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Brigham Young followed no trail. There were wagon tracks along the Platte River. <"As> I remember there were was no trail after leaving Laramie, going over the Black Hills, except rarely. For a short distance, before reaching the Sweetwater, we saw a wagon track, and it was a great surprise and great curiosity." At Platte and Green River, we left men to ferry their followers across.

When the Pioneers returned they took their wagons, of course. There had been used to sleep in. One of the number left Mrs. Clara [Clarissa Decker] Young his feather bed, but she had so long been accustomed to the ground or a wagon bed, that it was some time before she could appreciate that luxury.