May 21, 1854 ~ Sunday

Sunday May 21 I attended meeting & E T Benson & P Pratt
Preached see w woodruff report We then parted with the
people & rode to Parowan & held a meeting with the saints
there in the counsel House President Young preached to the people
I reported it see report I spent the night with T Bullock
at Brother Steels 20 miles

May 22, 1854 ~ Monday

May 22 Monday we left Parowan at 9 oclok & rode to Bever 30 mils
some of our animals gave out Dr Sprague was quite sick
in the morning & evening

May 23, 1854 ~ Tuesday

Tuesday 23 Left Bever at 9 oclok & rode to a dry creek &
nooned Dr Sprague was still quite unwell we then rode to
Cove Creek & spent the night 30 mils

May 24, 1854 ~ Wednesday

Wednesday 24 we rode to Corn Creek & nooned 20 mils we then
rode to Filmore 12 mils & spent the night distance of the day 35
we held a meeting in the evening Brothers Joseph Young & J Taylor
preached followed By E T Benson not reported I spent the night
at sister Nixon's with G. A. Smith & T. Bullock sister Nixon
was sealed to Richard Johnson by G A Smith

May 25, 1854 ~ Thursday

Thursday 25 we rode to a creek & bated we then rode to
another creek & bated we here had a hard rain & Hail storm
but we rode to the severe & spent the night 33 miles

May 26, 1854 ~ Friday

Friday 26^th we begun early & crossed all our waggons
over the severe before breakfast we was 1 Hour & 30 minuts
we rode to salt creek & spent the night we arived at 2 oclok
we had a meeting at 4 oclock John Taylor preached
was followed by E. T. Benson I reported & took supper

I attended another meeting in the evening at the trial of Bishop
Haywood which lasted till midnight T Bullock & W Woodruff
reported see report in Historians office I felt wearied
out I spent the night at Brother Biglers

May 27, 1854 ~ Saturday

Saturday morning 27^th We left the fort at salt creek & rode
west across the mountains & made a new rode we travled
about 20 miles & nooned at the foot of the mountain by a creek
the mountain was quite steep & stony that we came over
we nooned in site of the Utah lake vally we had 25 men from
Nephi to help us make a road we left our noon ground at
4 oclok & drove to the bottom of the mountan beside of the
Utah Lake on the west side & camped for the night

May 28, 1854 ~ Sunday

Sunday May 278^th We travled across the sage bottoms with
but vary little grass 24 1/4 miles opposite the cotton wood on the west
side of Utah Lake quite a good road but a barren dessert the water
was quite filthy so we could not drink it well we travled 10
miles further & spent the night distance of the day 34 mls

May 29, 1854 ~ Monday

Monday 29^th We rise this morning in the midst of a great snow
storm the Lake is vary rough we took breakfast then road through
a driving snow storm to Lehi or Dry Creek 4 miles & spent

May 21, 1854 ~ Sunday

Sunday May 21 I attended meeting & E T Benson & P Pratt Preached see w woodruff report We then parted with the people & rode to Parowan & held a meeting with the saints there in the counsel House President Young preached to the people I reported it see report I spent the night with T Bullock at Brother Steels 20 mils

May 22, 1854 ~ Monday

May 22 Monday we left Parowan at 9 oclok & rode to Bever 30 mils some of our animals gave out Dr Sprague was quite sick in the morning & evening

May 23, 1854 ~ Tuesday

Tuesday 23 Left Bever at 9 oclok & rode to a dry creek & nooned Dr Sprague was still quite unwell we then rode to Cove Creek & spent the night 30 mils

May 24, 1854 ~ Wednesday

Wednesday 24 we rode to Corn Creek & nooned 20 mils we then rode to Filmore 12 mils & spent the night distance of the day 35 we held a meeting in the evening Brothers Joseph Young & J Taylor preached followed By E T Benson not reported I spent the night at sister Nixon's with G. A. Smith & T Bullock sister Nixon was sealed to Richard Johnson by G A Smith

May 25, 1854 ~ Thursday

Thursday 25 we rode to a creek & bated we then rode to another creek & bated we here had a hard rain & Hail storm but we rode to the severe & spent the night 33 miles

May 26, 1854 ~ Friday

Friday 26th we begun early & crossed all our waggons over the severe before breakfast. we was 1 Hour & 30 minutes we rode to salt creek & spent the night we arived at 2 oclock we had a meeting at 4 oclock John Taylor preached was followed by E. T. Benson I reported & took supper

I attended another meeting in the evening at the trial of Bishop Haywood which lasted till midnight T Bullock & W Woodruff reported see report in Historians office I felt wearid out I spent the night at Brother Biglers

May 27, 1854 ~ Saturday

Saturday morning 27th we left the fort at salt creek & rode west across the mountains & made a new rode we travled about 20 miles & nooned at the foot of the mountain by a creek the mountain was quite steep & stony that we came over we nooned in site of the Utah lake we had 25 men from Nephi to help us make a road we left our noon ground at 4 oclok & drove to the bottom of the mountan beside of the Utah Lake on the west side & camped for the night

May 28, 1854 ~ Sunday

Sunday May 28th we travled across the sage bottoms with but vary little grass 24 1/4 miles opposite the cotton wood on the west side of Utah Lake quite a good road but a barren dessert the water was quite filthy so we could not drink it well we travled 10 miles further & spent the night distance of the day 34 mils

May 29, 1854 ~ Monday

Monday 29th we rise this morning in the midst of a great snow storm the Lake is vary rough we took breakfast then road through a driving snow storm to Lehi or Dry Creek 4 miles & spent