Dec 23 He said he would not use it for our disadvantage He said he had often
passed through Nauvoo it was a beautiful situation and He would
not give Hancock County for this whole Territory He spoke of the
cole mine in ColeEcko Canyon. He said if he owned one half of that
mine he would sell it less than one year for $100000. He said the
soldiers ought to be imployed in making the roads through these
canyon. He spoke upon many other subjects
During the evening President Young spoke upon the subject of
fencing A Carrington advocated the principle of doing away
with fencing entirely President Young thought it would not do
Entirely at presidentent. He also said he thought we had better extend
our settlements Northward. I met with the Board of the D. A. M. Society. Bishop Wm Crosby mad a report of the
southern cotton growing country. He made the most favorable
report of washington Co & the Rio vergin and Santa Clara region
that we have ever herd from that region He represented that Country
as being good for cotton, sugar cane, wheat, fruit, dy stuffs &
grazing country and all kinds of grain. George Day & Prime
Coleman made Four tons of cheese the past season with their
own hands
~ Saturday
24th I spent the day in the office and the evening at home
~ Sunday
25 Sunday and Christmas I attended meeting for the first
time since I was sick, at the TabernacleA. Lyman Preached a
good moral discourse I dismissed the meeting I spent the afternoon
& evening at home. At about 1 oclok there was a fracus in
Main Street Between Wm Hickman & Lot Huntington they had
[FIGURES] some difficulty about the division of some monyey and
agreed to meet to day at 1 oclok to settle it and after
they met the difficulty was renewed & William Hickman shot
Huntington, then Huntington returned the fire the ball struck
Kickmans watch glanced down the groin broke a peace from
his thigh Balle bone & broke the ball to peaces Hickman was surroun-
ded with several friends & they all chased Huntington and
shot some 30 shots at him they followed him to George
Grants House Huntington run into the House & the rest did
not go in. Hickmans Frends gathered around him Hickman
soon grew pale and said He would not give 3 cents for
his life they took him in a slay to Butchers House many were
excited and run to and fro surgeons were sent for and
they thought it doubtful about Hickmans Living
~ Monday
26th I spent the day in the office and the evening at home
I heard that Hickman was vary sick. We had a snow storm during the night
~ Tuesday
27th I spent most of the day in the office looking over
corresponding letters. In company with Lorenzo
Snow I spent the evening at Brother Houtz.
~ Wednesday
28thRobert, Wilford & Moroni, left this morning for Fort Harriman with my Flock of sheep. The Eastern
mail arived last night. I spent an hour in the office
Dec 23He said he would not use it for our disadvantage He said he had often
passed through Nauvoo it was a beautiful situation and He would
not give Hancock County for this whole Territory He spoke of the
cole mine in Ecko Canyon. He said if he owned one half of that
mine he would sell it less than one year for $100000. He said the
soldiers ought to be imployed in making the roads through these
canyon. He spoke upon many other subjects
During the evening President Young spoke upon the subject of
fencing A Carrington advocated the principle of doing away
with fencing entirely President Young thought it would not do
Entirely at present. He also said he thought we had better extend
our settlements Northward. I met with the Board of the
D. A. M. Society. Bishop Wm Crosby mad a report of the
southern cotton growing country. He made the most favorable
report of washington Co & the Rio vergin and Santa Clara region
that we have ever herd from that region He represented that Country
as being good for cotton, sugar cane, wheat, fruit, dy stuffs &
grazing country and all kinds of grain. George Day & Prime
Coleman made Four tons of cheese the past season with their
own hands
~ Saturday
24th I spent the day in the office and the evening at home
~ Sunday
25 Sunday and Christmas I attended meeting for the first
time since I was sick, at the TabernacleA. Lyman Preached a
good moral discourse I dismissed the meeting I spent the afternoon
& evening at home. At about 1 oclok there was a fracus in
Main Street Between Wm Hickman & Lot Huntington they had
FIGURES some difficulty about the division of some money and
agreed to meet to day at 1 oclok to settle it and after
they met the difficulty was renewed & William Hickman shot
Huntington, then Huntington returned the fire the ball struck
Kickmans watch glanced down the groin broke a peace from
his thigh bone & broke the ball to peaces Hickman was surrounded with several friends & they all chased Huntington and
shot some 30 shots at him they followed him to George
Grants House Huntington run into the House & the rest did
not go in. Hickmans Frends gathered around him Hickman
soon grew pale and said He would not give 3 cents for
his life they took him in a slay to Butchers House many were
excited and run to and fro surgeons were sent for and
they thought it doubtful about Hickmans Living
~ Monday
26th I spent the day in the office and the evening at home
I heard that Hickman was vary sick. We had a snow storm during the night
~ Tuesday
27th I spent most of the day in the office looking over
corresponding letters. In company with Lorenzo
Snow I spent the evening at Brother Houtz.
~ Wednesday
28th Robert, Wilford & Moroni, left this morning for
Fort Harriman with my Flock of sheep. The Eastern
mail arived last night. I spent an hour in the office
"Journal (January 1, 1854 – December 31, 1859)," December 24, 1859 - December 28, 1859, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pgL6