in the valley were Ansxious for A Territorial Government
& were about to send Mr Bernhisel to congress for that
purpose. the Saints were prospering at the Salt Lake
I wrote A letter to Elder Orson pratt & giave him
an account of the signs of the times in this country
the ravages by mobs, fire, water, cholera Indian wars
&c &c Br Sanderson called upon me & spent the night
Allexander Badlam was taken sick like the cholera
I Administered to him & he got well

June 10, 1849 ~ Sunday

10^th Sunday I preached to the Saints in Cambridgeport &
had a good time with them

June 11, 1849 ~ Monday

11^th I wrote 3 letters to John Druce, D. S. Hollister David
Turner I [sent] papers to the following persons Mr Isaac Moorehouse J S likeness, O prats letter & epistlee
David Turner portrait & O P Letter
Frederick Webster portrait & Letter
John Druce 3 portraits 10 O pratts Letters All sent by express
to D. S. Hollister 259 4^th Avenue New York I Mailed
Elder Pratts Letter & sent him A copy of his letters
which I published I recieved the following account
ofut of the Boston Daily Times which I forwarded to O
Pratt in his letter. "From A letter from Fort Leavenworth May 15
The Amount of emigration over the plains is immens
beyond all estimate. it is predicted there will be great distress
& privation among the emigrating caravans the Teams travel
about 16 miles per day there have more than 20,000 Mules
oxen & Horses gone from Indipendance alone from St Joseph
15000 And the whole region at this moment seems like one
tented field for miles & Miles in all directions there are
more than 50000 animals on the plains at the vary lowest
estimate & more than nine tenths are travelling along the same
track. Recommendations are about to be made officially from
this point to the general Government to furnish relief as
soon as possible to be forwarded on to the plains for the vast
multitudes who otherwise must ineveitably leave thier bones to
bleach by the way. Col Summers the commanding officer
at this point who has had much experience on the plains
& knows their peril says he fears there will be more deaths
on the road to Calafornia this summer than there was in
mexico during the war"

June 12, 1849 ~ Tuesday

12^th [FIGURE] I wrote two letters to Dominicas Carter &
Orson Hyde & two to N. H. Felt making a
request of them to see to my things in case Elder Appleby
was dead

June 13, 1849 ~ Wednesday

13^th [FIGURES] I recieved A letter to Day giving me
the glorious news that Elder W. I. Appleby
was still in the land of the living &was well
also his family & had gone up to the Bluffs & was
not dead as half a dozen letters had stated him
to be I was truly glad to hear this. I wrote two letters
to Little & Hardy & S & J Hardy I spent the after noon
with my wife & children & Br Cannon & family in walking
over Mount Auburn it is indeed a grand scenery in
the summer (in New York to day 40 cases 15 death) 8 m[iles]

in the valley were anxious for a Territorial Government & were about to send Mr Bernhisel to congress for that purpose, the saints were prospering at the salt Lake

[FIGURE] I wrote a letter to Elder Orson Pratt & gave him an account of the signs of the times in this country the ravages by mobs, fire, water Cholera Indian wars &c &c Br Sanderson called upon me & spent the night Allexander Badlam was taken sick like the Cholera I administered to him & he got well

June 10, 1849 ~ Sunday

10th Sunday I preached to the Saints in Cambridgeport & had a good time with them

June 11, 1849 ~ Monday

11th [FIGURE] I wrote 3 letters to John Druce, D. S. Hollister David Turner I sent papers to the following persons Mr Isaac Moorehouse JS likeness, O pratts letter & Epistlee David Turner portrait & O P Letter Frederick Webster portrait & Letter John Druce 3 portraits 10 O Pratts Letters all sent by express to D. S. Hollister 259 4th Avenue New York I Mailed Elder Pratts Letter & sent him a Copy of his letters which I published I recieved the following account of the Boston Daily Times which I forwarded to O Pratt in his letter, "From a letter from Fort Leavenworth May 15 The amount of emigration over the plains is immens beyond all estimate, it is predicted there will be great distress & privation among the Emigrating Caravans the Teams travel about 16 miles per day there have more than 20,000 Mules oxen & Horses gone from Indipendance alone from St Joseph 15000 and the whole region at this moment seems like one tented field for miles & Miles in all directions there are more than 50000 animals on the plains at the vary lowest estimate & more than nine tenths are travelling along the same track. Recommendations are about to be made officially from this point to the general Government to furnish relief as soon as possible to be forwarded on to the plains for the vast multitudes who otherwise must inevitably leave their bones to bleach by the way. Col Summers the Commanding officer at this point who has had much experience on the plains & knows their peril says he fears there will be more deaths on the road to Calafornia this summer than there was in mexico during the war"

June 12, 1849 ~ Tuesday

12th FIGURES I wrote two letters to Dominicas Carter & Orson Hyde & two to N.H. Felt making a request of them to see to my things in case Elder Appleby was dead

June 13, 1849 ~ Wednesday

13th FIGURES I recieved a letter to Day giving me the glorious news that Elder W. I. Appleby was still in the land of the living was well also his family & had gone up to the Bluffs & was not dead as half a dozen letters had stated him to be I was truly glad to hear this. I wrote two letters to Little & Hardy & S & J Hardy I spent the after noon with my wife & children & Br Cannon & family in walking over Mount Auburn it is indeed a grand scenery in the summer /in New York to day 40 cases 15 death/ 8 m