[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 24th We travled to day 5 miles & came to the frozen or Lee spring and stoped And exhamined it & found the spring to be strongly impregnated with Sulpher. So much so it Could not be drank. The water would boil up out of A peace of Bog ground. Yet all around it it was so cold that After removing the turf about 6 inch A solid body of Ice was found about 18 inches thick. Some of it we cut up with Axes & spades. Near this was small ponds of water salt & saltpeter & sulpher & pertash seemed to be in the body of the water. Pure pertash was found in such quantities on the edges of these waters that the brethren gatherd pail fulls of it [to] raise bread with. Others would fill their Cups with Salt so pure from other mixtures that they used it.
We travled from this place 12 3/4 miles & camped upon the bank of the Sweet water two days 18 miles from one foot of the pass. 3 Companies Camped near us to night. This is the last time we shall see the sweet water on this Journey. We did not bait to day but camped at 4 oclok. Whole distance of the day 17 3/4 miles.
Br Youngs team run away with A waggon. I cought them by the bit Just as they were about to plunge into the stream.
Soon after we camped Br Holman was driving up the [-] with his gun in his hand. He went to punch a Horse with the musel of his gun. The lock Caught in his cloths & discharged into the best Horse there was in camp owned by president Young called his John Horse. He lived A few hours & died. There are many Accidents happen in that way by caring loaded guns with caps upon their tubes.
[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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