[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 14th At day light the first two tens were Called together to make Arangments for crossing. The Proposal was made in the camp to lash 4 waggons to gether & float them but the curant was so strong many did not like that moad. We Appointed Br Grover As our Captain to direct the rafting over. We finally concluded to put our polls into A raft carry our goods over in a boat & put our waggons onto A raft.
We commenced at 5 oclok & At 9 AM being 4 Hours we had landed eleven waggon loads of goods upon the North Shore with the little leather boat & during the day we got over all the waggons belonging to our tens being Eleven in all. And All of the rest encampment being twelve tens ownly got over the same number that we did. They floated their waggons by tying from two to four to gether. But they turned clear over each other bottom side upwards & back again. Broke the bows covers & boxes to peices & lost ploughs Axes & Iron that was left in the boxes. Most of our Company was in the water from morning to night & all was vary weary.
When the work was done, we Saw A Heavy storm Approaching us. We had just drawn Dr Richards two waggons to [of] his goods on the shore & loaded them into his waggons with all speed. Just got through as the storm struck us. I sprung into my Carriage & tied all down tight but the rain wind & Hail beat upon me so Heavy that I had to lay out most of my strength to hold my waggon cover on. Both hail & rain came insid my Carriage untill my bed & things were nearly drenched. It ownly lasted 7 minutes but was vary severe. Most of the waggons & goods were more or less wet. Our Horses run two or three miles in the storm. When it was over I crossed the river & went after them tied them up returned back & went to rest vary weary, But had some plesant dreams.
[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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