[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 22d We travled 10 miles & nooned. Br Lorenzo Young broke An Axeltree of his waggon which detained the camp some. Two more Missouri companies overtook us at noon. The camp started on & Br Young, Benson Little & myself went back to meet Lorenzo & help him get up his waggon & we were behind all the Afternoon. A company that arived at noon informed us that A man was drowned At the ferry After we left in trying to swim his Horses across & they had not found his body when they left.
1 women also got sume Alarmed At the Independ-ance Rock by A large griselly bear. They stoped to put their names of the rock & the Company left them. They started to follow on. One man was on foot & the other on a horse & were met in the road by A griselly bear who made A tract 10 inch long. They had no weapons not even a knife. The Bear sat up & looked at them A few moments & walked off & they came Along. The griselly bear are more Apt to attack men than any other kind.
We travled in the Afternoon 10 3/4 miles & camped at the foot of A mound about 200 feet high on the bank of the Sweat water. Br Kimball & myself went to the top of it & looked down upon the camp & it look heavenly. We offered up our prayers & the spirit of the Lord rested upon us. We descended again to the Camp. The moon shone beautiful. During the evening the brethren put in A new Axeltree into Br Lorenzo's waggon. Distance of the day 20 3/4 miles.
[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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