Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
President Young with his brethren the Twelve and others
mounted our horses and started to meet the Battalion under the command
of Captain Brown.
Some of them were met about 4 miles from camp
and we continued on and soon met with Capts Brown Higgins Lieut. Willis and
the train following them and I met brother Bevin who went from my family
into the army. There were about 140 of the Battalion and a company
of about 100 of the Mississippie Saints that came with them from Pueblo
being about 60 waggons in all 100 horses & mules and 300 head of cattle which
added greatly to our numbers
We had a heavy shower of rain while we were
in the Kanyon which sent the water in the creeks from the mountains
with a rush and roar like thunder resembling the opening of a flood gate
The first rush of water came down with a front 3 feet high. The shower
spread over a good share of the valley where we were settled
We returned at the head of the companies and
marched into camp with music and they took up their quarters between
our two camps on the bank of the creek
While we had been exploring the rest of the
Pioneers had been farming putting in potatoes corn beans peas buckwheat
and preparing a garden for garden seeds. Today our garden was
