Mary Ann Jackson and her 19-day-old son James start journey to Salt Lake Valley with Wilford's father Aphek.
Day in the Life
Journal Entry
July 31, 1847 ~ Saturday
31st Saturday I spent the morning in writing, the Battalion we[nt] [page covered]
to work at the Bower, our camp sowing & planting. About noon
A company of about 20 Utahs visited our camp there seemed
to be two parties of them they came to trade with us & whi[le] [page covered]
traiding deerskins for powder & lead &c one Indian str[uck] [page covered]
another one over his head with his gun & broke it the old c[hief] [page covered]
whiped them both, & during the Afternoon the one that h[ad] [page covered]
the gun broke over his head stole the other ones Horse & put
out with it soon the Indians found it out & put after him
followed him into a canion & shot both him & his horse dea[d] [page covered]
& returned to our camp with the Horse that the Indian sto[le] [page covered]
the Utahs appear vary friendly to us as yet, there was A ru[m-] [page covered]
our to day that the Indians intended to come & ask pay for
their lands. Br Young has expressed his opinion that we
should not buy any land of the Indians but as the Lord
made the land there was enough for both them & us, that [we] [page covered]
would teach them to labour & cultivate the earth Br Pratts
opinion was that we should not feed them at all untill th[ey] [page covered]
had done sumthing for it so as to begin right with them & teac[h] [page covered]
them industry.
During the evening I went down to the
Utah outlet with several of the brethren & drew a net 4 ti[mes] [page covered]
& caught one fish, they needed a boat & could not get m[any] [page covered]
fish without it. travled during the day 123 m[iles]
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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
3427 mentions
Apostle, Family
Pratt, Orson
19 Sep 1811 - 3 Oct 1881
1082 mentions
Apostle
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not sleep but a little time but should come forth out of our gr[aves] [page covered] with bodies that no mob could kill.
~ Brigham Young
Br O Pratt preached a discourse upon the Prophecies of Isaiah & others concerning the building up of Zion in the la[st] [page covered] days & thought many of those prophesies alluded to us in our pres ent position such as Zion should be a city sought & not forsa[ken] [page covered] & that the munition of rocks should be a defence unto them the Lord sware that their corn & wine should no more be given to their enemies, & that the house of God should be built up[on] [page covered] the tops of the mountain &c he had the spirit of preachi[ng] [page covered] & we were all edifyed,
~ Orson Pratt
Events
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Advance company arrives in Salt Lake Valley (still Mexican territory at the time); sets up camp.
Wilford arrives in Salt Lake Valley with Brigham Young and plants potatoes.
Wilford first to climb Ensign Peak.
Location for Salt Lake Temple Block designated by Brigham Young (originally 40 acres).
First bowery built on Temple Block by Mormon Battalion.
Wilford, Brigham Young, and other apostles are rebaptized (Wilford's third rebaptism).
After planting crops and building cabins, Wilford leaves Salt Lake Valley to return to Winter Quarters.
