[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 5th We have freequent slight showers yesterday & to day while among the hills. I was sum better to day. We had quite A rough road to day. We travled up & down the Hills untill we arived at what is called the warm spring which is at the fork of the two roads that comes from Laramie. We here nooned & visited the head of the Spring which was quite warm for drinking water. It boiled out of the bluff & made A little rivulet about 4 feet wide & 3 inches deep. It was Clear soft water but no warmer than I have freequently found water in rivulets exposed to the sun.
The bluffs, peaks & Hills begin to be more lofty as we get into the Hills. We are begining to Come to an elk, bear & mountain sheep country. We saw their signs to day. We came in the forenoon into the 6 1/2 miles making 15 miles from Laramie to the springs. Soon after we arived the first company of Missouri emigrants came up 12 waggons of them.
Professor Pratt took an observation for the Lattitude At the head of the warm spring & found it to be 42°15'6".
We travled in the Afternoon 10 1/2 miles & camped on the west side of A small pure stream of water in good feed. The Missouri company camped 1/4 of a mile below us on the same stream. They started this morning from the fort & took the South road which is 5 miles nearer than the North road which we took & A much better road. Distance of the day 17 miles.
[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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