[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] 16th Brother Little, P. Rockwell & J Reading returned to winter quarters. The camp continued up the Platt 4 miles & camped & turned their Horses upon an Island of cottonwood & Rushess. The wind Blew exceding hard during the night.
Before we left this morning the Camp came to gether And was organized for Journeying as a military body into tens [5?]0 & 100s. Col Markham & A. P Rockwood was appointed Captains over A Hundred & 4 Captains of fifties & Captains of tens. I was Appointed Capt of ten. The following are the names of the persons belonging to my ten: W. Woodruff J. S Fowler J. Bornham, O. Pratt, Joseph Egbert, John M. Freeman, Marcus B. Thorp G. A. Smith, George Wardle, Being 9 in all. The camp consisted of 73 waggons & 143 men 3 women & 2 children making 148 souls in all.
[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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