[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 26th Sunday + This was one of the hardest days work of my life. We commenced at about sun rise to take our cows over with a skiff. We took 5 or 6 cows at a time in the water tied there heads to the boat, And rowed them over the river untill we had taken over 20 cows. We also took over some of our oxen in the same way. And we having to furnish our own men And not having men enough without making it vary laborious upon us all. So I took one of the cars myself And Assisted in ferrying in the Hot sun untill I was nearly melted. I then drove teams up the Hills through the mud And bad roads untill I felt exhausted. The ferry man tore open the belly of one of my best oxen which had to be sowed up & docterd. And when I got through my days work I felt hardly able to stand up. 6 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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