September 1, 1847 ~ Wednesday

Sept 1^st One half of the Horses of the camp were missing we thoug[ht] [page covered]
they were stolen by the snake Indians who were at Bridgers th[e] [page covered]
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] [page covered]
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 &whi[ch] [page covered]
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] [page covered]
teaching principle. President Young rebuked sin in so[me] [page covered]
persons. [FIGURE] distance of the day 28 [miles]

September 4, 1847 ~ Saturday

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 Abbo[tt] [page covered]
& 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, confess[ion] [page covered]
made & much teaching given by the President &
the power of God rested upon us & wour 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 Prarley P Pratt & J Taylor had been to England & done a go[od] [page covered]
work had returned to winter quarters, & there done wrong dBy
disorganizing the two divisions & companies that the quorum o[f] [page covered]
the Twelve had spent the whole winter in organizing & which
was Also governed by revelation. Br Parley took the lead in th[e] [page covered]
matter & entirly disregarded our organisation & mixed the co[mp] [page covered]
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 b[e] [page covered]
blessed in doing that & the quorum would back up what they
did, but when one or more of the quorum interfere with t[he] [page covered]
work of the majority of the quorum they burn their finge[rs] [page covered]
& do wrong when the majority of the quorum of the 12 plant [a] [page covered]
stake of Zion & esstablish A President over the stake & Appoin[t] [page covered]
A High Council there Has the minority of the Twelve one or mor[e] [page covered]
any right to go & interfere with those councils? No unless they
should get corrupt & do wrong then it would be the duty

September 1, 1847 ~ Wednesday

Sept 1st 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 joy 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 eveningwhich 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 Country teaching principle. President Young rebuked sin in some persons. [FIGURE] distance of the day 28

September 4, 1847 ~ Saturday

[FIGURE] 4th 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 undoing 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 of the Twelve had spent the whole winter in organizing & which was also governed by revelation, Br Parley took the lead in the matter & entirly disregarded our organisation & mixed the comp 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 the 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 & appoint a High Council there has the minority of the Twelve one or more any right to go & interfere with those Councils? No unless they should get corrupt & do wrong then it would be the duty