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Day in the Life

Sep 8, 1847

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September 08, 1847 ~ Wednesday

8^th A cold morning but it soon grew warm & the snow melted
away we parted with the Camp & rode 12 miles & camped
on the sweet water with Br J. M. Grant^s hundred, I dined
with Br Neff & family & saw many I was acquainted with 12 m
Br J M Grant had buried one child on the way & his wife
lay at the point of death. We held a council in the evening & herd
brother Grant related the circumstances of the organization o[f]
the Companies which was not according to the former organiza[tion]
Br Young said he was more & more convinced that there was
a wrong with P. P. Pratt & John Taylor in these things. We also
herd Br Grant relate his interview with Col Kane which was inter[e]-
sting to us. He has the spirit of the Lord with him & is doing fo[r]
us what He can Thomas Benton is an inveterat enemy & doing
what he can against us, many things of interest was spoken off [of]
12 m