25^th I spent the day in the office upon my history
President Young spent the fore part of the day in
the office. while speaking of Col kane President Young
said Col Kane did say to President Buchannan that
he owed Gov Young an apology for sending an army
to Utah in the way he did and persuing the course
he had towards the people of that territory and He
should make that apology to Gov Young for President
Buchannan and he was an agent sufficient to do
it. we will never bow down to their opression we will
not have a mock trial over us we will sooner apply
to the mountains and then to the rifle, before we will
do it. Col Kane is as good a Lawyier as we will find
abroad and he sustained us in our course and said
that it was the cream of creams. you have taken
the right course and I want to have you keep in
the right. I would not have you had you taken any
other course for nothing. President Young said
this is the reason why we have let the army alone
Col Kane said I have feared all the time that
you would chew that whole Armey up.

President Young said Gen Houston had it right when
he said if you make war upon them you will get
awfully whiped. But President Young said Buchanan
is determined that it shall be war and Nothing
but war He wished to be President now or never
exspected to be. while speaking upon the subject of
treason and being tried for treason, He said to
Hosea Stout I want to have you get all the testim[on]y
upon that subject you can together in the defence
I should show that I as the Governor of this Territ[or]y
had a right to resist an armed force entering into
this Territory In as much as the President of the
Unite States gave me no notice of sending an army
to this Territory or of removing me from office, then
show that the President of the United States had no right
to make war upon any states or Territory upon
mere rumour untill investigating the subjet
Now for the President to make use of the language
he did in that Early stage to empl[o]y spies what use
had they for spies when their was No war. poor
Devils they laid a plan to make war upon the people
and not to make peace.

Brother Box and Allen called in to report what they
found in researches they saw they found good grass
on the mountains but no water for stocks but in
places snow was 15 feet deep. they found one pocket
large enough to hide all the people in Provo

President Young said I will not be tried in a court by
our Enemies while under their power it will be

settelled either amicably or by the rifle. President
Young sent a Letter to Gen D. H. Wells. A company of
Apostates left for the enemies camp an man on
guard at Echo Canyon left his post and went into
the apostate camp President Young said give him a
pass and let him go with our Enemies. In the
after noon with G. A. Smith I visited President
Young at his house ahe wished me to buy a place ne[a]r
his place as we should move the Historian office
near him. He soon called at the Historians office
with a proposition to sell us 30000000 acres of land
in the Musketoe Country for 10 cts per acre one third
to be paid down when we take possession of the
country & the remander to be in instalm[en]ts annually
with 10 per cts interest all to be paid within 10 yers
the President refused to purchase & wrote an answer
accordingly G. A. Smith read an aco[u]nt of central
America