Advance company arrives in Salt Lake Valley (still Mexican territory at the time); sets up camp.
8th A cold morning but it soon grow warm & the snow melted
away we Parted with the camp & rode 12 miles & camped
on the sweet water with Br J. M. Grants Hundred. I dined
with Br Neff & family & saw many I was acquainted with 12 m[iles]
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] [page covered]
the companies which was not according to the former organiza[tion] [page covered]
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]- [page covered]
sting to us He has the spirit of the Lord with him & is doing fo[r] [page covered]
us what He can Thomas Benton is an inveterat enemy & doing
what He can against us, many things of interest was spoken of 12 m[iles]
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