[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] June Monday 15th We started early. Overtook Br Smoot at 11 oclock. We had sumthing of A rough road & Bridges to cross over through the day. We arived at the camp of Israel called Mount Pisga. I had an interview with Br C. C. Rich & Huntington the President & Council at Mount Pisgah And many other friends. I encamped on the east side of the creek & camp of Israel.
I ascertained that Br Noah Rogers who had Just returned from A mission to the South Sea Islands was dead And the first person what was buried in the burying ground at Mount Pisgah. Br Turnbow one of our company Also lost a Child to day. The whole distance from Nauvoo to Mount Pisgah is [ ] Miles.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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