Zion's Camp Miracle Well - Joseph Smith Miraculously Provides Water in the Desert

During Zion's Camp in 1834, William Farrington Cahoon witnessed a remarkable miracle. The company had marched across 'a vast prairie, treeless and waterless' and 'had been without water since early morning, and men and animals suffered greatly from thirst, for it had been one of the hottest days of June.' Joseph Smith, seeing the desperate situation, 'called for a spade. When it was brought, he looked about him and selected a spot, the most convenient in the camp for men and teams to get water. Then he dug a shallow well, and immediately the water came bubbling up into it and filled it, so that the horses and mules could stand and drink from it.' Cahoon testified: 'While the camp stayed there, the well remained full, despite the fact that about two hundred men and scores of horses and mules were supplied from it.' This was witnessed by multiple members including Zera Cole, and demonstrates divine provision through Joseph Smith's priesthood power.