March 11, 1865
I spent most of the day in the Endowment we gave Endowments to
63 persons H. C. K sealed 2 couple W Woodruff 3, G. Q. Cannon 13
~ Sunday
12. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended
Meeting in the Afternoon. Br Francis A. Hammond spoke in the
forenoon concerning his mission on the Islands G. Q. Cannon &
W. Woodruff in the Afternoon the spirit of the Lord was upon
us & we had a good time I spmet with B. YoungJohn Young G. Q. Cannon
for Prayer J. Young prayed W. Woodruff was mouth.
~ Monday
13. It is still snowing we are having the hardest winter we have
Ever had since we have been in these mountains we have more snow
both in the mountains & vallies than we have Ever had before &
more cattle, sheep, & horses are dying tham in any other winter
~ Tuesday
14. we had another snow storm last night. we have a snow storm
Evry day or night of late
~ Wednesday
15 I received a letter from Isacc Bowman saying that if I
did not come & take away my sheep they would all soon be dead
as he was out of feed. I immediately notifyed all in the City
who had stock there to go & get them & I prepared to leave in the morning
~ Thursday
16, I took my team & waggon & James & Solomon Wixom &
drove to Farmington, & spent the night at Ezra Clarks I attended
a fence meeting in the Evening. 18 m[iles]
~ Friday
17. I started this morning with Ezra Clark, Lot Smith &
several others for Isaac Bomans in weber Valley we had three teams on sleighs & about 15 lb of Hay, we drove 20 miles
up weber canyon to Brother Boman's when we arived
there we found his fence lined with cow hides, & sheep
skins, and about a dozen of my sheep lying in the agonies of
death from mere starvation abotut 40 of my sheep had
starved to death during the last week they had nothing to eat
for 7 or 8 days. I immediately fed the sheep & cattle &
they stoped dying, had he let me known the circumstances
a week sooner I should have saved my whole flock,
had it have been a few days later I should have lost all
we staid over night with Brother Boman (67 Endowments 29 sealing)
~ Saturday
18. We fed all our stock this morning then drove 147 of my
sheep to the webber river & loaded them all into sleigh Boxes H C K, G. Q. C. & co gave Endowments to 63 & 28 sealings
~ Saturday
March 11, 1865
I spent most of the day in the Endowment we gave Endowments to
63 persons H. C. K sealed 2 couple W Woodruff 3, G. Q. Cannon 13
~ Sunday
12. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning & attended
Meeting in the Afternoon. Br Francis A. Hammond spoke in the
forenoon concerning his mission on the Islands G. Q. Cannon &
W. Woodruff in the Afternoon the spirit of the Lord was upon
us & we had a good time Imet with B. YoungJohn Young G. Q. Cannon
for Prayer J. Young prayed W. Woodruff was mouth.
~ Monday
13. It is still snowing we are having the hardest winter we have
Ever had since we have been in these mountains we have more snow
both in the mountains & vallies than we have Ever had before &
more cattle, sheep, & horses are dying tham in any other winter
~ Tuesday
14. we had another snow storm last night. we have a snow storm
Evry day or night of late
~ Wednesday
15 [FIGURE] I received a letter from Isacc Bowman saying that if I
did not come & take away my sheep they would all soon be dead
as he was out of feed. I immediately notifyed all in the City
who had stock there to go & get them & I prepared to leave in the morning
~ Thursday
16, I took my team & waggon & James & Solomon Wixom &
drove to Farmington, & spent the night at Ezra Clarks I attended
a fence meeting in the Evening. 18 miles
~ Friday
17. I started this morning with Ezra Clark, Lot Smith &
several others for Isaac Bomans in weber Valley we had
[FIGURE] three teams on sleighs & about 15 lb of Hay, we drove 20 miles
up weber canyon to Brother Boman's when we arived
there we found his fence lined with cow hides, & sheep
skins, and about a dozen of my sheep lying in the agonies of
death from mere starvation about 40 of my sheep had
starved to death during the last week they had nothing to eat
for 7 or 8 days. I immediately fed the sheep & cattle &
they stoped dying, had he let me known the circumstances
a week sooner I should have saved my whole flock,
had it have been a few days later I should have lost all
we staid over night with Brother Boman (67 Endowments 29 sealing)
~ Saturday
18. We fed all our stock this morning then drove 147 of my
sheep to the webber river & loaded them all into sleigh Boxes
H C K, G. Q. C. & co gave Endowments to 63 & 28 sealings
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," March 11, 1865 - March 18, 1865, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 25, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/JZmJ