got supper and went to bed it was vary cold. Bro Smith
got up at Midnight to hunt for his horses and Bring them to the
fire fearing they would freeze He could not find them &
came back to Bed 20 Miles
~ Thursday
13 Br Smith made a fire & soon found his horses we then
drove 12 Miles through a foot of snow over the rock without
a road we arived at the dairy at 2 oclok and glad to get at
a house we found 2 feet of snow at the Dairy we stoped for
the night with Brother Robert R Burk I went to bed and Dreamed of meeting with President YoungO Hyde and a number
of others I asked President Young if he would not speak to us
he said He had done his talking. O Hyde refered to my
Epistle President Young spoke a few words to me. I spoke and
bore testimony of the signs of the times & Judgments of God
upon Our Nation I awoke while speaking ^12 M[iles]^
~ Friday
14 A Plesant morning after the storm. Our Brethren killed
6 pigs I spent most of the day reading the History of the world
By James D McCabe I read 172 pages to the End of the Assyrian & Percian kingdoms
~ Saturday
15Lot Smith left for home I continued to read the History of the world
~ Sunday
16 Sunday I arose this morning meditating upon my dream
^^ last night I was with the Quorum of the Twelve and President Brigham Young was with us in conversation with us
I spent most of the day reading History
~ Monday
17 A cold morning the coldest of the season I spent the day reading History
~ Tuesday
18 I spent this day reading the History of the world and in the
Evening I helped Br Whiting dress a Buckskin
Nov 12, 1879
got supper and went to bed it was vary cold. Bro Smith
got up at Midnight to hunt for his horses and Bring them to the
fire fearing they would freeze He could not find them &
came back to Bed 20 Miles
~ Thursday
13 Br Smith made a fire & soon found his horses we then
drove 12 Miles through a foot of snow over the rock without
a road we arived at the dairy at 2 oclok and glad to get at
a house we found 2 feet of snow at the Dairy we stoped for
the night with Brother Robert R Burk I went to bed and Dreamed
[FIGURE] of meeting with President YoungO Hyde and a number of others I asked President Young if he would not speak to us
he said He had done his talking. O Hyde refered to my
Epistle President Young spoke a few words to me. I spoke and
bore testimony of the signs of the times & judgments of God
upon Our Nation I awoke while speaking
~ Friday
14 A Pleasant morning after the storm. Our Brethren killed
6 pigs I spent most of the day reading the History of the world
By James D. McCabe I read 172 pages to the End of the Assyrian & Percian kingdoms
~ Saturday
15Lot Smith left for home I continued to read the History of the world
~ Sunday
16 Sunday I arose this morning meditating upon my dream
[FIGURE] last night I was with the Quorum of the Twelve and President
Brigham Young was with us in conversation with us
I spent most of the day reading History
~ Monday
17 A cold morning the coldest of the season I spent the day reading History
~ Tuesday
18 I spent this day reading the History of the world and in the
Evening I helped Br Whiting dress a Buckskin
"Journal (January 1, 1873 – February 7, 1880)," November 12, 1879 - November 19, 1879, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed January 31, 2025, https://2023.wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/pQnN