May 25 1879
^Sunday^ Afternoon Br Orvill Bates spoke 25 M[inutes], Br Merrill 3 M[inutes]
Br McLellin 5 M[inutes], Lot Smith 15, & W Woodruff 25 M[inutes]
~ Monday
26. I went out in company with Brother Merrill on
horsback to view the country and hunt game we traveled
some 12 miles viewed goosebury spring we passed through
good forest of pine, quaking asp & white oak saw white oak
from 2 1/2 to 3 feet though some from 50 to 60 feet high, pine
from 6 inches to 4 feet through from 50 to 125 feet high. we
saw no game untill within 3 miles of the Mill I saw a vary large
Doe Antilope I shot her 125 yards through the Body &
vitals and she run 300 yards over a ridge with her hind
parts to me I shot at her again and put a Ball from my
Needle gun clear though her Body Endways the Ball
came out at her throat & she fell dead. Either shot would
have killed her we cut her head out took her Entrials
out it was all both of us could do to put her onto a horse
took her to the Mill and the Brethren dressed her. we
took Dinner & took the hind quarter of our game & and
Drove 15 Miles & camped for the night Distance of the day 30.
28 I spent the day in writing for the Deserett News
giving an Account of my travels through Arizona
~ Thursday
29. ^[FIGURE]^ I finished my letter to the news & kept a copy
May 25 1879
Sunday Afternoon Br Orvill Bates spoke 25 Minutes, Br Merrill 3 Minutes
Br McLellin 5 Minutes, Lot Smith 15, & W Woodruff 25 Minutes
~ Monday
26. I went out in company with Brother Merrill on
horsback to view the country and hunt game we traveled
some 12 miles viewed goosebury spring we passed through
good forest of pine, quaking asp & white oak saw white oak
from 2 1/2 to 3 feet though some from 50 to 60 feet high, pine
from 6 inches to 4 feet through from 50 to 125 feet high. we
saw no game untill within 3 miles of the Mill I saw a vary large
Doe Antilope I shot her 125 yards through the Body &
vitals and she run 300 yards over a ridge with her hind
parts to me I shot at her again and put a Ball from my
Needle gun clear though her Body Endways the Ball
came out at her throat & she fell dead. Either shot would
have killed her we cut her head out took her Entrials
out it was all both of us could do to put her onto a horse
took her to the Mill and the Brethren dressed her. we
took Dinner & took the hind quarter of our game & and
Drove 15 Miles & camped for the night Distance of the day 30.
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," May 26, 1879 - May 29, 1879, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 20, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/l5kr