I would probably range from OnetothreeHundred some
10 graves were opened to day several of them were found robed
He gave a list of some 15 Names which he had robed of late
some of those graves have been opened & the bodies found
Naked. John Baptiste was Born in Venace in 1814. What will
be done with the man I do not know
It was afterwords reported that John Baptist was branded in
the forehead as A Robber of the dead, & croped & placed upon Millers Island, & he undertook to cross onthe Lake on a frail
Raft & was drowned as supposed as he never was heard
of after. He robed the dead in Australia to such an Extent
that he built a methodist meeting house with the avails of his
robery so he testified.
28 I attended the Traial of Box & Blair before the High Council
for settlement of Debts it was adjourned till next conference
I spent the afternoon in the office
30. Wilford & Moroni started for Fort Herriman on
Horsback to drive a cow it soon began to snow and we
had a vary hard driving snow storm all day from 12 oclok
I spent the Evening at the office
~ Friday
31 A cold pleasant Morning
I would probably range from OnetothreeHundred some
10 graves were opened to day several of them were found robed
He gave a list of some 15 Names which he had robed of late
some of those graves have been opened & the bodies found
Naked. John Baptiste was Born in Venace in 1814. What will
be done with the man I do not know
It was afterwords reported that John Baptist was branded in
the forehead as A Robber of the dead, & croped & placed upon
Millers Island, & he undertook to crossthe Lake on a frail
Raft & was drowned as supposed as he never was heard
of after. He robed the dead in Australia to such an Extent
that he built a methodist meeting house with the avails of his
robery so he testified.
28 I attended the Trial of Box & Blair before the High Council
for settlement of Debts it was adjourned till next conference
I spent the afternoon in the office
30. Wilford & Moroni started for Fort Herriman on
Horsback to drive a cow it soon began to snow and we
had a vary hard driving snow storm all day from 12 oclok
I spent the Evening at the office
"Journal (January 1, 1860 – October 22, 1865)," January 27, 1862 - January 31, 1862, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 29, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/8qjm