4th I called into Capt Hoopers store I there saw the mail
carrier He informed me that there was but 10 men that knew
the new south rout and 8 of them were mormons & with A
Lymon or soon will be, & there is but 2 left in Calafornia
& one had shot the other one & the one left was sentenc[e]d
to be hung soon. Brother Clayton informed me that Kinkade
had written & informed him that the last steemer had
received orders to send 4000 men immediately on the
southern route & 4000 from Oregon and 2000 would
start soon from the Missouri River, and 2000 now at
fort Bridger would make 12000 men
I called at the Presidents office and got my Account
which amounted to $410.58 cts I wrote Lyman wights
History to day. I spent the evening at home wreading scraps
sent by the last mail on Mormonism
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