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Sep 28, 1857

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September 28, 1857 ~ Monday

28^th We received an express this morning from
the Army in the Mountains saying that our enemies
were marching strongly towards us they tryed to stamped
the Animals of the Army but found them all chained by
the feet so they could not run a small company also
tried to stampede some oxen & they failed in [it]. Brother
Jones informed me that Capt Van Vleit tried to pursuade
the Armey to stay on hams fork to winter or in that
region but the 10^th regiment swore that they had started
for salt Lake & they would go there. Capt Van Vleit told
them that we should not let them come but they would
find a diferent warfare from any thing they had met with

the day was occupied by getting the Brethren ready for the mountains
& going out quite a company went out I do not know the
number

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On we received an express from our army in the Moutains saying that our enemies were marching strongly towards us. The brethren tried to stampeded the animals of the army but they found them all chaned by the feet, so they could not run; a small company of our brethren also tried to stampede some oxen and they failed in it. Brother Jones informed me that Captain Van Vleit told the army ^tried to^

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