Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)
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~ Thursday
Nov 213 1871
It is still storming we all spent the day choreing
~ Friday
24. It rained nearly all day I felt strongly impressed to go
home this feeling has been upon me since Monday Morning but
it has stormed nearly Evry day & my family have urged me to stay
I went to Otter Creek to day or in the Afternoon caught 10 trout
~ Saturday
25.
The same spirit rests upon me this morning to go home
I told Sarah & Wilford I must go so I got my Breakfast
hitched up my team & bid the family good by & started at 108 oclk
it was still vary cloudy I drove to Woodruff stoped & talked awhile
with Bishop Lee baited my Horces & started on when about 12 Miles
from Wasatch the great snow storm struck me. I had to travel
some 12 Miles in a terrible blinding snow storm to Watsatch where
I arived in the night my Horses covered with snow & water I
called upon Brother George Rowley who was the ownly Mormon
in the place. He assisted me to get my horses into a store house as
there was no stable in the place it was a terrific cold storming night
my Horses would have nearly or quite perished if I could not
have got them under cover. Distance of the day 35 Miles
~ Sunday
26. Sunday
I did not sleep but little during the night. I arose
this Morning & found the snow about 2 feet deep & still falling thick
& fast, it looked vary gloomy I did not know what course to pursue
I could ^not^ travel the road & I went & Enquired of Mr Haven the operator
& Agent in that place what chance there was of takigng a kcar. He said
he had No baggage car there & if he had, he did not know how
I could get my waggon or horses on board of it as all the
accomodations of the kind was moved to Evanston. I could not
buy any grain in the place for it was not there & the ownly Hay
there was in the hands of Mr Hammer an Apostate Mormon &
vary bitter I had put in about 100 lbs of Hay when I started from
Randolph which was all I had to feed the snow was covering
up my waggon I went over to My Horses & gave them a little Hay &
knelt down & prayed for the Lord to Deliver me I could get
No watter to my horses ownly as Brother Rowley who had charge
of the Engine run it upon a trak near my horses & poured me out
4 Buckets of water this I divided between them while I was there
I went to bed at night with the snow still falling & all things looked gloomy
~ Thursday
Nov 23 1871
It is still storming we all spent the day choreing
~ Friday
24. It rained nearly all day I felt strongly impressed to go home this feeling has been upon me since Monday Morning but it has stormed nearly Evry day & my family have urged me to stay I went to Otter Creek to day or in the Afternoon caught 10 trout
~ Saturday
25. FIGURES The same spirit rests upon me this morning to go home I told Sarah & Wilford I must go so I got my Breakfast hitched up my team & bid the family good by & started at8 oclk it was still vary cloudy I drove to Woodruff stoped & talked awhile with Bishop Lee baited my Horses & started on when about 12 Miles from Wasatch the great snow storm struck me. I had to travel some 12 Miles in a terrible blinding snow storm to Wasatch where I arived in the night my Horses covered with snow & water I called upon Brother George Rowley who was the ownly Mormon in the place. He assisted me to get my horses into a store house as there was no stable in the place it was a terrific cold storming night my Horses would have nearly or quite perished if I could not have got them under cover. Distance of the day 35 Miles
~ Sunday
26. Sunday [FIGURE] I did not sleep but little during the night I arose this Morning & found the snow about 2 feet deep & still falling thick & fast, it looked vary gloomy I did not know what course to pursue I could not travel the road & I went & Enquired of Mr Haven the operator & Agent in that place what chance there was of taking a car He said he had No baggage car there & if he had, he did not know how I could get my waggon or horses on board of it as all the accomodations of the kind was moved to Evanston. I could not buy any grain in the place for it was not there & the ownly Hay there was in the hands of Mr Hammer an Apostate Mormon & vary bitter I had put in about 100 lbs of Hay when I started from Randolph which was all I had to feed the snow was covering up my waggon I went over to My Horses & gave them a little Hay & knelt down & prayed for the Lord to Deliver me I could get No watter to my horses ownly as Brother Rowley who had charge of the Engine run it upon a trak near my horses & poured me out 4 Buckets of water this I divided between them while I was there I went to bed at night with the snow still falling & all things looked gloomy