making it vary laborious upon us all so I took
one of the oars myself And Assisted in ferrying
in the Hot sun untill I was nearly melted I
then drove teams up the Hills through the
mud And bad roads untill I felt exhausted
the ferry man tore open the belly of one of my
best oxen which had to be sowed up & docterd
And when I got through my days work I felt
hardly able to stand up 6 mile

July 27, 1846 ~ Monday

27^th we were all quite unwell in consequence
of the fatigue of yesterday I spent most of the
day in my tent

July 28, 1846 ~ Tuesday

28^th I was unwell this morning but attend-
ed a council with the Twelve whare some
business was transacted At the close of the
council I dined with Dr Richards It immed-
iately presented the Appearance of a severe
storm thunder, lightning strong wind And
A heavy body of water Almost instantly
rushed upon [us] the water beat through our
waggon covers And nearly evry thing in
our waggons the wind drove our waggons
family carriag down a steep hill & turned
it bottom side upwards And smashed the
top to peaces but providentially there was
no one of the family in the carriage And
evry thing was saved that was in it bottols
&c vary heavy storms of thunder & rain
continued through the night much rain
fell the deds [beds] bedding & family was drenched
with water several tents were torn down
in the camp it was A vary disagreeable
night

making it vary laborious upon us all so I took one of the cars myself And Assisted in ferrying in the Hot sun untill I was nearly melted I then drove teams up the Hills through the mud And bad roads untill I felt exhausted the ferry man tore open the belly of one of my best oxen which had to be sowed up & doctered And when I got through my days work I felt hardly able to stand up 6 mile

July 27, 1846 ~ Monday

27th we were all quite unwell in consequence of the fatigue of yesterday I spent most of the day in my tent

July 28, 1846 ~ Tuesday

28th I was unwell this morning but attended a council with the Twelve whare some business was transacted At the close of the council I dined with Dr Richards It immediately presented the Appearance of a severe storm thunder, lightning strong wind And A heavy body of water Almost instantly rushed upon us the water beat through our waggon covers And nearly evry thing in our waggons the wind drove our family carriag down a steep hill & turned it bottom side upwards And smashed the top to peaces but providentially there was no one of the family in the carriage And evry thing was saved that was in it bottols &c vary heavy storms of thunder & rain continued through the night much rain fell the beds bedding & family was drenched with water several tents were torn down in the camp it was A vary disagreeable night