[William Clayton Journal] This morning all our clothing, beds and bed clothing were drenched with rain and it has continued to rain all day. I have been very sick again especially towards night. I was so distressed with pain it seemed as though I could not live. I went to bed and put a bag of hot salt on my breast which seemed to give me some ease but I suffered much through the night, and it continued to rain until after midnight. We put an extra cover on our sleeping wagon, which kept out the rain. We have only slept in the wagon 3 nights but have slept under a tent on the wet ground. Peter Haws company are now formed with us, making our fifty nearly compleat. A number of the company feel unwell on account of the rain and wet.
[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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