3rd. I called upon President Young at his office one of the brethren
was in From Fort supply & asked council about walling in Fort supply
President Young said it would not do any good to try to wall in
that City as the gates would be open day & night but go to work &
wall in a Fort make a place secure where you could keep your tithing
& other grain in safety. I would rather make a good Earth wall than
a cobble stone wall as they will be tumbling down
Benjamin F. Johnson came in & asked council of President Young
in behalf of sister Babbitt what she should do in setling the
esstate. He advised her to chuse Capt Hooper & B. F. Johnson to
settle the esstate for Brother Johnson to go to Kanesville in the spring
He thought sister Babbitt was a good woman & would enjoy Mormonism
again
Brigham H. Young arived to day called upon President Young
who was glad to see him. He had been with A. O. Smoot to St Louis
Nauvoo & Keokuk. Nauvoo looks Desolate weeds growing up in the
streets. He went to Emma Smiths mansion but could not see any
of the family. He said Emma had instilled into the minds of her children that
it was President Young who had caused the deaths of Joseph & Hiram Smith
(an idea more fals never entered the Human soul. President Brigham Young
said he thought that Joseph would have as hard work to dig her out of
Hell in the next world as he did in this
Brother Young informed us that Eldridge was quite sick thought that Brother
Smoot would be here on Friday
I attended the Missionary meeting at Farmington the Historians office
President Young addressed the meeting in the spirit & power of God &
reproved & rebuked in the power of God & gave great & glorious teachings
unto us upon principles of the Kingdom of God. G. D. Watt reported
see report. We had the Law of God containing many questions
by which the Missionaries were weighed it was a soul searching meeting
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4 deaths the day after we arived the 21st october 2 deaths the 2nd day & 15 burials the 3 day & 4 on sunday morning the day the expres left they had not heard from the 2nd company of Hand carts but Joseph Young & Wheelock went ahead with the news that help was coming G. D. Grant followed with 10 of the best teams there had been about 55 deaths in the first company in consequence of the cold The Captain of the Company dealt out all the provisions to the people the night before any help came & they did not know that any help was coming they dealt out 11 oz to men 9 to women & 6 to children there was but little help snow on the road till you got to rocky ridge 30 miles east of the pass but vary cold several of the brethren froze their feet Brother Wm Kimball had.
6th Presidents Kimball & J M Grant called into the Historians office & conversed upon principle Brother Kimball said that any man that was faithful in the priesthood would have all the blessings He could imagin or think in his heart and when Father Joseph Smith was on his dying bed I asked him to bless me so it might be written as he had blessed me several times & it was not written but Father Smith told me to write down every thing that I could think of in my heart or imagin & he would sign it & it should come to pass but He said a man must keep the Commandments of God
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