My word that Evry who gets rich & does
not accknowlede the Hand of God in it will be damned
~ Friday
10 We left Newton this morning & started for Soda Springs & we travelled 6 hours & Nooned on the Bank of
of the Portneu[ff] whare we stayed 2 Hours & caught some trout
& then started on our road nearly all day was through a
vary hard Mounteneous Country vary steep rocky hills to
go up & down we arived at the Soda Springs at about 6 oclk 75 M[iles]
over the most Mounteneous Road I ever travelled in one day
when we arived we found C. C. Rich & D. P. Kimball on the
ground with with 50 Men had come to Meet with Presidt Young. Had 7 Baggage wagons A Brass Band of Music, they have
put up Presidet Young a good hewed log House 22 X 18 good
floors, doors windows & shingle Roof.
~ Saturday
June 11. Our camp Had a day of leasure I wrote a Letter to
[FIGURE] G. Q. Cannon Giving him an account of our Journey to
the present time Myself B Young Jr, R T BurtonD. P. Kimball
& some 15 others drove 10 Miles to Blackfoot River to fish
as it was Recommended as the best fishing stream in
the Mountains But we found ourselves Badly sold it was about
one third as large as Bear River, & high water & the worst
country to travel on its Banks I ever saw Marsh swamps
thick Brush &c I caught one small trout & about a dozen
in all caught weary with our days labor we returned to camp
& went to the best soda spring in the cedars we have seen & drank
hary [hearty] of the sparkling soda. President Young & company spent the day
visiting the varios curiosities, of the Country distance of the day 25 m[iles]
~ Sunday
12 Sunday Morning W Woodruff Prayed in camp. we received the Mail
this Morning & got many Papers. The Camp Assembled together &
held a Meeting B Young Jr Prayed Presidt Young spoke 31 Minutes
He said Many of the Elder of Israel do not seem to understand their
position on the Earth & their calling, that they are called to save
the children of men. we are surrounded by the Lamanits, who
are degraded & cast down to the Lowest depths of filt, yet they
are of the house of Israel & we should set a good Example before
them & not come down to their capacity but seek to Exhalt them
June 9, 1870
My word that Evry who gets rich & does
not acknowlede the Hand of God in it will be damned
~ Friday
10 We left Newton this morning & started for
Soda Springs & we travelled 6 hours & Nooned on the Bank of
of the Portneuff whare we stayed 2 Hours & caught some trout
& then started on our road nearly all day was through a
vary hard Mounteneous Country vary steep rocky hills to
go up & down we arived at the Soda Springs at about 6 oclk 75 Miles
over the most Mounteneous Road I ever travelled in one day
when we arived we found C. C. Rich & D. P. Kimball on the
ground with with 50 Men had come to Meet with Presidt
Young. Had 7 Baggage wagons A Brass Band of Music, they have
put up Presidet Young a good hewed log House 22 X 18 good
floors, doors windows & shingle Roof.
~ Saturday
June 11. Our camp Had a day of leasure I wrote a Letter to
[FIGURE] G. Q. Cannon Giving him an account of our Journey to
the present time Myself B Young Jr, R T BurtonD. P. Kimball
& some 15 others drove 10 Miles to Blackfoot River to fish
as it was Recommended as the best fishing stream in
the Mountains But we found ourselves Badly sold it was about
one third as large as Bear River, & high water & the worst
country to travel on its Banks I ever saw Marsh swamps
thick Brush &c I caught one small trout & about a dozen
in all caught weary with our days labor we returned to camp
& went to the best soda spring in the cedars we have seen & drank
hearty of the sparkling soda. President Young & company spent the day
visiting the varios curiosities, of the Country distance of the day 25 miles
~ Sunday
12 Sunday Morning W Woodruff Prayed in camp. we received the Mail
this Morning & got many Papers. The Camp Assembled together &
held a Meeting B Young Jr Prayed Presidt Young spoke 31 Minutes
He said Many of the Elder of Israel do not seem to understand their
position on the Earth & their calling, that they are called to save
the children of men. we are surrounded by the Lamanits, who
are degraded & cast down to the Lowest depths of filt, yet they
are of the house of Israel & we should set a good Example before
them & not come down to their capacity but seek to Exhalt them
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," June 10, 1870 - June 12, 1870, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/2kR1