against a standing oak and the fallen
tree caught me against the standing
oak and I came down crushed between
the two trees I babdly brused my left
thigh and hip and left arm broke my
breast bone into about 6 inches and
broke 3 ribs on my left side, bruised
my lungs and vitals after the accident I
sat down upon a log and waited untill
Br John Garrison went a quarter of a
mile to get my horse, notwithstanding I
was so badly hurt I had to mount my horse
and ride 2 1/2 miles over a rough road, my
bones being so badly broaken evry stept
went through me like an arror [arrow]. I rode to
Turkey Creek and was exhausted was
there taken off and carried in a chair
home Elders Young, Kimball, Richards
and others met me in the street and
assisted me home I was laid upon my
bed exhausted whare I lay without being
able to moove much untill my bones
knit together they began to knit on the
9^th day but I was not able to sit up
in bed untill the 1^st of Nov.

November 3, 1846 ~ Tuesday

Nov 3rd I was dressed to day for the first
time since my accident

November 4, 1846 ~ Wednesday

Nov 4^th [FIGURE] Our little Joseph was taken sick
this day had taken cold and setteled
upon his lungs I this day for the
first time went out of the waggons with
the assistance of two persons I was enabled
to walk to my tent and also to Sisters Benbow