President Buchanan asks for four more regiments to help quell "rebellion."
March 16
The rush valley company met in the Office in the morning
Luke Johnson was present the Indians are stealing horses
and cattle and threatning life to such a degree that President
Young sent word to Bishop Rowbury to gather in the people
and stock on the outpost and set a guard to watch the
passes I called upon President Young to ask his council
about the Johnson settlement He said he would advise that
the women and children be moved to Toillee and the men
to guard at Johnsons settlement so they could put in spring
crops and gather up the cattle near the Lake and guard them
Segoet and Naraket are the chiefs and leaders of the Band in
those vallies who are stealing Green Jacket said that He
was opposed to killing the mormons Battees concocked the plan
of killing the man that was killed last summer.
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