down with his Boat while going down he shot 3 geese we rowed
our Boats in to the rushes whare we could hide ourselves & as the ducks
would fly over or among us we would shot them on the wing we
staid till dark then rowed Back to our waggon drew our
Boats up on to dry land made up a fire cooked a duck pot
pie eat our supper made our Beds in the Boat & slept all night
the wind Blew vary hard we got up Before day light on the
12, & took our Boats & went Back to our shooting place on the
way down a flock of geese came over us I shot into the
flock & hit them but the shot was to fine to kill them the
wind Blew vary hard most of the forenoon we shot till
the middle of the Afternoon then we went up to our waggon
loaded our Boats in to the waggon & returned home while
at the Hot sprig lake Ezra Pettit took one Boat across to Ethan Pettets & I carried the other to Ezra Pettets House
we counted our game & found we had 40 ducks & 3 geese
165. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning &
attended Meeting at the Tabernacle I administered to John
Taylor with D. H. Wells & G Q Cannon he was vary Dangerously
sick with the congestion of the Bowels this is the 3rd Attack
he has had this season. I preached in the 13 ward in the Evening
down with his Boat while going down he shot 3 geese we rowed
our Boats in to the rushes whare we could hide ourselves & as the ducks
would fly over or among us we would shot them on the wing we
staid till dark then rowed Back to our waggon drew our
Boats up on to dry land made up a fire cooked a duck pot
pie eat our supper made our Beds in the Boat & slept all night
the wind Blew vary hard we got up Before day light on the
12, & took our Boats & went Back to our shooting place on the
way down a flock of geese came over us I shot into the
flock & hit them but the shot was to fine to kill them the
wind Blew vary hard most of the forenoon we shot till
the middle of the Afternoon then we went up to our waggon
loaded our Boats in to the waggon & returned home while
at the Hot sprig lake Ezra Pettit took one Boat across to
Ethan Pettets & I carried the other to Ezra Pettets House
we counted our game & found we had 40 ducks & 3 geese
14. I spent the Most of the day in the Endowment
House we gave Endowments to 29 persons. H C Kimball sealed
5 couple & W Woodruff 21.
~ Sunday
15. Sunday I met with my Quorum in the Morning &
attended Meeting at the Tabernacle I administered to John
Taylor with D. H. Wells & G Q Cannon he was vary Dangerously
sick with the congestion of the Bowels this is the 3rd Attack
he has had this season. I preached in the 13 ward in the Evening
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," December 13, 1867 - December 16, 1867, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed September 8, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/xk19