July 16, 1847 ~ Friday

16^th I took Brs Young & Rockwood into my carriage & drove on
with the camp 6 1/2 miles & nooned in the same valley which we nam
ed Mathews vale we travled in the Afternoon 9 1/2 miles with per-
pendicular rocks on one side & steep Bluffs on the other thousands
of feet high we had a bad road for the sick to travel in &
wearied Br Young out & He was sick at night. for several mil[es] [text faded]
on the North side of the road we discoverd A dark substance
runing out of the holes of the rocks which congeled it had
some the Appearance of gum myrr or opeum ownly it was
hard & bitter As Allows we could could discover it for
10 miles ain places along on the rocks distance of the day 16 m
I went to webers fork 1 miles from our encampment & coug[ht] [text faded]
one trout for Br Young

July 17, 1847 ~ Saturday

17^th Br Young is vary Poorly this morning. 9 of our horses lost
among whom is two that Br Fowler drives, we start out
& drive 3 miles on webers fork & camp A number of trout was
caught by the Brethren some that would weigh A lb Br Young
was wors & could not Journey & we stoped & camped for
the day the Horses were found 10 miles back. I fished with the
fly & cought several trout. The Twelve with somo others went out
together & prayed in due form for Br Young & all the sick & had a
good time. distance 3 miles

we rode to the canion in the night 8 miles whole distance 16 [miles]

July 18, 1847 ~ Sunday

^18^th Sunday spent the day Holding meeting^
198^th 41 waggons went on this morning among whom was Dr
Richards & G. A. Smith 15 waggons remained with President Young
Among the number was two of my own. In company with
H C Kimball E T Benson, & H Egan I rode over the mountain
called Pratts Pass with the company that went on & returned
to camp it was A Hot day. Several Brethren cought some trout
[page torn] t[h]at would weigh near two lbs each I cought 2 with the fly but
[page torn] t[h]ey did not seem to take it well in that stream, we moved
our camp 2 miles 2 miles

whole distance that I travled during the day 25 miles

during the evening I went onto A High hill with Brothers Kimball
& Benson & had Prayers together & A good time conversed much
upon the things of the kingdom of God

July 19, 1847 ~ Monday

2019^th we started early in the morning & rode with the Presid-
ent 5 miles & stoped & took Breakfast Br Young^s fever is
still on him but He stood the mornings ride well I carry
him in my carriage. we are now travelling through Pratts
Pass to avoid the canion, we travled After the mornings Halt
10 miles over the worst road we have had on the Journey the who[le] [text faded]
distance of the day was 15 miles

July 20, 1847 ~ Tuesday

we camped at night on A trout creek about 10 feet across
it we found 3 waggons that had stoped on this creek in consequence
of t[h]e [page torn] sick. Br^s. Sherwood Johnson & Dewey were so sick they
could not Journey & we camped on the same ground with them
Sherwood & Johnson were Baptized for their sickness & I confir[med] [text faded]
them. Br Young stood the Journey well considering the hard road
He was quite weary come night. Several of the Brethren caught
some small trout in the streame we camped on Br Fowler dished
some o[f] [page torn] his waggon wheels, & G A. Smith who was in the company [page covered]
[page covered] dis[he]d two of his stoped & burned coal & set the tyre. This mo[rning] [page covered]
Br [Pr]att [page torn] & company was ownly 8 miles ahead of whare we ca[mped] [page covered]

July 16, 1847 ~ Friday

16 I took Brs Young & Rockwood into my Carriage & drove on with the Camp 6 1/2 miles & nooned in the same valley which we nam ed Mathews vale we travled in the afternoon 9 1/2 miles with perpendicular rocks on one side & steep bluffs on the other thousands of feet high we had a bad road for the sick to travel in & wearied Br Young out & he was sick at night. for several miles on the North side of the road we discovered a dark substance runing out of the holes of the rocks which congeled it had some the appearance of gum myrr or opeum ownly it was hard & bitter as allows we could could discover it for 10 milesin places along on the rocks distance of the day 16 m I went to webers fork 1 miles from our encampment & cought one trout for Br Young

July 17, 1847 ~ Saturday

17th Br Young is vary poorly this morning. 9 of our horses lost among whum is two that Br Fowler drives, we start out & drive 3 miles on webers fork & camp a number of trout was caught by the Brethren some that would weigh a lb Br Youg was wors & could not journey & we stoped & camped for the day the horses were found 10 miles back. I fished with the fly & cought several trout. The Twelve with somo others went out together & prayed in due form for Br Young & all the sick & had a good time. distance 3 miles we rode to the canion in the night 8 miles whole distance 16

July 18, 1847 ~ Sunday

18th Sunday spent the day holding meeting 41 waggons went on this morning among whom was Dr Richards & G. A. Smith 15 waggons remained with President Youg Among the number was two of my own. In company with H C Kimball E T Benson. & H Egan I rode over the mountain called Pratts Pass with the company that went on & returned to camp it was a hot day. several Brethren cought some trout that would weigh near two lbs each I cought 2 with the fly but they did not seem to take it well in that stream, we moved our camp 2 miles. 2 miles whole distance that I travled during the day 25 miles

during the evening I went onto a high hill with Brothers Kimball & Benson & had prayers together & a good time conversed much upon the things of the Kingdom of God

July 19, 1847 ~ Monday

19th we started early in the morning & rode with the President 5 miles & stoped & took breakfast Br Youngs fever is still on him but he stood the mornings ride well I carry him in my Carriage. we are now travelling through Pratts Pass to avoid the Canion, we travled after the mornings halt 10 miles over the worst road we have had on the journey the whole distance of the day was 15 mile

July 20, 1847 ~ Tuesday

we camped at night on a trout creek about 10 feet across it we found 3 waggons that had stoped on this creek in consequence of the page torn sick. Brs. Sherwood Johnson & Dewey were so sick they could not journey & we camped on the same ground with them Sherwood & Johnson were baptized for their sickness & I confirmed them. Br Young stood the journey well considering the hard road He was quite weary come night. Several of the Brethren caught some small trout in the streame we camped on Br Fowler dished some of page torn his waggon wheels, & G. A. Smith who was in the company page covered dis◊◊◊◊d page torn two of his stoped & burned coal & set the tyre. This morning page covered Br Orson Pratt page torn & company was ownly 8 miles ahead of whare we camped page covered page covered