[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 17th Sunday + This was one of the worst days of my life or most perplexing. I had on the ground three baggage waggons one family carriage 6 yoke of oxen 6 cows 4 calves one yearling & one pair of mules making 25 Head in all. I started to go to the Black jack grove to camp but the whole care was upon myself. As soon as we started the Calves and Cows all run various ways And while I was trying to get them together the oxen broke the tong out of my carriage. After that was mended by leaving part of our stock we got Started. We had not got far untill Father drove into A mud Hole & the oxen mired down. We put on 8 yoke of oxen to draw the waggon out & we broke 4 chaines And had to dig the waggon out. At last We finally got camped at black jack grove And I was vary weary at night. 4 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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