[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 18th My left side was exeeding lame this morning But Col Little rubed it thoroughly with red pepper, lumborum, whiskey &c and it was much better.
I arose took breakfast And examined big Pigion And found it to be A stream with a cut of 10 or 14 feet cut banks about 15 feet wide from 1 to 10 feet deep with a hard blue clay bottom well supplyed with good fish. I saw A flock of Ducks. One Brother shot one. I went fishing And Br. Lot caught one white shad. I returned to the waggons.
One company of six men crossed the big pigeon to explore the country And the Twelve returned with myself to redemtion Hill. From there in company with Mrs Woodruff I rode to the encampment near the ferry to see the Mormon Battlion of 500 men who were making preperations to start on there Journey.
President Young Called the officers of the company together And gave them good teaching concerning there journey to Calafornia. After much interesting instruction to the officers they dismissed. A consort was Also given to col Allen in the Afternoon. We returned home in the evening. Distance 30 mile.
[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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