May 14, 1851 ~ Wednesday

14^th We rode to Red Creek to see the country we had a feast at
Brother Baylis House of the rich luxeries of Earth. Our exploreing
party returned from the coal & Iron mines brought specemins &c

May 15, 1851 ~ Thursday

15^th we rode to summit creek to day whare we could
view the land & see the country 10 miles from the fort south
we concluded to start home tomorrow. In the evening
In company with Elder Kimball I went to the water & saw
the Baptism of 6 persons Brother Kimball & myself confirmed
them Brother Whipple & family was 3 of them

May 16, 1851 ~ Friday

16^th Met with the citizens to agree upon electing officers
President Young said that he cared nothing about the feelings
of the Nations who had driven us out. we should not follow
in the path & political foolary we should have one candidate
& but one as delegate to congress we can speak our feelings
freely here but when we vote let it be for the candidate of our
choice should we have two candidates & they have about
eqal votes the United States would know we had apostitized
from our faith & union or we were trying to deceive them
we would stand better in their eyes to take our own indepe-
ndant course & act united. if we have but one track
the saints will walk on it if we have two tracks their will
be a plenty of Devils to run on them. If we begin right
we shall go right if we begin wrong we shall keep wrong
the United States are afraid of our union & so is the world
In speaking of the Indians he said these Indians were the
descendants of the old gadianton robers who infested these
mountains for more than a thousand years.

we dined together in the city of Parowan & then left
amid the roar of cannon & drove to red creek & camped
for the night. About 30 of the citizens returned with us
to go back to the Great Salt Lake City

May 17, 1851 ~ Saturday

17 we left the valley crossed the mountain & camped on
Beaver creek which abounds with Beaver & trout G. A. Smith
& several others came as far as this creek & camped with us

May 18, 1851 ~ Sunday

18^th Sunday we parted with George A Smith & his company
who returned to Parowan we drove to willow creek & camped
I felt quite unwell through the day

May 19, 1851 ~ Monday

19^th we travled to chalk creek & camped for the night
Brother Smoot & several others are quite sick with the
mountain fever I am quite unwell with it

May 20, 1851 ~ Tuesday

20 several of the Brethren went to the chalk mines to get some
chalk they brought a quantity with them. I rode with Br
Kimball to day all the sick are getting better we camped in
dry valley we found the country filled with the best of
grass for cattle

May 21, 1851 ~ Wednesday

21 We had a rainy morning we rode to the severe crosed it
& nooned the ox teams came up with us & crossed the ferry
also, one waggon turned over in the river we drove to sage Hen creek
& camped for the night I saw about a dozen Beaver play in the swamp at night