September 1, 1847 ~ Wednesday

Sept 1^st One half of the horses of the Camp were missing we thought
they were stolen by the snake Indians who were at Bridgers the
night before but after long searching we found them, & went on
our journey, & travled 15 miles & camped on the bank of a creek
we travled in the afternoon 18 miles & camped on Hams fork
distance of the day (excellent grass) 33 mi

September 2, 1847 ~ Thursday

2nd travled to green river & camped upon the river bank it was
vary windy & cold in the evening distance 23 m

September 3, 1847 ~ Friday

3rd Travled to Big Sandy & nooned 12 miles & in the afternoon
17 miles & camped again upon big sandy and here to our j[oy]
we met with the first fifty of the six hundred waggons
which was Br Spencers hundred it was a joyful meeting
we called a meeting of the Camp in the evening twhi[ch]
was addressed in the following order by G A. Smith B.
Young H. C. Kimball & W. Woodruff we had truly
an interesting meeting giving a description of the Coun[try]
teaching principle. President Young rebuked sin in so[me]
persons. [FIGURE] distance of the day 28

September 4, 1847 ~ Saturday

[FIGURE]
4^th We travled to little Sandy 8 miles & to our joy
we met with Capt Sessions fifty here we found
Parly Pratt fifty of company I dined with Br Abbott
& family, while here I recieved a letter from Br
J Ferguson from the Army, in the afternoon the
quorum of the Twelve met in Council & one of the
most interesting Councils we ever held together on the
earth. In the begining of the Council two of the quor
um was reproved sharply for undo[i]ng what the
majority of the quorum had done in the organizing
of the camps for travelling. At first it was not recieved
but afterwards the error was recieved & seen, confession
made & much teaching given by the President &
the power of God rested upon us & our hearts
melted & our eyes in tears. The President said
if he did not tell us our faults we would be destroyed
but if he told us of them & reproved us we would
live in love & our hearts be semented together
Brothers Parley P Pratt & J Taylor had been to England & done a good
work had returned to winter quarters, & there done wrong by
disorganizing the two divisions & companies that the quorum o[f]
the Twelve had spent the whole winter in organizing & which
was also governed by revelation, Br Parley took the lead in th[e]
matter & entirly disregarded our organisation & mixed the co[mp]
anies all up Br Young chustized him for his course & taught us
principle said that when we set a part one or more of the
Twelve to go & do a certain piece of work they would be
blessed in doing that & the quorum would back up what they
did, but when one or more of the quorum interfere with t[he]
work of the majority of the quorum they burn their fingers
& do wrong when the majority of the quorum of the 12 plant [a]
stake of Zion & esstablish a President over the Stake & appoin[t]
a High Council there has the minority of the Twelve one or mor[e]
any right to go & interfere with those Councils? No unless they
should get corrupt & do wrong then it would be the duty