I have ben a month
on the road traveling to this place
with Emma and her children. We came
to have an out in the mountains
and to visite Henry & Nellie my nephew
and Daughter. Of course we have
tried to keep by ourselves on our journey
as far as circumstances would permit
On our way here we fell in with my
son David returning from Salt Lake
with freight, and through some of his
company it was know that I came
into this valley. I am stopping with
Henry who is nearly out of town by
himself. We camped the night before
our arrival on uintah bridge, and the Marshal Brooks, he was on the way
to Salt Lake for various purposes; some
say to entre suit against the canal
company & the to get papers against
Polygamest. He camped on one side of the
road and I on the other; he was anxious
I have ben a month
on the road traveling to this place
with Emma and her children. We came
to have an out in the mountains
and to visite Henry & Nellie my nephew
and Daughter. Of course we have
tried to keep by ourselves on our journey
as far as circumstances would permit
On our way here we fell in with my
son David returning from Salt Lake
with freight and through some of his
company it was know that I came
into this valley. I am stopping with
Henry who is nearly out of town by
himself. We camped the night before
our arrival on uintah bridge, and the
Marshal Brooks, he was on the way
to Salt Lake for various purposes; some
say to entre suit against the canal
company & to get papers against
polygamest. He camped on one side of the
road and I on the other; he was anxious
"Letter to John Taylor and George Quayle Cannon, 29 June 1886," p. 1, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 19, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/JyD2