Friday 19th I rode in company with John Steel & F T.
Whintney on hors back to Cazuree Creek called Summit Creek
6 miles from Cedar City last summer their was 12 Houses
which were removed during the Indian war but the fort was
standing. We then rode to Cannarrah Creek 6 miles from
Cazuree & 12 from Cedar City this
is the summit or rim
of the basin we then rode to dry or Battle Creek 7 miles Here we
have splendid mountain scenery of red rocks standing like
piyramids 1000 feet high oposite of this cite is fort Harmony
to be located 6 miles from the base of the mountain on the
east the fort on the west we then road to the present
location of fort Harmony 3 miles making 18 1/2 miles by
the rodeometer & 287 miles from Salt Lake City 287
this is a good grazing country & a splendid mountain
scenery. The brethren are trying to take out the stream
of waters called Ash Creek to water their farming land
they have carried it 6 miles & have ito carry it 2 mils
further to get it onto their new field which is made by
the missionaries who were sent out last winter from
Salt Lake Rufus Allen is their captain John D Lee has now
charge of their old fort. Fort Harmony is 15 miles
from the Rio vergin. I went fishing but caught nothing
though it was said that there were some small trout in
it. I then went ionto the top of the canyon through which
runs Ash creek 1/2 mile south of the fort in company with
T Bullock & Samuel Atwood & in about 2 Hours we rolled
into the canyon 1000 feet below about 50 tons of rock we
rolled off one would weigh about 5 tons it fell about 200
feet perpendicular struck a shelf of rock & took the shelf
with it it landed in the creek & sent a sheet of water
about 50 feet into the Air we made a good deal of thunder
for a while. after being weary of this we returned to the
fort & found the people assembled in meeting President Young
Had spoken & P. P. Pratt neither of which I herd Presidt
Kimball was speaking when I came in He spoke well
He said that if the Brethren would be faithful & united they
would have great blessings that they would bring great good to
Israel that there would soon be thousands of the Lamanites that
would be gatherd together & saved & they would have revelation
& they would do a great work in this kingdom.
Then Lorenzo Snow ^Young^ spoke & had the spirit of God upon him &
profisied upon many things but ther was no reporting of
any part of the meeting ownly T. D. Brown took a minute of presidents
Young speech which He gave me which is with our reports in
the Historians office Thomas Bullock & myself reported all
the Presidnts sermons when we were present as we were app[oin]ted
the Historian & clerk of the camp. At the dismissall of the
meeting I went to my waggon & spent the night with Sprague
& Angel
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