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Day in the Life

Dec 12, 1844

Journal Entry

December 12, 1844 ~ Thursday

12th Thursday. It blew a gale from the South West
we shiped some heavy stern seas broke in all

the stern windows, filled the first cabin with
so much water that the trunks & baggage was all
afloat destroyed much of the baggage of the passe-
ngers, some water came into our cabin but no
damage done, the first & second cabin was on deck
towards evening the sea was piled up like mountains
when we were in the troth of the sea waves would
arise at our stern as high as the top of the mizzen
mast & seemed almost impossible for the ship
to arise soon enough to save the sea from breaking
over her, but she was 1000 ton ship & a clean &
fast sailor she carried at this time little or
no sail. We were all vary sick, yet we would
spend a few moments in viewing the wild, roma[n]-
tic, terrific, grand & sublime scenery that surrou-
nded us in the wonders of the deep. Elder Holmes
was quite sick & said he never beheld such a sight before

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wind changed to the east commenced blowing a gale, it was head wind we were drove under bare poles through the day & evening it made us all dreadful sick, the sea was drea vary rough & piled Up like hills. the gale increased untill about 9 oclock in the evening it appeared as though it must tear the yards from the mast. We kneeled before the Lord & Prayed unitedly that the Lord would cause the gale to scease & the wind to change that we might go forward & not backward & in a little time after the wind instantly sceased & finally changed into the South West which gave us fair wind
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Dec 12, 1844