[William Clayton Journal] This morning we arose about 3 o'clock and while some took the cattle to graze the rest got the wagons loaded &c. ready to start. We got away soon after sunrise. I drove the cows on a mule. We traveled about 9 miles before we came to any water . . .
[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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