[FIGURE] kept my stomach & Bowels covered with hot cloths rung out
of Hot water & terpentine untill midnight before my pain sceased
I did not know but I would be called to die upon my Birth Day
~ Monday
2 I found myself quite Poorly this Morning but Better
But I was taken worse & Administered to By G Q Cannon
And Emma labored with me through most of the nigh
~ Tuesday
3 I was more comfortable through the day but still vary weak
5 I am recovering quite fast Begin to sleep well quite fast again Henry Woodruff has been with us now
for several Days we have had several snow storms
of Late all of which is needed for water
~ Friday
6 I done a little writing in my Journal to day
[FIGURE] I wrote 4 Letters to Sarah, Bell Moses, M. E. Teasdale
& Nellie I spent the rest of the time in reading
~ Saturday
7. Sunday I spent the day reading
~ Sunday
8 Sunday I spent this day reading
~ Monday
9. [FIGURES] For the first time for 8 days I left my house
& rode to the Depo & in company with G. Q. Cannon
and Henry M. Stanley the Affrican Explorer & a small
company of our people I had a plesant time with Mr
Standley He conversed freely upon his African
Explorations we went to the Lake & Back visited the
Heard of Buffaloo In the Evening I Attended the Lecture
of Stanley the most interesting Lecture I Ever attended
we returned home in the Storm I wrote 1 Letter to Sarah
[FIGURE] kept my stomach & Bowels covered with hot cloths rung out
of Hot water & terpentine untill midnight before my pain sceased
I did not know but I would be called to die upon my Birth Day
~ Monday
2 I found myself quite Poorly this Morning but Better
But I was taken worse & Administered to By G Q Cannon
And Emma labored with me through most of the nigh
~ Tuesday
3 I was more comfortable through the day but still vary weak
5 I am recovering quite fast Begin to sleep well
again Henry Woodruff has been with us now
for several Days we have had several snow storms
of Late all of which is needed for water
~ Friday
6 I done a little writing in my Journal to day
[FIGURE] I wrote 4 Letters to Sarah, Bell Moses, M. E. Teasdale
& Nellie I spent the rest of the time in reading
~ Saturday
7. I spent the day reading
~ Sunday
8 Sunday I spent this day reading
~ Monday
9. FIGURES For the first time for 8 days I left my house
& rode to the Depo & in company with G. Q. Cannon
and Henry M. Stanley the Affrican Explorer & a small
company of our people I had a plesant time with Mr
Standley He conversed freely upon his African
Explorations we went to the Lake & Back visited the
Heard of Buffaloo In the Evening I Attended the Lecture
of Stanley the most interesting Lecture I Ever attended
we returned home in the Storm I wrote 1 Letter to Sarah
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," March 1, 1891 - March 9, 1891, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/OgWB