"the next day 13th [ ] they held a council and decided to send on about 20 wagons to seek out a rout while the sick recovered which was done [ ] the balance of us remaining at the last named place till 15th about noon when Brigham & Heber with the other teams came up"
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Back at the spot where Brigham was resting, there were others who had come down with this sickness, also. Albert Rockwood was one of the sickest, but he came around enough on this day to pen one line in his diary........"Tuesday 13 Br Young is verry sick and much deranged [ ] I had a hard feaver all day and night much deranged in my mind"
From Pioneer Heritage:
"Two messengers, John Brown and Joseph Matthews, were sent back to meet with Brigham Young back at The Needles. The camp did not desire to more on until President Young caught up with them. The messengers returned with Heber C. Kimball and Howard Egan. They reported that Brigham Young was feeling a little better but still could not travel. Albert P. Rockwood was near death and "deranged in mind."
It was becoming very urgent for the pioneers to complete their journey and to plant a crop as soon as possible in the Salt Lake Valley. The Twelve directed Orson Pratt to lead an advance company of 42 men and 23 wagons to proceed through the mountains. They were instructed to make roads to enable the main company to follow later. Heber C. Kimball returned to The Needles. At 3 p.m., this company started their journey and traveled about eight miles down Red Fork. Charles was not in this advance group at this time.
The company consisted of Orson Pratt, Orrin Porter Rockwell, Jackson Redding, Stephen Markham, Nathaniel Fairbanks, Joseph Egbert, John S. Freeman, Marcus B. Thorpe, Robert Crow, Benjamin B. Crow, John Crow, William H. Crow, William P. Crow, George W. Therlkill, James Chesney, Lewis B. Myers, John Brown, Shadrack Roundy, Hans C. Hanson, Levi Jackman, Lyman Curtis, David Powell, Oscar Crosby, Hark Lay, Joseph Matthews, Gilbert Summe, Green Flake, John S. Gleason, Charles Burke, Norman Taylor, Alexander P. Chesley, Seth Taft, Horace Thornton, Stephen Kelsey, James Stewart, Robert Thomas, Charles D. Barnam, John S. Eldredge, Elijah Newman, Francis Boggs, Levi N. Kendall, David Grant.
Also traveling with the advance company were Robert Crow's wife, Elizabeth Brown Crow, and their daughters, Isa Minda Almarene Crow, Isa Vinda Exene Crow (twins, age sixteen), and Elizabeth Jane Crow. Also probably along were his very pregnant daughter Matilda Jane Therlkill (wife of George) and their children, Milton H. Therlkill (age three) and James William Therlkill (about age one).]
The main company stayed at their camp back at Cache Cave. Thomas Bullock went to explore the cave which was thirty-six feet by twenty-four feet and was about four to six feet high. Many of the brethren carved their names on the walls. He observed about fifty swallow's nests near the roof of the cave.
The hunters brought in twelve antelope. Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards took a walk to search for a spring. They reminisced about their missionary days when Elder Woodruff served at the Fox Islands in Maine, and when they both labored in Preston, England together. As the smaller, main camp rested in the evening, Thomas Bullock wrote: "Our camp was stiller to night than it has been since we left Fort [Laramie.]"
It's getting hard to know where they are 'exactly' now. Brigham was not doing well at all and the camp was very worried about him. Heber C. Kimball was next in charge of the party should anything happen to Brigham, so it's clear that he is very concerned which explains his decision to go back and stay with Brigham. They probably know they are getting close but still wonder. What they don't know for sure is what we know today and that is they are only ten days away from making their final camp within the Salt Lake Valley. This must be on their minds with relief from traveling.
