Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the I called the camp together
and organized them as follows:
Robert Petty was appointed captain of the Hundred
Leonard W. Hardy captain of the 1st Fifty
Edson Whipple Captain of the Second Fifty
Joseph Hall Captain of the First Ten
James ^Currier^ Captain of the second Ten
Miner Atwood Captain of the 3rd Ten
^Brother^ Gardner Captain of the 4th Ten
[blank] Captain of the 5th Ten
[blank] Captain of the 6th Ten
Remarks were made by Wilford Woodruff concserning the
order of the camp and regulations for our journey strongly
opposing drinking swearing gambling whipping oxen &c
Ilus F. Carter had ten waggons of
merchandize and was appointed captain over them but
in consequence of ^illness and^ the lateness of the season he concluded to
return home so we made out the report of our organization
and sent it by him to Elder Hyde
My brother-in-law Ilus F Carter
left in my possession his train of merchandize which
with my own gave me 12 waggons 27 yoke of oxen 30
cows teamsters &c under my personal care besides
the whole company to care for generally and this afforded
plenty of labour and anxiety. Several of the teamsters
were also not bretheren and they were more difficult to
manage and during the journey they manifested much of
the spirit of the devil and tried to make disturbance
in the camp. They were gold diggers. Their object was
