teams, waggons, flocks, & Heards by Hunderds
& thousands as it were untill it looked
like the movements of A great Nation
we travled 10 miles & camped at a point
of timber on the edge of an 18 mile prairie
& camped Mrs Woodruff was quite unwell
thrugh the day but better at night

July 1, 1846 ~ Wednesday

July 1^st After travling A few miles we recievd
A visit from Elder P. P. Pratt wh[o] was direct
from council Bluffs And Had A message to
All the camp of Israel I formed A circle
of some 50 waggons And the substance
of his errand was that He wanted A com-
pany of men raised immediately to go to
the mountains without there families to
pick out A location And put in spring
& fall crops the quorum of the Twelve
volunteered to go After we got our
Message I drove A head as fast as possible
with my teams we drove 20 miles with
our ox waggons And [c]amped for the
night about 10 oclok both man And beast
wearied out we crossed the 18 mile
prairie

July 2, 1846 ~ Thursday

2nd we journied untill about 107 oclok
& camped I recieved An insult from
Br Badham And others Hendered my
progress And I felt to reprove them
sharply

July 3, 1846 ~ Friday

3rd At 10 oclock Br Pratt returned in
company with Br Benson

teams, waggons, flocks, & Heards by Hunderds & thousands as it were untill it looked like the movements of A great Nation we travled 10 miles & camped at a point of timber on the edge of an 18 mile prairie & camped Mrs Woodruff was quite unwell through the day but better at night

July 1, 1846 ~ Wednesday

July 1st After travling A few miles we recieved A visit from Elder P. P. Pratt who was direct from council Bluffs And Had A message to All the camp of Israel I formed A circle of some 50 waggons And the substance of his errand was that He wanted A company of men raised immediately to go to the mountains without there families to pick out A location And put in spring & fall crops the quorum of the Twelve volunteered to go After we got our Message I drove A head as fast as possible with my teams we drove 20 miles with our ox waggons And camped for the night about 10 oclok both man And beast wearied out we crossed the 18 mile prairie

July 2, 1846 ~ Thursday

2nd we journied untill about 7 oclok & camped I recieved An insult from Br Badham And others Hendered my progress And I felt to reprove them sharply

July 3, 1846 ~ Friday

3rd At 10 oclock Br Pratt returned in company with Br Benson