9 A rainy morning the People were called together For a meeting at 10 o'clok
Prayer By Joseph Young President B. Young then said I will propose a little
Business. I learn there is no Bishop in this place though three men have been
chosen as a council to preside. I would like to know the feelings of the
people here about a Bishop. Brother Maughan moved that President
Young Nominate a Bishop. President Young said I will nominate Br.
Preston Thomas to officiate as Bishop of this place. it was carried unanimously
He was going to the Soda Springs to settle but I wish him to stay here and
be your Bishop. President Young said I ame going to propose that you
go to work & build you a strong Fort a stockade oif nothing Els for your
safety & protection. also make a stockade out sid of your fort for stock
& hay & grain and stack your hay in such a manner that if the Indians
set fire to a stack of Hay that they may not burn you all up nor any thing
except the stack set on fire. it is better to have a little Hay burned up then
to have a scity burned up. I wish to say a word about the thieveing that
is go[i]ng on in this Territory I say stop this stealing that is going on here
and if you cannot stop it in any other way stop it by stoping their
breath I would say the best way to stop tboth white & red men From
stealing is to take them with a rwrite of Habeas Corpus by led from
the muzzle of a gun that will settle matter & stop all Expens when
an Indian steals your property you want to kill him while he
has been taught to steal all his life but you will let the white man
go who has always been taught not to steal & he knows better. This
stealing must be stoped I would rather men would not be killed I
would chuse to have them quit stealing or leave the country but I want
stealing stoped, & it must be stoped we have rode Day [and] night to save
our stock from thieves to no purpose and if they will continue
it after all the warning they have had Just leave them whare they
are Found with your property. At the close of the meeting President
Young Ordained Peter Maughn Preston Thomas to the office of
a Bishop At the close of the meeting we drove to Richmond on the
way Erastus Snow broke down his waggon we lashed it up & draged
one wheel to the next settlement whare it was mended. we held
a meeting at Richmond President Young Prayed Then addressed
the Saints G. D. Watt reported all the sermons President Young said
I want you to build a substantial stockade or Fort so that 10 Indians will
not massacree the whole place. he went on to show them the danger they
were in at the close of the meeting we rode to Logan 20 miles
In company with Elder Taylor I spent the night with Brother Steel
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