It was somewhere along here that we first saw some Yucca trees.

The boys often set fire to them to see them burn.
The Virgin River was a small stream running on about the course we wanted to travel, and we followed this course for thirty or forty miles.
We found plenty of wood and water and mesquite.

After awhile the river turned off to the left, while we wanted to keep to the right, so we parted company there.

We heard of a river beyond which they called the 'Big Muddy' and we went up a little arroyo, then over a divide to some table land that led us down to the Big Muddy.

We made our wagons as light as possible, taking off all the boards and stakes we could possibly get along without.Wm.Philipps and others were placed on short allowance.