Sunday I met the largest Assembly at Fort Harriman
that I had Ever seen in that place & spoke to them
twice during the day A number of them bore testimony
~ Monday
24 Jeremiah carried me home to S L City distance both ways 40 40 Miles
It Rained mostly through the day
~ Tuesday
25 It rained hard all day
~ Wednesday
26. It has rained hard for the last 48 hours & is still raining
we are having the Hardest rain & most water falling
we have Ever seen in any summer Month since we have
been in this Territory the whole face of the Earth is all
soaked deep, the seasons are changing with us we received 2 letters from Wilford & Susan at
Susan was At OmahawRobert my son in Law had
become dissatisfied with Mormonishm He had no faith
in it nor in God He never did have much religion
He does not pray nor Enjoy the spirit of the Lord He sold
out his place in Box Elder & Brought his wife & children to
My House they have been stoping with me more than one
Month. I Blessed Susan & her children on the Evening of
May 17, & on the morning of May 18 Susan & her 4 children
left my House to go to the States with Her Husband Robert
Scholes they went to Ogden & took cars & arived in Omahaw on thursday night it was quite a trial to her and
to her parents to have her leave but they are in the hands of God
& he will deal right with them I spent most of the day in writing
~ Thursday
27. May I had an unplesant day I spent most of the day
with with Brother James Brown with G. Q. Cannon Drs And-
ersonBernhisel, & Heber John Richards. Brother Brown was
shot some 5 years ago in the night in the canyon By a young
Man who thought He was a grizerly Bear The Ball Broke his
thigh bone & he has been years in misery & to day the surgeons
cut open his thigh & Examined the Bone & found it so diseased
they amputated his leg near the Body Brother Cannon & myself
held his leg while it was cut off several of his cousins were
present & Bishop Davis Dr Anderson cut his leg off
Heber John Richards took up the arters Br Brown was a strong Man
~ Sunday
May 23rd 1869
Sunday I met the largest Assembly at Fort Harriman
that I had Ever seen in that place & spoke to them
twice during the day A number of them bore testimony
~ Monday
24 Jeremiah carried me home to S L City distance both ways 40 Miles
It Rained mostly through the day
~ Tuesday
25 It rained hard all day
~ Wednesday
26. It has rained hard for the last 48 hours & is still raining
we are having the Hardest rain & most water falling
we have Ever seen in any summer Month since we have
been in this Territory the whole face of the Earth is all
soaked deep, the seasons are changing with us
[FIGURE] we received 2 letters from Wilford & Susan at
Susan was At OmahawRobert my son in Law had
become dissatisfied with Mormonism He had no faith
in it nor in God He never did have much religion
He does not pray nor Enjoy the spirit of the Lord He sold
out his place in Box Elder & Brought his wife & children to
My House they have been stoping with me more than one
Month. I Blessed Susan & her children on the Evening of
May 17, & on the morning of May 18 Susan & her 4 children
left my House to go to the States with Her Husband Robert
Scholes they went to Ogden & took cars & arived in
Omahaw on thursday night it was quite a trial to her and
to her parents to have her leave but they are in the hands of God
& he will deal right with them I spent most of the day in writing
~ Thursday
27. May [FIGURE] I had an unplesant day I spent most of the day
with with Brother James Brown with G. Q. Cannon Drs AndersonBernhisel, & Heber John Richards. Brother Brown was
shot some 5 years ago in the night in the canyon By a young
Man who thought He was a grizerly Bear The Ball Broke his
thigh bone & he has been years in misery & to day the surgeons
cut open his thigh & Examined the Bone & found it so diseased
they amputated his leg near the Body Brother Cannon & myself
held his leg while it was cut off several of his cousins were
present & Bishop Davis Dr Anderson cut his leg off
Heber John Richards took up the arters Br Brown was a strong Man
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," May 23, 1869 - May 27, 1869, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 12, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/R6YE