9 A rainy morning the People were called together For a meeting at 10 oclok
Prayer By President 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 moved that President
Young Nominate a Bishop. President Young said I will nominate Br.
to officiate as Bishop of this place, it was carried unanimously
He was going to the 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 city burned up. I wish to say a word about the thieveing that
is going on in this 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 both white & red men From
stealing is to take them with a rwrite of 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
