11th Sunday A hard rainy day A herd of
about 2000 Head of cattle was drove into
the encampment this morning And while the
rain poored down in torents I with many
others had to go into the midst of the herd
& seperate my cattle I was quite unwell
with the ague but got thoroughly drenched
with water I laboured hard in the rain
through the day
~ Monday
12th I rode around the lake & through the bottoms
after cattle 10 [miles]
~ Tuesday
13 I spent most of the day in attenting to the
funeral and burial of A Niece of Dr Willard
Richards
~ Wednesday
14th Our Division spent most of the day
in building a bridge over Turkey Creek I spent
most of the day in mending & regulating my
tent choreing &c
~ Thursday to ~ Sunday
15th
Oct
15th
1846
This was a serious day to me, I took
my ax and went into the woods to cut
some board timber in company with
two other brethren while falling the
third tree I steped back from the
tree several feet but when it fell it
shot back of[f] the stump several feet
& bounded and struck me in the brea-
st & knocked me several feet into the air
~ Sunday
11th Sunday a hard rainy day a herd of
about 2000 head of cattle was drove into
the encampment this morning and while the
rain poored down in torents I with many
others had to go into the midst of the herd
& seperate my cattle I was quite unwell
with the ague but got thoroughly drenched
with water I laboured hard in the rain
through the day
~ Monday
12th I rode around the lake & through the bottoms
after cattle. 10
~ Tuesday
13 I spent most of the day in attending to the
funeral and burial of a niece of Dr Willard
Richards
~ Wednesday
14th Our Division spent most of the day
in building a bridge over Turkey Creek I spent
most of the day in mending & regulating my
tent & choreing &c
~ Thursday to ~ Sunday
15th
Oct
15th
1846
FIGURES
This was a serious day to me, I took
my ax and went into the woods to cut
some board timber in company with
two other brethren while falling the
third tree I steped back from the
tree several feet but when it fell it
shot back off the stump several feet
& bounded and struck me in the breast & knocked me several feet into the air
"Journal (January 1, 1845 – December 31, 1846)," October 11, 1846 - November 1, 1846, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed November 21, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/wp7m