18^th A plesant morning we are having fine weather for
the time of the year I spent the day in the office dividing scraps
which business all the hands in the office was ingaged in we
had a great Quantity on hand & we found it necessary to divi-
de them into years, months, & days, & put them into scraps
Books and index the Books so that we could [find] fany thing
which we wished to refer to which is quit a tedious
task. I called upon President Young in the evening
He wished to have a certain Note which he gave
several years ago & was published in the Eastern states
He also wished the Names of the first six persons
who were Baptized into the Church I went to the
Historions Office and obtained the Note he wished
which G. A. Smith delivered to him I gave him
the names that were first Baptized into the Church
which I took out of the Church History as follows

Oliver Cowery By Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith [By] Oliver Cowdery
Samuel Smith [By Oliver Cowdery]
Hiram Smith [By] Joseph Smith
David Whitmer [By Joseph Smith]
Peter Whitmore [By] Oliver Cowdery

Heber C. kimball D. H. Wells W. Woodruff G A. Smith
E. T. Benson & Nathan C. Tinney & Hosea Stout was
with the President during the evening Hosea Stout
gave an account of the present position of the U. S.
court in this city they are entangling themselves
in a close trap. John Banks was cut off from
the Church during the last conference He was
Baptized again to day & thinks of studying Law
Brother Nathan E. Tinney was asked By Presidt
Young about John D Lee marrying a squaw He
told the story President Young said I thingk there
has been more fuss made about it than was necssary
President Young said we have sent Elders for several
years to go among the Indians marry their squaws
& identify themself with the Indians go and live with
them but up to this day I could not get an Elder to do
it I have said if any man could get appointed to take
my place I would show hthem how it was done He said
when an Elder goes among the Lamanites & finds

a good spirited young squaw let him take her & make
a wife of her & if any of the Brethren in the south
want to take a squaw to wife let him go to Amisa
while He is in the south & let him seal them the
same as any body Brother Tenny gave us a relation
of his experience in Bringing about 400 goats from
Calafornia He says the she goats have Lambs three times
each year & they have from 1 to 6 kids each birth they
lambed twice while driving from Calafornia & lost them
all He says he drove them 130 miles across the burning
desert before they would drink & he was a week going
that distance He says if they are left to run on the p[r]arie
without a shepherd they will loose half or two thirds of
their kids they will drop their kids & stand a few
moments & look at them & then would follow the flock
& leave them & when the shepherd is with them & they
do this He takes the kids & carries them to a pen & when
the goats are drove in the pen he takes the kid to the dam
& she will not own it he then ties up the fore leg a foout
or two high to a fence then sometimes she will take the kid
in her mouth & throw it away the shepherd then ties a
string to her uppnder Jaw & ties it to a fence & makes
her stand an hour or so & lets the kid stand & suck
& in a little time the Dam will own it He keeps the kids
in a pen till a month old before he lets them run loose
with their Dams when Dams loose their kids they
are vary profitable to milk for either milk butter or
cheese their milk is much riches than cows their
[FIGURE] Butter is as white as snow He has taken 20 lb
of tried tallow out of one goat he alters the
Bucks the same as sheep they get their full
groath at two & half years they are then killed for their
meet & skins & they produced meat faster than any
other stock. He says he can herd 200 sheep & 200 goats
together & drive them to any place easier than he can 100 sheep
alone as he can drive goats to any point of compass & the sheep
will follow Buck sheep will mix with Goats which does
not injure the meat But Buck Goats will never serve a
sheep when a she goat produces a Buck land [lamb] gendered
by a Buck sheep they have two pair of horns, but it
is not often they mix in this way A she goat will give
from one pint to 3 pints to milking