Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)
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fell Just as the waggon stoped the Tounge run into the ground 6 foot
the waggon stoped with the off Mule Back of the foorre wheel & was pined
fast to the ground with the swaybar across his back & he had to lie there
untill I unbound the load & unloaded 2 cords of wood, then uncopled
the waggon & dug the tongue out of the ground with an Ax & turned the
wheels over off from his back I hought the Mule must have been
Near dead but he got up & shook himself & soon went to Eating the
Neck yoak & Irons off both whippletrees were broke yet I straped
them up & got home with one cord of wood ^12 [miles]^
~ Friday
10. David went & got a load of wood & I went down bear
River fishing & hunting & caught Nothing ^15 [miles]^
~ Saturday
11 David got a load of stable logs & Wilford arived with the last
of our freight & [blank]
~ Sunday
12. ^
^ Sunday I Attended Meeting & Preached to the people & wrote a letter home
~ Monday
13 I wento to Otter Creek & caught 29 trout with a hook & shot 3 ducks
~ Tuesday
14. We built the body of a stable 20 By 18 feet
~ Wednesday
15. We commenced diging another well, when the boys dug the other
well when they came to water they did not stone it up it formed
a quick sand caved in so we could not get water & when we tryed
to clean it out it continued to cave in so we filled it up
we dug 9 feet to day
~ Thursday
16. We dug 10 feet in the well to day
~ Friday
17. We dug 2 feet this morning & struck a strong stream iof water in
the gravel it came in so fast we could not dig any lower. we
had hard work to get the water out so we could stone it up
Kennison who was diging & stoneing up got wet through & was vary
chilly & when we closed at night we had walled up 4 feet & there
was 3 1/2 feet of water in the well
~ Saturday
18. We stoned up about 12 feet of the well to day
~ Sunday
19. Sunday it snowed in the Morning. I Attended Meeting with the
Saints in the school House & spoke some 50 Minutes was followed By
several of the Brethren. We visited the Bishop in the Evening
~ Monday
20. we finished stoning the well to day
~ Tuesday
21. Wilford went to the canyon & David & myself drew coarse stuff to cover
the stable we had built
~ Wednesday
232 we finished covering the stable & chinked up a part of it
fell Just as the waggon stoped the Tounge run into the ground 6 foot the waggon stoped with the off Mule Back of the fore wheel & was pined fast to the ground with the swaybar across his back & he had to lie there untill I unbound the load & unloaded 2 cords of wood, then uncopled the waggon & dug the tongue out of the ground with an Ax & turned the wheels over off from his back I hought the Mule must have been Near dead but he got up & shook himself & soon went to Eating the Neck yoak & Irons off both whippletrees were broke yet I straped them up & got home with one cord of wood
~ Friday
10. David went & got a load of wood & I went down bear River fishing & hunting & caught Nothing
~ Saturday
11 David got a load of stable logs & Wilford arived with the last of our freight & [blank]
~ Sunday
12. [FIGURE] Sunday I Attended Meeting & Preached to the people & wrote a letter home
~ Monday
13 I wento to Otter Creek & caught 29 trout with a hook & shot 3 ducks
~ Tuesday
14. We built the body of a stable 20 By 18 feet
~ Wednesday
15. We commenced diging another well, when the boys dug the other well when they came to water they did not stone it up it formed a quick sand caved in so we could not get water & when we tryed to clean it out it continued to cave in so we filled it up we dug 9 feet to day
~ Thursday
16. We dug 10 feet in the well to day
~ Friday
17. We dug 2 feet this morning & struck a strong streamof water in the gravel it came in so fast we could not dig any lower. we had hard work to get the water out so we could stone it up Kennison who was diging & stoneing up got wet through & was vary Chilly & when we closed at night we had walled up 4 feet & there was 3 1/2 feet of water in the well
~ Saturday
18. We stoned up about 12 feet of the well to day
~ Sunday
19. Sunday it snowed in the morning I Attended Meeting with the Saints in the school House & spoke some 50 Minutes was followed By several of the Brethren. We visited the Bishop in the evening
~ Monday
20. we finished stoning the well to day
~ Tuesday
21. Wilford went to the Canyon & David & myself drew coarse stuff to cover the stable we had built
~ Wednesday
22 We finished covering the stable & chinked up a part of it