[William Clayton Journal] Wrote an answer to Whitaker's letter and also one to Diantha. We started on about 8 o'clock and found the road bad and many bad creeks where the bridges had been washed away. After traveling 2 miles one of my wagons loaded with corn meal was upset in a hole, but after about an hour's labor we got loading again. The wagon was not much damaged. We proceeded about three miles further and met two men with six yoke of oxen which President Young had sent to meet us. This was a great releaf to us for we saw that we could not get to camp today our teams were so wore down. We rested our teams about an hour and then started on at a good pace. We found several more very bad creeks to pass but we did not have much difficulty. Duzett and myself drove the cows. Edward Martin drove his horses. About sundown we arrived in camp having travelled about 13 miles. This place is called Mount Pisgah and is a very beautiful situation; the prairie rolling and rich skirted with beautiful groves of timber on the main fork of Grand River. Soon after we arrived Elder Kimball came to welcome us to camp and then came Elder Richards and family and President Young, who all seemed glad to see us in camp.
[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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