[William Clayton Journal] This morning my horses and 1 cow and several of the oxen are missing. I went to see Bishop Whitney about getting teams to send back for the loads remaining but could get no satisfaction from him. I went back and unloaded two wagons on the ground and about the same time saw the President who said he would send for them. Elder Kimball sent one wagon and the President sent two. President Y[oung] said they intended to take the church property into their wagons and take it on to council bluffs but I must go with them and leave James, Corbitt, and [Howard] Egan to bring on the wagons they get &c. I cannot think they understand my situation in regard to the teams or they would make some definite move about it. They intend to start in a day or two and [tried to get the wagons fixed] in good order but had no chance to get even one fixed. Spent the day fixing up my tent and having to get a new pole. Heber [Kimball] took my other one. P.M. it commenced gathering for a storm and we had barely time to get the tent up and the things under it before it began to rain and continued till I went to sleep. George Herring and [Charles] Shumway arrived here last night. I spoke with them today.
[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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