[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 26th Monday The camp in general was busily ingaged in Plowing & Planting corn & other Seeds.
Ten men including the Twelve were appointed to go on an exploring expedition. I took President Young into my carriage & travled two miles towards the mountain & made Choice of a spot of ground for our garding with a small rivlet runing through it sufficient to irrigate it which I named guarding creek.
We then returned to Camp & went North of the Camp about 5 miles & we all went onto the top of A high Peak in the edge of the Mountain which we considerd A good place to raise An ensign upon which we named ensign Peak or Hill. /I was the first person that Ascended this Hill./ Brother Young was vary weary in climing the Peak he being feble. We then desended to the flat. Started north to visit some hot sulpher springs but we returned two miles to get A drink of Cool water & then went back 4 miles to the springs. We found them vary warm but not hot. 3 or 4 of the springs isued green water & formed substance below that looked like verdigreese.
After visiting them we returned to Camp quite weary. Brs Mathews & Brown returned to camp. Had Crossed the valley in the Narrowest place opposite the camp to the mountain on the west. Found the valley about 15 miles across. Passed over A river 4 miles from camp about 8 rods wide from which we saw sulpher hot springs and ensign Peak. We also had A good view of the salt lake through our glass & many rivers & creek runing through the valley. The whole distance of the day was 20 m.
[source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
[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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