11th ^[FIGURE]^ I spent the day in the camp assisting to
gather the volunteers we had a visit from
Col Cane from the city of Washington confir-
ming the declaration that President Polk had
sent for 500 Mormon volunteers He informed
us that the President was vary favorable to
our people And had taken this course for our
good. Col Cane manifested the spirit of a
Gentleman And much interest in our welfare
from the information we recieved from him
we were convinced that God had began
to move upon the heart of the President
And others in this Nation to begin to act
for our interest And the general good of
Zion. The object of President Polk now is
to enlist 500 of the Latter Day Saints Arm
feed cloth & pay them, And let them
go direct to Calafornia via Santa fe & take
possession of that country And prepare a
way for the body of the Church to come
which will make us the first settellers
of that country
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