6th 7th 8 & 9th I spent nearly all my time through this week till 9 or
10 oclok at night in President Youngs office in company with Brothers
Watt & Richards in making the manuscript for the first Reader
to be published in the Deserett Alphabet. I spent some time in
searching other Books for matter to make up our Books with but
my mind was dark in that channel & the spirit that was upon
me lead me to make up our Books out of our one experience, travels
incidents, History, doctrin & location mostly my mind was clear free
& open upon these subjects, & we commenced to write upon such subjects
as the Pioneers, Mormon Battalion, salt Lake valley & Utah Territory
Griserly Bear & Buffalo Bull fights &c &c
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