[William Clayton Journal] The weather is yet very wet and gloomy. I spent the morning talking to Margaret. At 7 o'clock a gale struck up and blew our tents over. We then concluded to move a few rods lower out of the winds. Before we got moved the wind moved to the west and it grew very cold. Our teams are gone back to fetch some of the wagons left last night. It rains and blows very badly and is very severe on our women and teams. Margaret [Clayton] and Lydia [Moon] are out all the time and continually wet both feet and all over. We expect Robert Burtons, one of Pecks, [Jacob] Pearts and my wagon in tonight. One of mine was fetchled] early in the morning. Our teams fare hard with wet and cold, having very little corn.
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
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