[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] June 1st 1847 A fine pleasant morning. I had suffered much from the tooth Ake of late. I went before starting on the journey to Luke Johnson A dentist & got my tooth part of it dug out is broke of & left the stump in my Jaw which pained me through the day.
We travled 6 miles & nooned whare we had but little feed. We travled in the Afternoon [ ] miles & camped on the bank of the platt opposite of Fort Laramie within 1 1/2 miles of the fort.
When we arived we saw some men Approaching us from the fort. When they arived on the bank we found them to be a part of the company of the Mis-sisippi Brethren who had been to Pueblo through the winter. Brother Crow & his family 7 waggons & 14 souls were the individuals who were at the fort. They soon stood upon the bank of the river. We lanchd our boat & crossed the stream to them. Several of the brethren went over to them Among whom was Br Brown that led up the same Company to this place last year. They were truly glad to meet. No one can imagin the joy of friends on meeting each other under Such circumstances Away from the Abodes of white men whare they are ownly visited by Savages.
Br Crow Came across & met in Council with us, And informed us that the remainder of the Missippi company with the portion of the Mormon Battalion that was at Pueblo would start for Laramie About the first of June & follow our trail onto Calafornia. He informed us of 4 of the brethren who had died one of which was Arnold Stephens. Had herd nothing of the main body of the Battlion.
He soon returned home & the camp met together. President Young suggested the propriety of our leaving all our plows at the fort except such as we should want to use immediately when we got there, to do up our Blacksmithing, Burning Coal, mending wag-gons &c As soon as possible so that we Could go on our Journey as spedily as possible. A company was Appointed to do herding & to attend to all those branches of business. We then retired to rest.
I Am quite unwell & have been for several days. I have canker in the mouth bleed at the nose, do not rest well nights. Distance of the day 12 m.
[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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