[William Clayton Journal] The weather very hot and mosquitoes tremendous[ly] bad. This morning I weighed bread for each man at the rate of a half a pound a day. They seemed very much dissatisfied and growl to each other very much. I weighed for my family of ten as much as I weighed for six teamsters. They were dissatisfied but we had some left. They have hitherto had all they wanted three times a day and above this have eaten up a bag of crackers unknown to me which I had reserved for the mountains. The mosquitoes being so bad I concluded to go on a little piece. We started at 1 and traveled til 4 when we arrived at a single clear stream having traveled about 6 miles. I camped here and in the evening told the men a part of what I thought of their conduct . . .
[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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