[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 17th We travled 8 miles & camped in the edge of a grove of cottonwoods to spend the sabbath. In the Afternoon the organization of the camp was finished in the following order: B Young Lieutenant General, Stephen Markham Colonel, John Pack 1st Major, Fredrick Rounday 2d Major.
The Rigment be divided into tens under the following Captains:
Wilford Woodruff Capt of 1st company
Ezra T. Benson 2d "
Phineas H Young 3d "
Luke Johnson 4th "
Stephen H Godard 5th "
Charles Shumway 6th "
James Case 7 "
Seth Taph 8 "
Howard Egan 9 "
Appleton Harmon 10 "
John Higby 11 "
Norton Jacobs 12 "
John Brown 13 "
Joseph Matthews 14 "
Orders from Gen Young was for the whole regment to Journey in a copacked body as we were in an indian country for evry man to carry his gun loaded for the cap locks to be shut onto a peace of Buck skin with caps Handy to slip on in an instant in case of an artacted, for flint locks with Cotton or tow in the pan & A powder flash handy to prime quick. The object of this caution is to prevent accident. And for every man to walk beside his wag-gon & not leave it except He is sent away. Strict rules & disipline are necessary while travling through A Hostile indian Country.
Some traiders came down from the Pawness & camped with us over night. They had a plenty of Buffaloo meat dried & gave us what we wished. They informed us we were within two days drive of the whole dody of the pawnees. We camped here in a line for the sabbath.
[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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