20 I wrote 4 Letters to day to McAllisterLB & Bleak & Julia Spencer I sent to St George some Letters, in the afternoon
I wrde [rode] with Lot Smith out 4 miles into the hills to visit some
old Indian Villages in ruins we drove onto one hill wher there
were the ruins of hundreds of old ancient stone houses all seemed
to be double with a wall runing through the centre of them built
in a square compacted fort form 10 M[iles]
~ Wednesday
21. [FIGURE] I wrote one letter to Moses Thatcher a condolance
upon his fathers Death. Gave him an account of the Sunset Country
~ Thursday
22. I left Sunset with Lot Smith and travelled west to the
sheep heard station McNeals Springs spent the night 32 M[iles].
The house stands upon the Bank with the spring in a Deep gorge
the water carried from the spring in troughs into large trees
doug out so that 2000 sheep could drink the path to the spring
is so steep that it is vary difficult for any man to Bring a
Bucket of water up to the House. The whole face of the Earth is
vary rocky around the carells. The Canyon that contains
the spring abounds with so many wild cats that they
kill many of the Lambs
~ Friday
23. we travelled over a vary rocky country for some ten
miles to Plesant valley whare the United order settlement
keep their dairy. It is one of the most plesant vallies I ever
saw. It is 5 miles long & 3 wide with a fresh water Lake
in the centre whare all the Horses, oxen, cows, Deer Antilope
& Turkies come Daily to drink we saw 17 Antilope I shot
at one a long distance But did not get him Brother Ormus
20 I wrote 4 Letters to day to McAllisterLB & Bleak &
Julia Spencer I sent to St George some Letters, in the afternoon
I rode with Lot Smith out 4 miles into the hills to visit some
old Indian Villages in ruins we drove onto one hill wher there
were the ruins of hundreds of old ancient stone houses all seemed
to be double with a wall runing through the centre of them built
in a square compacted fort form 10 Miles
~ Wednesday
21. [FIGURE] I wrote one letter to Moses Thatcher a condolance
upon his fathers Death. Gave him an account of the Sunset Country
~ Thursday
22. I left Sunset with Lot Smith and travelled west to the
sheep heard station McNeals Springs spent the night 32 Miles.
The house stands upon the Bank with the spring in a Deep gorge
the water carried from the spring in troughs into large trees
doug out so that 2000 sheep could drink the path to the spring
is so steep that it is vary difficult for any man to Bring a
Bucket of water up to the House. The whole face of the Earth is
vary rocky around the carells. The Canyon that contains
the spring abounds with so many wild cats that they
kill many of the Lambs
~ Friday
23. we travelled over a vary rocky country for some ten
miles to Plesant valley whare the United order settlement
keep their dairy. It is one of the most plesant vallies I ever
saw. It is 5 miles long & 3 wide with a fresh water Lake
in the centre whare all the Horses, oxen, cows, Deer Antilope
& Turkies come Daily to drink we saw 17 Antilope I shot
at one a long distance But did not get him Brother Ormus
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," May 19, 1879 - May 23, 1879, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 18, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/jqgl