Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the the camp in general was busily engaged
in ploughing and planting corn and other seeds. Ten men were chosen for an
Exploring Expedition through the Valley
I took President Young into my carriage and travelled two miles towards the
mountain and made choice of a spot of ground for our garden with a small
rivlet running through it which I named Garden Creek.
We then returned to camp and went North about
five miles and we all went to the top of a high peeak on the edge of
the mountain which we considered a good place to raise an ensign. So
we named it Ensign Peak
I was the first person who ascended this hill
which we had thus named. Brother Young was very weary in climbing
being feeble from his recent fever.
We descended to the Valley and started North to
visit the hot sulpher springs but we returned two miles to get a drink
of cold water and then went back 4 miles to the Springs, and then
returned to the camp quite weary. Brothers Mathews and Brown
had crossed the Valley in the narrowest place opposite the camp to
the West mountain and found it ^about^ 15 miles
Next morning brother Amasa Lyman came
into camp and informed us that Brown's detatchment of the Mormon
Battalion would be with us in about two days
We again started on our exploring expedition
Brother Lyman and all of the members of the Quorum of the Twelve
in camp being 8 in number were of the company. Six others of the
brethren were with us among whom was Brannon from San Francisco
Visit to the Salt Lake
We started for the purpose of visiting the Salt Lake and mountain
on the west of the valley. We travelled two miles west from
