3rd Sunday rode to camping grove crossed two
12 miles prairie & arived at Mr Collins home at
2 oclock his wife & family appeared glad to
se[e] him by request I preached in the evening
at the house of Elder Phineas Brunson the
people gave good attention I spent the night
with Br Brunson & my family with Mr Collins 25 m
~ Monday
4th We parted with Mr Collins & family &
continued our journey with his teeam attended
by Br Amos Brunson rode from princes
grove & princeville crossed spoon river &
spent the night at Knoxville county seat
of knox co at the house of Mr Amos Stodard
his wife & Mother were Saints {Distance} 30 mile
we stoped & picked up 1/2 bushel of crab Apples
their was many bushels in the orchard
6th We rode to Hoppers Mills I there had an
interview with Br Haws who informed me
that the conference in Nauvoo was passed
so we had missed the privilege of attending
it I felt sorry that we could not have got
throug in time we rode across a prairie &
came to Nauvoo It gave me peculiar feelings
3rd Sunday rode to camping grove crossed two
12 miles prairie & arived at Mr Collins home at
2 oclock his wife & family appeared glad to
se him by request I preached in the evening
at the house of Elder Phineas Brunson the
people gave good attention I spent the night
with Br Brunson & my family with Mr Collins 25 m
~ Monday
4th we parted with Mr Collins & family &
continued our journey with his team attended
by Br Amos Brunson rode from princes
grove & princeville crossed spoon river &
spent the night at Knoxville county seat
of knox co at the house of Mr Amos Stodard
his wife & Mother were Saints {Distance} 30 mile
we stoped & picked up 1/2 bushel of crab Apples
their was many bushels in the orchard
6th we rode to Hoppers Mills I there had an
interview with Br Haws who informed me
that the conference in Nauvoo was passed
so we had missed the privilege of attending
it I felt sorry that we could not have got
throug in time we rode across a prairie &
came to Nauvoo. It gave me peculiar feelings
"Journal (January 1, 1841 – December 31, 1842)," October 1, 1841 - October 6, 1841, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 14, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/AGz