Joseph what would his father do now if he was here^?^ Joseph A. Young said
"If my father was here he would take all the books and heavy materials and
cache them in order to save the lives of the people." So they agreed to do
it; and they cached all their articles at Devils Gate and took up the
weak and the feeble and started towards home

They then sent an express back to have the teams
come on to them that was on the road. But brother Vancott and
Claudius Spencer had got to the Sweet Water and not hearing anything
from the Handcart companies they turned back with their teams
and nearly all the companies followed them. This news arrived
in the city several days since and an express was sent back to
turn them again to meet the handcart companies

All the companies out of the emigration were
together when the brethren found them. There were two ox
trains and the handcart train. Many of the old oxen had
died but the young oxen many of them were fat and fine

Brother Tenant who had bought President
Young's place was dead. He died near Scott's Bluffs. The
people were suffering with cold and hunger some

David Kimball and others went ahead
picked out camp grounds made up fires shovelled off the snow
and when the camp came up they would take the old men
women and children who could not walk and carry them to the
fires and help them get supper and then they would dance
around the fires and sing and shout to keep up the spirits of the
people; and while journing during the day they would wade over
all the streams and drag the handcarts over and carry all the
lame women men and children over

When William Kimball met with brother
Vancott he took one pair of his mules and put on to his own
waggon and told him to turn round with himthe others and
follow him to the East until they met with the companies.

Joseph what would his father do now if he was here? Joseph A. Young said "If my father was here he would take all the books and heavy materials and cache them in order to save the lives of the people." So they agreed to do it; and they cached all their articles at Devils Gate and took up the weak and the feeble and started towards home

They then sent an express back to have the teams come on to them that was on the road. But brother Vancott and Claudius Spencer had got to the Sweet Water and not hearing anything from the Handcart Companies they turned back with their teams and nearly all the Companies followed them. This news arrived in the city several days since and an express was sent back to turn them again to meet the handcart companies

All the companies out of the emigration were together when the brethren found them. There were two ox trains and the handcart train. Many of the old oxen had died but the young oxen many of them were fat and fine

Brother Tenant who had bought President Young's place was dead. He died near Scott's Bluffs. The people were suffering with cold and hunger

David Kimball and others went ahead picked out camp grounds made up fires shovelled off the snow and when the camp came up they would take the old men women and children who could not walk and carry them to the fires and help them get supper and then they would dance around the fires and sing and shout to keep up the spirits of the people; and while journing during the day they would wade over all the streams and drag the handcarts over and carry all the lame women men and children over

When William H. Kimball|William Kimball]] met with brother Vancott he took one pair of his mules and put on to his own waggon and told him to turn round withthe others and follow him to the East until they met with the companies.