May 1st I spent the day in the President called into the
office and spoke of Capt and of French who came in
yesterday & said Capt Gibson owed him $20 he came on with
him to this place President Young said He did not believe that Capt
Gibson owed him any thing he believed Capt Gibson was an
honest man & that he was honest in spirit. He is on a mission
& one year will tell the tale. called upon President
Young allso, a Johnson. They spoke of spoke of the trial of
Furney. Word arived From That Mr Coats the
shariff of killed a man dead in self Defence that
was supposed to have been a Mr Johnson who had threatened
the lives of Blair & the Editors of but
it turned out to be another Man. Elders &
with their company took there leave of there Familyies & Friends
this evening & started upon there mission I planted my corn i
squashes in the evening. I am parusing Capt Gibson Narative of
hi[s] arest siezure of his vessel & his imprisionment by the Dutch at the
Indian Archipalego it is vary interesting it shows the cruelty of
the Dutch and the little attention our government pays to redress
the wrongs of her citizens or maintain the honour of her Flag
abroad
