year we visited one mountain of Rock salt pure & clean the body
was more than 40 feet high & so hard it was difficult to cut it
with an ax we also saw the ground white made from salt springs
we saw a plenty of the quarts rock & Isonglass we rode to the
severe & camped on its bank shot one deer while he was
swiming the creek

May 4, 1851 ~ Sunday

4^th Sunday we crossed the severe rode 25 miles through
the sage & camped on cotton wood Wells explored the other
Kanyon but could not get through

May 5, 1851 ~ Monday

5^th We crossed the Mountain into Mary vale which was a plesant
place but most of the severe River & valley is rightly named
for it is a barren world this stream abounds with beaver &
it is said a plenty of trout. A 200 mile stale from Salt Lake is in
this vale

May 6, 1851 ~ Tuesday

6^th We travled over a high bluff & had a rough road all day
we camped at night on a creek

May 7, 1851 ~ Wednesday

7^th We crossed the severe twice today camped on the side of the severe
Mountain had a rough road

May 8, 1851 ~ Thursday

8^th A plesant morning the Mountain scenery that surrounds us is truly
beautiful & romantic the air breeze clear & serene & healthy
we travled over a vary rough road the fore part of the day but a bette[r] [one]
in the evening we camped as usual on the Mountains with the towe[ri]ng
rock around us

May 9, 1851 ~ Friday

9^th We are met this morning with a tremendious snow & hailstorm
which met us in our faces & we suffered much we started
early before breakfast hoping to get down off the Mountain
out of the storm we travled 25 miles before we stoped to eat.
we came in sight of the valley of Little Salt Lake about noon drove
down into a kanyon made a fire warmed us & took dinner
we then descended into the valley over a rough road of rock
& sage found a road drove to Red Creek & camped for the
night, we have been over the worst road for a few days
past that I ever knew waggons to pass over we had to draw
our waggons up & let them down with ropes it was so sideling
we had do hold our waggons up to keep them from turning over
we camped within 4 miles of Cedar City during the
evening G. A. Smith & two other Brethren came down to see
us it was a happy meeting Red Creek was a good place
for a settlement

May 10, 1851 ~ Saturday

10^th We had another snow storm this morning the snow
fell 8 inches in the valley whare we were which was a great
blessing to the people as it watered their wheat there had
not been such a snow in the valley during the winter
we took breakfast got up our teams & started for Cedar
City we were met by G. A. Smith & a horse company
who came out to escort us in when we arived we were
saluted by the fireing of cannon & the flag of the stars & stripes.
we took up our abode among the Brethren in the fort Brother
Benson & myself stoped with Bishop Robinson we took a