27^th I called upon President Young in the morning. President
Young sat & herd the minutes read of his sermons also Brother
J. M. Grant & corrected them. President Young said it was thought
a wonderful [thing] for this company to walk so far but take many women
that spin as some do & their steps counted & they would travel 30
miles in a day my children in ther play some times would
run enough to make 10 or 15 miles in a day. wells Little & L. W. Hardy
President Young said He thought the Hand cart company had a
Better time than the teams had "they have not had as hard
a time as we had in going to Moissouri in 1833^4^ then I went
to Missouri stayed in the cholera 15 days then returned to Kirtland
within three months over 3000 miles & walked all the way & lay on
the ground evry night. But if I had to fit out a company I
would have fitted out the carts different from what they
were. Soon came in Lewis Robinson & ward from Green
river. President Young said that washakeek the Indian chief
had cut up smoothest bad trick that I ever heard of so Brother
Robinson related the circumstances as follows. Washakeek with
several other Indians came in to his store & ordered him to give them
some spirits. He told them He had none to sell they undertook to get
it by force & robinson pulled them out of the store. He went away
& soon came back with 100 Indians & pulled Robinson up to the
door & told him he must open the door & give him some liquor
so they forced him to open the door & deal out Liquor to them the
100 Indians drank 20 gallons & all got drunk but behaved vary
well they offered to pay for the Liquor. He has been used to
such sprees Brother Robinson said that if he was to do the same
over again He should present a pistol to him & try his luck at it

Elder Elsworth came in President Kimball came to him & told him to
pick him out a family to go & stop with him through the winter wanted
a handy man. He said I have not a handy man in my company
but I will pick you out as good one as I can. Mr Dones came in
& gave president Young some Notes against Capt James Brown
of some $3000. Had paid some $1400 in county orders asked president
Young what He should do he would sell the whole for $1200 dollars
President Young told him that He was able & as the Lord had made him
Able the Law should make him willing he said that He was willing the
debt should be collected but did not wish to collect it himself He
said he had trusted him upon the credit of H. S. Eldridge. "It makes
me righteously angry to see Elders go out on a mission & come home
Merchants get trusted for goods & not pay for them.["]

Presidents Young Kimball & Carrington Elsworth & myself rode
down to the square to visit the Hand Cart Company they generally
looked well & cheerful they shook our hands warmly they had
a great quantity of provisions in camp brought in by the people
I laid hands upon one brother who was taken sick last night
President Young said the people might have their hand carts
after going through the encampment & Elder Kimball got the
family that He spoke for we rode back to the stray pen to look
at the cattle & Mules which the company had brought in Elder
Elsworth pointed out a Mule which he rode after a Buffalo
which He had wounded the Mule took right after the buffalo
& the Mad wounded Buffaloo turned & took after the Mule &
they met almost together but the Mule turned to run back so
suddenly that He flung Elsworth to the ground the Buffalo
plunged at him & Elsworth punched the animal with the
muzzle of the rifle into the Eye so hard a blow that the
Buffalo fell to his knees but rose up & run the other
way it broak his rifle his Mule run 5 miles to camp
which left Elsworth to walk in

Brother George W Bean came in from Los vegas & reported
that Jons was getting on well with his lead