brand our oxen which was recorded
as follows [FIGURE] on the left shoulder
~ Wednesday
16th I put into the hands of Willis & Co 52 head of oxen &
18 cows Total 70 head to heard at one cent per head each day
I met in council with President YoungKimball & RichardsP P PrattG. A. Smith P P Pratt & others I found President
Young sick abed the subject was discused of esstablishing
a treading company to do business for the Church instead of
suffering the Gentiles to come in & gol the Church Adjourned
untill 2 oclok at the Dr W Richards office to morrow
~ Thursday
17th Met in Council with the Presidency & Twelve and it was thought
best for me to open the goods with Heywood & Woolley
~ Friday
18th I spent the day at home
~ Saturday
19th I moved my log cabbins from the old fort on to my
lot Joining the Temple Block
~ Sunday
20th Sunday I met with the saints in the Bowery was called
upon to address the meeting I gave an account of my mission
to the East I spoke of my dream I dreamed of dying & going
to the place of the departed spirits I saw Brother Joseph &
Hyram Smith & many of the Saints who had died they all
appeared to be in a hurry I thought strange to find them
in a hurry and I enquired the cause they informed me that
the time was set for Christ to come as the great Bridegroom
to the Earth to meet the Bride the Lambs wife & they had
not had time to prepare as those of other dispensations &
had to be in a hurry in order to get ready. And when
I awoke I was overwhelmed with a peculiar sensation
at view of the workthe Latter Day Saints Had to perform
in order to prepair the Bride for to meet the Bridegroom I
was followed by P. P. Pratt who spoke well
"Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)," October 13, 1850 - October 23, 1850, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed December 6, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/lYV1