7th I Arose this morning quite weary with my labours of yesterday
I spent the day mostly in assisting Br Fowler to start on a Journey to
the Bay of Francisco to get his family I made arangments with
Capt Brown to furnish him with a horse to ride & put him up prov-
isions to last him to fort Hall & there they would get supplys. In
[FIGURE] In the afternoon the Twelve went onto the Temple Block & picked
out there inheritances President Young took a block east of the
temple & runing S.E. to settle his friends around him. Br H. C. Kimball
took A Block North of the Temple will settle his friends on the north
O pratt south of the Temple Joining the temple Block & runs south.
W. Woodruff took A Block kcornering on the Temple lot at the S. west
corner Joining O Pratts Block & will settle his friends on the south
A Lyman took A Block 40 rods Below or west of w. woodruff
Bolock & runs s west of the Temple to settle his friends G. A. Smith
took A Block Joining the Temple on the west & runs due west. it
was supposed Br Young Richards would take his inheritance on the east
near Br. Young none others of the Twelve were present in the camp Br
Benson had gone back to meet the camp & 3 of the quorum was in winter
quarters.
During the evening in company with the Twelve I went to one
of the pure streams of cold water that runs through the city &
H C Kimball baptized 55 members of the camp for the remission of
their sins who were confirmed under the Hands of Presidents Young
O Pratt, W Woodruff, A Lyman, & G. A. Smith B Young was mouth
in confirming the greatest number of them
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