[William Clayton Journal] Preparing to cross the river. Pelatiah Brown went aswimming all the forenoon and when Corbitt asked him to help with the teams he swore he would not if Jesus Christ would ask him. I told him if he did not feel like helping us, he could go somewhere else. I did not want him. He went and I am again left without a teamster...About noon we crossed three wagons and kept to work until we had got them all over which took us till dark. We had to crowd our wagons together in the road just above the river on account of its being stopped up by other wagons. We could not get our cattle to grass and they have had none since last night but having a few bushels of corn we gave them five ears a piece. After supper I went afishing with W[illia]m F. Cahoon and others until two o'clock but had very poor luck.
[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]
[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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