In order to find refuge from the severe cold and wind, the stranded pioneers needed to cross the river yet another time to seek shelter in what became known as “Martin’s Cove.” The exhausted emigrants had been subsisting on a ration of only 8 ounces of flour for the previous nine days. The thought of crossing the icy waters that were about 100 feet wide and almost waist deep in places caused some men to shrink and weep. “... boys belonging to the relief party came to the rescue; and to the amazement of all who saw, carried nearly every member of that ill-fated handcart company across the snow-bound stream.” – reported in 1914 by Solomon F. Kimball