Answer I have no doubt but ^it^ is his privilege but whether that He
will do it is a question in my mind. How then can his seed increase
to all Eternity, through the increase of his posterity.
many other remarks were made by the President
~ Monday
Monday 7th I bought 50 bushels of wheat at $100 & 900 lbs flour
for $54. I then rode to Toillee & took one yoke of red oxen & one
pair of Horses & 3 calves to leave with Brother Maughn at the city
of E. T. untill my return I preached to the people in the evening
& had a good time I spent the night with Brother Maughn 25 m[iles]
9th Wednesday I left the city of the great Salt Lake & in
company with Brother [blank] Cherry I started to overtake the Presidency & company who had started the day before to visit the
Southern settlements as far as Iron County we rode to dry creek
in Utah valley & spent the night with Brother Daniel Thomas in
Lehi City I preached to the people & had a good time 35 mils
11th We rode to Salt Creek & nooned we then rode through Salt Creek Canyon & camped at Uinta Springs 45 miles
their is a good clear stream of water running through
this valley containing many trout I cought 5 with a hook
some others cought some this a good valley of land a good
number of the brethren accompanied us from salt creek
Fort they sung In the evening & we had prayers
~ Saturday
12th We rode 7 miles & camped we then took a few waggons
rode 3 miles to the west to the foot of a small canyon we there
left our waggons & Horses & walked 1 1/4 miles to the head of the
canyon & their visited a splendid good coal mine the vein
was about 6 feet thick it diped to the west about 20 degrees
the coal was of excellent quality we brought some of it away
with us it was in sight on both sides of the canyon this
coal bed lies about 10 miles north northwest from Fort Ephram
after returning to camp we rode 7 miles to Fort Ephraim & spent
the night we held a meeting J M Grant ^Brother McIntosh^ Preached was followed by H. C. Kimball & athe few meeting was dismiss
by J. M. Grant I spent the night with Brother Isaac Behunnin 20 mls
Fort Ephraim is laid out with an inner fort 12 1/2 by 15 rods built
with a stone wall 2 feet thick 10 feet high finished. An outside
wall built of splendid white limestone 4 feet thick at the
bottom 2 feet at the top 18 feet high 60 by 44 rods the
coity contains 400 inhabitants two thirds Danes. they have
a shch school taught by a man in the winter & female during
summer. This city has been esstablish or setteled but about
one year the inside wall is built & outside wall is built & two
thirds of the outside wall is built 7 feet High & a part of ist
is 14 feet high the intention is to build the dwellings against
Answer I have no doubt but it is his privilege but whether He
will do it is a question in my mind. How then can his seed increase
to all Eternity, through the increase of his posterity.
many other remarks were made by the President
~ Monday
Monday 7th I bought 50 bushels of wheat at $100 & 900 lbs flour
for $54. I then rode to Toillee & took one yoke of red oxen & one
pair of Horses & 3 calves to leave with Brother Maughn at the city
of E. T. untill my return I preached to the people in the evening
& had a good time I spent the night with Brother Maughn 25 m
9th Wednesday I left the city of the great Salt Lake & in
company with Brother [blank] Cherry I started to overtake the
Presidency & company who had started the day before to visit the
Southern settlements as far as Iron County we rode to dry creek
in Utah Valley & spent the night with Brother Daniel Thomas in
Lehi City I preached to the people & had a good time 34 mils
11th We rode to Salt Creek & nooned we then rode through
Salt Creek Canyon & camped at Uinta Springs 45 miles
their is a good clear stream of water running through
this valley containing many trout I cought 5 with a hook
some others cought some this a good valley of land a good
number of the brethren accompanied us from salt creek
fort they sung In the evening & we had prayers
~ Saturday
12th we rode 7 miles & camped we then took a few waggons
rode 3 miles to the west to the foot of a small canyon we there
left our waggons & Horses & walked 1 1/4 miles to the head of the
canyon & their visited a splendid good coal mine the vein
was about 6 feet thick it diped to the west about 20 degrees
the coal was of excellent quality we brought some of it away
with us it was in sight on both sides of the canyon this
coal bed lies about 10 miles north northwest from Fort Ephraim
after returning to camp we rode 17 miles to Fort Ephraim & spent
the night we held a meeting Brother McIntosh Preached was followed by
H. C. Kimball &the meeting was dismiss
by J. M. Grant I spent the night with Brother Isaac Behunnin 20 mils
Fort Ephraim is laid out with an inner fort 12 1/2 by 15 rods built
with a stone wall 2 feet thick 10 feet high finished. An outside
wall built of splendid white limestone 4 feet thick at the
bottom 2 feet at the top 18 feet high 60 by 44 rods the
city contains 400 inhabitants two thirds Danes. they have
a school taught by a man in the winter & female during
summer. This city has been esstablish or setteled but about
one year the inside wall is built & outside wall is built & two
thirds of the outside wall is built 7 feet High & a part of it
is 14 feet high the intention is to build the dwellings against
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," May 6, 1855 - May 12, 1855, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/N3m
