26^th I budded a few peach trees early in the morning I called
in Presidents Young Office An express had come in from deer
Creek Brought the report that our Emigration was getting along

Aug 26 1857

vary well the Chianes had stolen 480 Head of General Harne's
Beef Cattle. Col Sumner had been out with his command 10 day
longer than He was rationed for & fears of his friends was
that He was cut off General Harney was intending to remove
all mormon stations on the road & go by forced marches so that
no word would reach the mormons in Utah before him
President Young said I have sent General Harney word that I
wish for peace & do not wish to fight any body but He must
not come Here with his armey if he undertakes it I shall
stop him. He said to Brother Mathews when you get in
Calafornia the people will try to stop you & hedge you up so
that you cannot strengthen us you must be upon the
watch tower. The Nation is determined to make us free
they are determined to drive us to defend our selves & become
independant. The Nation is breaking to peases in spirit their
is no Union among them & before the United States get through
trying to destroy us they will want to let out the Job I told
the people years ago that if they would let us alone we would convert
& revolutionize the world if they did not let us alone but undertake
take to break us up we would spread abroad the faster & do the
work so much the sooner & we will do it if this nation now
makes war upon us we will be free & build up the kingdom
of God the sooner. The people have tried all the time to destroy
us but they have failed all the time when the government called
for 500 of our men they had no idea that we would comply
with their request this plan was laid to destroy the saints & tomas
Benton then had orders in his pocket to destroy the Mormons
if they refused Jesus said the time would come when we should
sell our coat & buy a sword [Luke 22:36], that time has come and we have got
to go to & deliver ourselves from our enemies & the Lord will
help us he will fight our battles & we will become an independant
kingdom. I fell [feel] well & I will tell you why if I am right
and I know I am and that is this people are now much
nearer their Fathers face than they ever were before they
are united and willing to do the will of God and this causes
me to rejoice. The people now fell to say it is the kingdom
of God or nothing it is not my farm or my house but the
kingdom of God this is the case with this people. Brother
Kimball said Old Buck was now free the yoke was off his
neck & it would not be upon his neck again. Many other
remarks were made but not written. There were present
B. Young H C. Kimball D H. Wells O Hyde W Woodruff
J Taylor Capt Hooper Joseph Young Ferrymore Little
President Young said that I am satisfied that the Post Master
in Calafornia was authorized to open our Mail & read
our Letters & retain what He pleased & send on what
He pleased I will insure that our Letters to the Elders on
the Isles of the sea will be opened & read I pray the Lord
to reveal to those Brethren what our desire is that they
may come home.

President Young came into the Histor-
ians office at 15 minuts to 2 oclok He sent for me I was
at home I immediately went to the office. Presidents
Young Wells & F D Richards was in the office. President Young said

to me as I came in have you a team I told him I had
a pair of small Ponies. He asked If I could spare them
I Hesitated a moment & said IYes sir, I can do any
thing that is wanted. He then said I have a good
pair of Horses that I want to let you have, as you are
labouring here I was taken quite surprised it came
vary unexpeted to me. I excepted the Horses & was
thankful though perhaps I did not say it at the time
Brother Wells went & showed them to me I tok them
home they were a fine large pair of sorrell Horses
they were offered 200 bushels of wheat for them
to day. President Young stayid 3 1/2 hours in
compiling his History. He remarked that the revelation upon
a plurality of wives was given to Joseph Smith in 1831 He revealed
it to Oliver Cowdery alone upon the solem pledge that He would not
reveal it or act upon it it but He did act upon it in a secret manner
& that was the cause of his overthrow. President Young also said
that the United States are driving this people to war sooner than
is for their good for we are civilizing the Indians & if they would
give us time we would give them a knowledge so that when they
do fight the Gentiles that they would have some Judgment & not
kill women & children & those who ought tonot to be killed. There is
now many of the emigration on the way to Carson valley the Gentile
emigrants shoot the indians wharever they meet with them & the
Indians now retaliate & will kill innocent People. One woman who
had fitted out to kome here to investigate Mormonism she was
killed & all her teamsters & all these through the folly of Emigrants