25. Monday we rode 24 Miles up the canyon & camped on
the Blacksmith Fork on the Meadyow in Camp Linlinquist
we met C. C. Rich & Budge & other Men from Bear Lake. we had
in camp 34 waggons, 8 Horsmen 150 Men women & childrn The Team that John Taylor rode after got frightened ran
Broke the Tongue Brother Taylor was flung out but did not Hurt him
The Team that Thomas Taylor & myself was riding after was
troting vary fast around a short turn & a sideling peace of Gro[u]nd
& I was on the off side & the fore wheel struck a rock which
stoped the waggon & it flung me near 10 feet clear of the waggon
& I struck upon my hands & knees but it happened to be in a
soft Bed of sand & did not hurt me & it was almost the ownly
sof[t] spot I had seen all day by the road side as most of the way it
was rocks & stubs I was almost mirracleously preserved from
being Hurt 24 M[iles]
25. Monday we rode 24 Miles up the canyon & camped on
the Blacksmith Fork On the Meadow in Camp Linlinquist
we met C. C. Rich & Budge & other Men from Bear Lake. We had
in camp 34 waggons, 8 Horsmen 150 Men women & childrn
[FIGURE] The Team that John Taylor rode after got frightened ran
Broke the Tongue. Brother Taylor was flung out but did not Hurt him
The Team that Thomas Taylor & myself was riding after was
troting vary fast around a short turn & a sideling peace of Ground
& I was on the off side & the fore wheel struck a rock which
stoped the waggon & it flung me near 10 feet clear of the waggon
& I struck upon my hands & knees but it happened to be in a
soft Bed of sand & did not hurt me & it was almost the ownly
soft spot I had seen all day by the road side as most of the way it
was rocks & stubs I was almost mirracleously preserved from
being Hurt 24 Miles
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," August 24, 1873 - August 27, 1873, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 17, 2025, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kZ7v