Deliverance of O. B. Huntington's Company on the Desert

“The sun was now about two hours high, and we were all so weak that we could hardly walk. I was the weakest of the company, and I felt that I could not go much further. I told the brethren that I would stop and rest a little, and they could go on, and if they found water, they could send some back to me. They were very unwilling to leave me, but I insisted upon it, and they finally went on. I sat down by the side of a sage brush, and soon fell into a kind of stupor. I do not know how long I had been there, when I was aroused by the sound of voices. I looked up and saw two of the brethren coming towards me. They had a canteen of water, and they told me that they had found a spring of water a few miles ahead. I drank some of the water, and it seemed to give me new life. I was soon able to walk, and we made our way to the spring. We found the rest of the company there, and we were all soon refreshed and able to continue our journey. We felt that the Lord had heard our prayers and had delivered us from a very dangerous situation.”

— Oliver B. Huntington, 'Eighteen Days on the Deserts', The Young Woman's Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4 (January 1891), pp. 163-165