13th I went into the field with the men to dig potatoes & had
the same Number of men & instead of diging 25 as they did
yesterday they dug 71 & I drew them & put them in my
sullar. The Brethren came in from the East & brought in 153 Head
of cattle 3 teamsters & one deserter from the helped drive
them in. The deserter reported that Neither nor
nor the Govornor or Judges or any of the Territorial
officers had arived at the Armey neither any females. He said
the soldiers were ownly allowed 3 buiscuit 2 cops of Coffee s& a small
peace of Beef per day that they were not half fed. they had 75
waggons burned & the contants of 76, 2 waggons saved the
captain of the company who burned them saved all the private
property of the teamsters & when the waggons were burned they
gave back the teamsters all their arms amunition &c One Brother
had his knee shattered by the accidental discharged of a [yawger] they had to carry him on a litter a long distance He suffered
much with it.
I spent the evening with President I heard a man give
a rehersal of the burning of the waggons back on the road
Woodmancer spoke of it
14th I spent the day in the in the forenoon hearing Account of the death of & in read
In the afternoon I spent the time on History
The sanpet Company arived in the comprizing 100 men &
11 Baggage waggons they marched 5 men abreast. Col informed me that there were 11000 men of our soldiers in
the mountains & 700 camped on the public square & that we could
raise 1500 men in this City & in 15 hours we could place 300
armed men in . An express arived at 25 minuts
to 6 oclok By Brought a lett[er]
from General stateing that numbers of the wished to desert
the Army & Come into the if they had protection the Army
was weakning daily the Chief Officer sent a vary polite Note
to Governor Young acknowledgeing the recept of the Deseret News
which He had sent them. Capt has gone East to
officiate in his office in watching for the interest of the
Enemy were mostly hemed in but no disposition manifest to shed
Blood on Either side. they are in a close place their provissions
are fast diminishing & their is but little prospect of any thing
but starvation before them we have prayed that the Lord would
lead them into the pit which they have dug for the & the
Lord has heard our prayers & our Enemies are in the pit & a fair
prospect of their being destroyed without our sheding their Blood
