[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 20th I went in the morning & carried Mrs Woodruff in her Carriage into a deep vale of a shaded grove to spend the day in solitude for her health.
I returned & met in Council with the Twelve & 3 of the High Council from the Bluffs viz I Morley J. H. Hale & P. Richards. We spent the forenoon in doing business for the benefit of the People.
In the afternoon the two High Councils & the Twelve absolved into one council for the day. We herd the report of Br Griffin from the Pawnee village. Stated that about 20 waggons would spend the winter there. 160 waggons have gone on with Br Miller to the Punkas village with 10 chiefs to spend the winter. The Pawnees No about 4,000 men women & Children. The Punkas are a part of the sioux Nation A strong powerful people. The signs of the times indicate the fulfillment of the Book of Mormon.
Our Messenger to the Mormon Battalion returned. We also heard his report. All was well with the Saints in that quarter. They were getting praise & fame in all places whare they went. A mail was brought in from them. We conversed upon the subject of a mail route. President Young suggested the propriety of employing some of the Omahos to watch our cattle &c.
We met in the evening & passed resolutions concerning cutting Hay sewing turnips &c.
[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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