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Show , ... Silas S. Smith and R W. Dotson were along.' The next day wo met the :nail and got the d:ri ver to let us' open the aack and take out our Vie went a letters aa 'the ma.il rro.s i.n a cotton sack without lock. lit tle past si. J'oaephlt ,," ' Sunday.' We went 'to' Sunset w.here', 't-lte, were kindly" recei"/ed .:rUly Had a pleasant viai t with Br o .. and 'entertained ,by Pres. Lot Smith; Woodruff we were told that it was" SO 'dry that it vras hardly aaf'e to proceed, but W6 thouGt we ccut.d go on. Got 1uly 28. Monday,. VIe got our 'breaktast at the 'big table from C1 mnil and Vie 18 on, travelled about started 001;/8 ,Brigham ty and'round'but niles 'J'e l1ttle:grasa. The river'was entirely dry. fou:pd some water in a. fow places in holes but it was·. so salt that ." /' it could not be used.._ llhe .noxt day we found, a li ttle wa.ter at the a.n· Francisco. Wash We wen t 011 to the crossing where we -got a little to wa ce r our hor s e s of the river 'and found nome little- '\"'B.teX' but .it was very salty. July 30 • .we found a little water at Grand J1'a,lIs but not more than enough to fill a ten ga.llon keg. ,We got' some at' Blacl( Falls but it smelled "quite bad. The fi$h had died. in it and i·t smelled like VJ went ne az-Ly to the dug way whe r e we camped. car rd on July 31 llhureday.· We travelled to where the road. leaves the l:ere we camped wi th. a company that wa.s on its way f'r-om Round l"iver. Valley, Utah. 'fhey had been four months on 'the road. Aug. 1. Friday. Vie came on eight miles to a sand'Vlash and found water in some holes that had been dug by the company we had just 'We OS,IDe to W1110w Springs where VI/a f'ound :plenty of water. met. It was an extremely hot day, the warmest of the' season B,pparamtly • '·Aug 2 Saturday, Vie had soma trouble in finding our animals" We did. not start until about 2. P.M. We then' travelled tl..17til about 2'7. ' ' . • CI .' \ , . .. ; , . . •. midnight when Vie made e.. dry' damp. Aug. 3.' dunday., As we. got to "Lime,stqne Tanks" it rained for Q. few minutes so that we got enough Vlater out of the holes in the rocks for our horses. This Was quite a help. We got to Bitte Springs 'where we camped. VIe found· good grass bu.t poor water. \Ve rea.ohed the fe-,:ry" Aug. 4. Thee' had been' a slight rain but enough so that it had loosened the roc,k and you could occasional,. hear one fall making a nod se like .the booming of Cannorh Aug. 5. Tuesday •. YJe orossed the, river and stopped a short time a.t Bro. Johnson's.. Bought some lucern hey of h!m •. We then went . . >I> ' abou t 6 miles,. ,Aug. 6. We found but '1i ttle feed. along the rood. JIad to tie up and feed the ,hay we had bought. The next day we drove onto House . on . Rock Springs •. ' . . , ,. the Buckskin Mountain and the next day .' Aug. 10. 1Ve drove to' ,Sink Valley and tied our 'animals up there The next day e being 'so little feed here as well as elsewhere. The next reached Aea.! s r'anch on the Sevi.er .where we s t aye d all, night. day we drove to :Panguitch where I stopped with lJi.M .steele .and paae ed . Aug,' 8, we reached We got as Johnson. ·far as . . pleasant evening. ,.' On leaving Panguitch our litle company separated. Aug" l3. R. Vi. Dot,aon went up to the Fish Lake and 8ister Gt;de and children remained in !)angui toht expecting to get a chance to go from here to Beaver.' B.S. Smith and myself went 011 to-13ear Vnlley. The next day we drove into ParBgoonah where we took dinner with Bro. B.S. Smith's a . . . . I went on up to being down. on the San Juan. Parovnm where I stopped wi th my Sister Sarah. Hy wi,fe Eliza was up Elt the aw l'i[ill but came down on Satufday. I attended, meeting in -Par owan and spoke a short time. Aug. 24_ down to Para.goon,ah i1'] the even ing on n1y tHlY over to Baa,,!er went", cf8 ,:xt d,ay I went to Beaver where I, found 1'ny sister JUllQ in folks. He was e baen .. t , , " G .. |
