Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the President Young and many others
left the city to visit the brethren South. I rode to Bro Kingtons
and spent the night with him; and next day prepared myself
to go on the journey with Ezra T. Benson. He came along
in the morning and I went with him to A. O. Smoots and
joined Presidents Young and Kimball and we started on our
journey
We had in our company 20 waggons
and about 40 men on our visiting trip 250 miles to our southern
brethren and ^to^ comfort their hearts. I thought there never was
a company of the same number who ever left as much
business to go on a visit as we did.
An Account of our Journey South.
After we left brother Smoots we crossed the
mountain into Utah Valley and camped for the night. This
was the first time I ever was in Utah Valley. I found it
to be a spendid valley of land
The company went on in the morning
and I rode to the Fort on the North West side of the Lake
dined with some friends on some fine trout and then rode
to our encampment on the Provo Fort
Next day I rode to Brother ^Behannan^
and spent several hours with him at Hobble Creek. I here
found Walker the Utah chief with his band. This was the
first time I ever saw him. I thought him an ugly
cunning looking chief.
