July 2nd 1892
For the first time in my life I was served with a
Notification of $50 damage by a Mr Yager for
putting some coars straw in a small ditch of my own
on my own land to go across on to draw some Haw [hay]
I was summonds before a Justice of the peace
I spent most of the day at home
~ Sunday
3 Sunday I spent the day at home reading the History
of Utah By O Whitney I found it a true History
~ Monday
4 July The people of Utah are celebrating the day
I spent the day at home Asahel, Owen & Ovando
came home to night from fishing in the East
Canyon They caught about 150 trout
~ Tuesday
5 I had an interview with Legrand Young on my suit
with Yager I went home early
~ Wednesday
6 [FIGURE] I received a Letter from Brother Herman in Turkey
showing that [Binyed] [blank] who has been working
for us in the Turkish Dominion to give us the
Privilege of Printing & Publishing our Doctrine in
that Land we learn that this man is a Lier & a deceiver
and is keeping our Money without doing any thing
for us. Brother, John Henry Smith called this morning
And Stated that the report of the Death of Lot Smith
was As follows that the Navajoes turned there sheep
into Lots Pasture & Lot shot the sheep & the Navajoes
shot 6 Milck cows of Lots & Lot commenced shooting
at the Navajoes & they shot Lot & He rode 6 Mils
& Lived 6 Hours & died thus Ends Lot Smith' Life
~ Saturday
July 2nd 1892
For the first time in my life I was served with a
Notification of $50 damage by a Mr Yager for
putting some coars straw in a small ditch of my own
on my own land to go across on to draw some Haw hay
I was summonds before a Justice of the peace
I spent most of the day at home
~ Sunday
3 Sunday I spent the day at home reading the History
of Utah By O Whitney I found it a true History
~ Monday
4 July The people of Utah are celebrating the day
I spent the day at home Asahel, Owen & Ovando
came home to night from fishing in the East
Canyon They caught about 150 trout
~ Tuesday
5 I had an interview with Legrand Young on my suit
with Yager I went home early
~ Wednesday
6 [FIGURE] I received a Letter from Brother Herman in Turkey
showing that Binyed [blank] who has been working
for us in the Turkish Dominion to give us the
Privilege of Printing & Publishing our Doctrine in
that Land we learn that this man is a Lier & a deceiver
and is keeping our Money without doing any thing
for us. Brother, John Henry Smith called this morning
And Stated that the report of the Death of Lot Smith
was As follows that the Navajoes turned there sheep
into Lots Pasture & Lot shot the sheep & the Navajoes
shot 6 Milck cows of Lots & Lot commenced shooting
at the Navajoes & they shot Lot & He rode 6 Mils
& Lived 6 Hours & died thus Ends Lot Smith' Life
"Journal (January 1886 – December 1892)," July 2, 1892 - July 6, 1892, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed May 6, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/79l8