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Show _T J ournal 1·ay 26 , }I'riday, J.1ay 26 . Pres . Zrig am ounr-; en Tlarty co t · i1Ued tho journey orth1..ard ; the camp Iistoriu.n ,iotes t e d.ays journey as follows : "In the orninr; the grass 1.,ms coverAd with a he, vy dew -::.ni the day was cloudy und rainy . raftino- H.t the break of day the brothrenuere aroused to pre !:lgons and at 4: 45 a . n . we er::r.·ied over t~1e first · a on . re :2or The water 's fron 18 inc r.es to 2 feet hi . her th&n ;,hen we crossed it before . At G: 30 a . m. in the ls st of the 26 ·1 -ons was b..,...ouc~l1t ov0r safety , ·when the timbers mre seDer3ted and the old raft dis antled . At 8: 15 a . rt . the camp st- rted , 1iinding up u:p the '1ill and over to Chicken Creek Bridge uhere the anir als 10: 15a . r1 . J .,re 'J!:ltered at Here the car:i.p met - ampt t n S . Beatie .O'Oing to Iron County to meet ::1 eese ' s trair... of a-oods . ·-re b·. . ought letters for Pres . Young r.,nd others . ·.re continued t~e journey up the west side of the valley till noon , when Tie took a diagonal line to the east side . The clouds l ooked awfully black and t hr···ate11ed a heavy shower , but a gent le rrround breeze spran ~ P and blew it a,~my in al?1.ost an hour , then ·we had a shower which watered the road , maki ng it heavy dragging to IJephi , where we arri ved. at 2 o' clock p . m. and come to a halt C\"st of the fort . J oh.-11 Taylor and A Bishop ' s meet ing was a eld at A p . m ; ·at vh i ch' zra T . _Jenson pr~ached . .:. ·. 1-t 8 p . m. a council of officers ;1 r et in the school house to i nvestigate the difficulties existing betv een Joseph L • Haywood and the people • (Off i ce Journal) This meeting ms continued till rni dnight • ,_ |
