[William Clayton Journal] James [] started out early to meet the wagons. After breakfast we started on the road and while standing there [Alvah] Keller came up and said he thought we [had to] go on about 4 1/2 miles and meet the [] the main road. [] proceeded [] on foot [] and after traveling about 3 miles came up to the teams where they had [stopped] on the road. When I got up the guard seemed pleased to see me. Captain [Orville] Allen had bought about 36 bushels of meal and 200 lbs of bacon. They would receive no pay. They have been faithful and diligent and have done much. There is yet 12 dollars due them from the meal and they are determined I shall have that too. When my teams came up we put the meal in the wagons and started on. We went about a mile further to Peters bridge where we concluded to camp for the night. We arranged our loading and I concluded to let Brother Allen have the wagon and team in his hands which is church property to send back to Nauvoo for his family. The guard made out a list of provisions which they wished me to leave them which was indeed very little. I gave them 4 pairs of shoes and probably 3 bushels of meal which is all the remuneration they would accept for all they had brought. They seemed well satisfied.
[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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