17 In company with Brother Thompson I started for pine valley
at 10 oclock we watered at Dimond valley and nooned in the
valley South of the summet after leaving Brother Thompson had
a roll of beding tied up and we lost it out of the Hind End
of the waggon but did not miss it untill 10 oclok at
night had traveled 10 miles since Nooning Brother Thompson
walked back 4 miles but did not find it we drove on to
Brother Bennits & spent the rest of the night we arived at 1 oclk
Distance of the day from St George to pine valley 40 Mils
~ Saturday
18 While Brother Thompson was fixing the Mill I went to
fishing I caught 24 trout 1 would weigh 1 lbs I was weary
at night
~ Sunday
19 Sunday I spent the day reading & resting
~ Monday
20 [FIGURE] I went to fishing I caught 23 I went up the canyon in
the Evening it was vary rough work crawling through the brush
^^ I run my fish hook into my thumb up to the hand Brother Thom-
pson cut it out with his pocket knife it was quite painful
~ Tuesday
21 ^^ I went to fishing Early to try to get some fish for Sister Cottam
I ownly caught one & had the luck to run my fish hook into one
of my fingers Brother Thompson cut that out this was the first
time I Ever run a fishhook into my flesh in all the
fishing I Ever done we returned to pineSt George 40 Mils
17 In company with Brother Thompson I started for pine valley
at 10 oclock we watered at Dimond valley and nooned in the
valley South of the summet after leaving Brother Thompson had
a roll of beding tied up and we lost it out of the Hind End
of the waggon but did not miss it untill 10 oclok at
night had traveled 10 miles since Nooning Brother Thompson
walked back 4 miles but did not find it we drove on to
Brother Bennits & spent the rest of the night we arived at 1 oclk
Distance of the day from St George to pine valley 40 Mils
~ Saturday
18 While Brother Thompson was fixing the Mill I went to
fishing I caught 24 trout 1 would weigh 1 lbs I was weary
at night
~ Sunday
19 Sunday I spent the day reading & resting
~ Monday
20 [FIGURE] I went to fishing I caught 23 I went up the canyon in
the Evening it was vary rough work crawling through the brush
[FIGURE] I run my fish hook into my thumb up to the hand Brother Thompson cut it out with his pocket knife it was quite painful
~ Tuesday
21 [FIGURE] I went to fishing Early to try to get some fish for Sister Cottam
I ownly caught one & had the luck to run my fish hook into one
of my fingers Brother Thompson cut that out this was the first
time I Ever run a fishhook into my flesh in all the
fishing I Ever done we returned to St George 40 Mils
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," June 15, 1887 - June 21, 1887, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 15, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/krRv