entirely wasted away as A people, if the brethren had not gone
they would have made war upon us & the Gov^r. of Mo would have been
ordered not to have let us cross the Missouri & the raising of the Battalion
was our temporal salvation at the time & said Polk would be damned
for this act & that He with many of the goverment men had a hand
in the death of Joseph & Hyram & that they should be damned for
these things & if they ever sent any men to interfere with us here
they shall have there throats cut & sent to Hell, And with uplifted
hands to Heaven swore by the Gods of Eternity that He would never
cease His exhertion while He lived to make every preperation & avenge
the Blood of the Prophets & Saints, that He intended to have evry
hole & corner from the Bay of Francisco to Hudson bay known
to us And that our people bwould be connected with every tribe of
Indians throughout America & that our people would yet take their
squaws wash & dress them up teach them our language & learn them to
labour & learn them the gospel of there forefathers & raise up children
by them & teach the children & not many generations Hence they will
become A white & delightsome people & in no other way will it be done
& that the time was nigh at hand when the gospel must go to that peop-
le. He said He long spoken of giveing a lecture to the females & when He
got time He intended to do it. He spoke of the duty orf man to his God
that He should love him with all of his heart soul, mind, & strength serve
& obey him, And that the woman in like manner ought to obey her husba[nd] [page torn]
& not to have A woman every time A man steped out be A watching him
as uneasy as A fish out of water & as soon as he returns O whare have
you been, & what have you been about, & why did you not get back before
& many other things that was none of her business. Her business is to tak[e] [page covered]
care of her children keep herself clean & House & keep my close [clothes] clean
Instead of that the Husband asks whare is the children the wife will say
O dear I dont know I was so concerned about you I have not thought
about the children, they are probably to some of the neighbors. He remarked
that when we become settled here He intended to have A school for his
own family & all others might do the same if they chose or Join togeth
er And a tutor ought always to be with the children & not let them
get out of their sight & when they get weary of runing about in the
House & garding let the tutor go with them to the public walks & keep
them out of the streets & see that they do not sware & take the nam[e] [page torn]
of God in vain. He spoke upon the subject of raising children[,] spirits
taking A tabernacle He said that every spirit was pure when it first entered
the body, but many persons have been ruined in consequence of the
Mother giving way to temptation & fretfulness while in the state of child-
bearing And the Husband ought to be vary tender & kind to the woma[n] [page covered]
while in that state And the Mothers mind ought to be excercised i[n] [page covered]
good things during the whole time & be calm & composed that what
ever temptation the mother should give way to would effect the child
in after life. many other principles was spoken of By President Young of interest

July 29, 1847 ~ Thursday

29^th President Young with his brethren the Twelve & others mounted
our horses & started to meet with the Battalion under the command of
Captain Brown, we met with some of them about 4 miles from
camp we were truly glad to meet with them we continued on up
& soon met with Capt^s Brown, Higgins, Lieut Willis & the train follo-
wing them we exhamined A good grind stone quiry while on the wa[y] [page covered]
up. I soon met with Br Bevin who went from my family into the
Army there was About 140 of the Battalion And a company of
about 100 of the Missippi saints that came with them from Pueb[lo] [page covered]
being about 60 waggons in all 100 Horses & Mules & 300 Head of cattle

entirely wasted away as a people, if the brethren had not gone they would have made war upon us & the Govr. of Mo would have been ordered not to have let us cross the Missouri & the raising of the Battalion was our temporal Salvation at the time & said Polk would be damned for this act & that he with many of the goverment men had a hand in the death of Joseph & Hyram & that they should be damned for these things & if they ever sent any men to interfere with us here they shall have there throats cut & sent to Hell, and with uplifted hands to Heaven swore by the Gods of Eternity that he would never cease his exhertion while he lived to make every preperation & avenge the Blood of the Prophets & Saints, that he intended to have evry hole & corner from the Bay of Francisco to Hudson bay known to us and that our people would be connected with every tribe of Indians throughout America & that our people would yet take their squws wash & dress them up teach them our language & learn them to labour & learn them the gospel of there forefathers & raise up children by them & teach the children & not many generations hence they will become a white & delightsome people & in no other way will it be done & that the time was nigh at hand when the gospel must go to that people. He said he long spoken of giving a lecture to the females & when he got time he intended to do it. He spoke of the duty of man to his God that he should love him with all of his heart soul, mind, & strength serve & obey him, and that the woman in like manner ought to obey her husband page torn & not to have a woman every time a man steped out be a watching him as uneasy as a fish out of water & as soon as he returns O whare have you been, & what have you been about, & why did you not get back before & many other things that was none of her business. Her business is to take care of her children keep herself clean & house & keep my close clean Instead of that the husband asks whare is the Children the wife will say O dear I dont know I was so concerned about you I have not thought about the Children, they are probably to some of the neighbors.

He remarked that when we become settled here he intended to have a school for his own family & all others might do the same if they chose or join togeth er and a tutor ought always to be with the children & not let them get out of their sight & when they get weary of runing about in the house & garding let the tutor go with them to the public walks & keep them out of the streets & see that they do not sware & take the name page torn of God in vain.

He spoke upon the subject of raising children spirits taking a tabernacle he said that every spirit was pure when it first entered the body, but many persons have been ruined in consequence of the Mother giving way to temptation & fretfulness while in the state of childbearing and the Husband ought to be vary tender & kind to the woman while in that state and the Mothers mind ought to be excercised in page covered good things during the whole time & be calm & composed that what ever temptation the mother should give way to would effect the Child in after life. many other principles was spoken of by President Young of interest

July 29, 1847 ~ Thursday

29th President Young with his brethren the Twelve & others mounted our horses & started to meet with the Battalion under the command of Captain Brown, we met with some of them about 4 miles from camp we were truly glad to meet with them we continued on up & soon met with Capts Brown, Higgins, Lieut Willis & the train follo wing them we exhamined a good grind stone quiry while on the way page covered up I soon met with Br Bevin who went from my family into the Army there was about 140 of the Battalion and a company of about 100 of the Missippi saints that came with them from Pueblo being about 60 waggons in all 100 horses & Mules & 300 head of cattle