"Traveled about 26 miles"
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The day of the 18th was interesting. In "111 Days to Zion" it tells how Brigham admonished the group for too much killing of food. Brigham says, ... "Some members of the company have left meat on the ground and would not use it because it was not a hind quarter. God has given us a commandment that we should not waste meat nor take life unless it is needful." He said that there were some who......"would kill all the game within 100 miles if they could without one thought of who created it or formed those great pastures for the wild animals to feed it..." and ... "Some men will shoot as much as 30 times at a rabbit if they did not kill it and are continually wasting their ammunition. But when they have used all they have got, they may have the pleasure of carrying their empty guns to the mountains...".
He also "turned his wrath" onto the mounted horsemen saying that ..."only HC Kimball, W. Woodruff, and ET Benson take the trouble to scout out a good road for the wagons during the day [where] all others seem care about is to wait until their breakfast is coked for them and when they have eaten it, they mount their horses and scatter away." To say the company was chastened for the day is an understatement.
A rattlesnake also met his demise this day when Brigham's horse stepped on it and it coiled and struck nearly missing Thomas Woolsey. John Higbee then shot it's head off and he threw it into the creek. Then Brigham named the creek Rattlesnake Creek. Other perspectives of the day:
Wilford Woodruff:
"18th The camp was called together or the Captains of Companies & [ ] President Young sharply reproved the Hunters for shooting so much meet when it was not needed & [ ] detaining the camp or for taking life any more than could be helpd And Also the horsman for their indiferance in picking out the road [ ] He said there was but two that had rode that manifested any interest in helping him get the Camp along. He spoke vary sharply upon the indiferance of men & [ ] they rejected the meet when it was brought into Camp &c [ ] the camp started out after the meet was disposed of & the Hunters or Horsman went forward to pick out the road instead of going Hunting [ ] I did not hear a gun fired on the road during the day [ ] Amasa Lyman was one called by name & reproved for not paying any attention to seeking out the road but he was with us to day in that business [ ] we rode 6 miles & nooned [ ] we rode in the afternoon 9¾ miles & camped for the night [ ] distance of the day 15¾ m "
Millen Atwood:
"on tues the 18th the camp was called together for to get instructions [ ] Pres Young then stated that he wanted no more buffalo killed nor any thing not even a duck [ ] save your powder and lead and let the game alone [ ] he then told the captains of tens to see to their men and mind that they obey orders [ ] meeting was dismissed the teams was harness up and the camp started traveled 15 1/2 miles and campt for the night on the banks of the plat"
