[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 15th In company with Father Woodruff & John Fowler And my family I started with my carriage & Mules for a ride. We rode 4 miles to the general Hayfield. I crossed the tableland to the bluff there left the family & Carriage & we mounted our Horses & rode about 2 miles to a lake about 2 miles in length & [.] mile wide. It was surrounded by High grass weeds, & peavine. The surface of the lake was dotted over with a great variety of Ducks young & old geese brant &c. I shot 6 Ducks & got 4 of them by waiding into the lake after them. I waided for near a mile in the lake & weeds. Lost one of my shoes & had to travel bare foot.
Br Fowler was taken sick. And in travelling through the high weeds, grass mud & water back to the place of begining I was exeeding weary, but before returning home I took my salmon rod & line & spent a few moments in trying to ketch fish but could not start any. We then mounted our mules & returned to our carriage. Took the family & returned to the camp wet cold and Hungry. Changed my Clothes & retired to rest. 10.
[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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