Miraculous Provision of Food and Water for O. B. Huntington's Company

In 1857, while crossing the desert, a company of sixteen men led by O. B. Huntington was in desperate need of food and water. After prayer and inspiration, Huntington received the thought to kill a horse for food and store water in the cleaned intestines. Later, when unsure of the correct path through the mountains, Huntington prayed and was inspired to tell the men that the pass they were to go through would 'shine like crusted snow at just twelve o'clock.' Exactly at noon, the pass took on that appearance, guiding the company to safety.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 2 no. 5 (February 1891), p. 235):

In the year 1857, O. B. Huntington, with a company of sixteen men, was crossing the desert. They were in a starving condition, and their water was exhausted. In answer to prayer, he was impressed to kill a horse for food, and to save the water in the cleaned intestines. Later, when they were in doubt as to the path through the mountains, he prayed, and was inspired to tell the men that the pass they were to go through would 'shine like crusted snow at just twelve o'clock.' Exactly at noon, the pass took on that appearance, and they were guided to safety.

The expedition was specifically commissioned by Brigham Young to travel to the Carson Valley in Nevada to recall the LDS settlers there to Utah to assist in the defense against the approaching Johnston's Army during the Utah War.