[page covered] [r]ecieved it with A universal vote Br A Lyman Addressed the meeting
[page covered] [a]t length & spoke to edifycation after which some business matters
were brought up & it was decided to commence dBuilding our Houses
for those who were to tarry through the winter of Dobies instd
of timber & put the buildings together in stead of a stockade
for a defence against the Indians. And all oxen that are to
go back this season should start one week from tomorrow
& various orther matters were attended A vote was taken to
cease entirely traiding with the Indians & have no intercourse
with them at all. we also decided to form all the encampme[n]ts
into one. In the evening the Twelve met & decided for Br Bens[on] [page covered]
go back & metet the camp, & 3 others go with him to get the mail &
[page covered] [b]ring word concerning them.

August 2, 1847 ~ Monday

2nd ^[FIGURE]^ Br Benson starts for the camp to day I wrote A letter to
Father Woodruff by him we commenced to day to lay out the city
plott commiencing with the Temple Block, we formed our whole enca
mpment to day into one circle. On forming our temple block of
40 acres it was so large we held a council to see if it was not wisdom
to reduce it one half the size several expressed their opinion upon
the subject, G. A. Smith believed if we done it we should be sorry
afterwards would rather enlarge than diminish it, Br Kimball though[t] [page covered]
if we let it be as it was & set it out to shrubery we should not
be sorry Br A Lyman said G. A. Smith had spoke his mind &
all our minds seemed to run in about the same channel, the
President said we could eisier diminish than enlarge it afterwar[d] [page covered]
& finally decided to let it remain as it was, we also walked
upon a peace of table land above east of the camp & took a view
of the table city ground which presented a grand Prospect to
our view. In the evening I went to the warm sulpher springs
& bathed with Dr Richards G. A. Smith & others

August 3, 1847 ~ Tuesday

3rd Our ten sowed our Buck wheat to day a little over one bushel
on two acres, O Pratt one third, G. A. Smith one third, & W Woodruff
one third, mine to dbe divided between A. O. Smoot Br Dewey &
Aphek Woodruff. All the encampment are busiy to day in farming,
laying out the city, preparing for making dobys lime &c

I recieved of Br ^James^ Case 19 lbs of Iron at 25 cts per lb $4.75
I visited the farming grounds gardings &c & found things coming up
well such as corn, beans, potatoes &c I went in the evening to the
warm spring to bathe with Dr Richards

August 4, 1847 ~ Wednesday

4^th I met in council this morning with the Twelve to set upon
case brought up By Br Gribble concerning improper conduct
of one or two men with his wife there was contradictory test
emony & the case was finally dismissed for the time being. we
again met in council concerning the size of the temple square
it was finally considered we could not do justice to 40 acres to
begin with & finally concluded to confine the Temple & gard[ing] [page covered]
to 10 acres. After council I rode with G. A. Smith to the mountai[n] [page covered]
to find some timber to put us up a small building for a store House &
men also commenced to day to prepare ground to commenced ma[king] [page covered]
Dobys for puting up a fort

recieved it with a universal vote Br A Lyman addressed the meeting at length & spoke to edifycation after which some business matters were brought up & it was decided to commence building our houses for those who were to tarry through the winter of Dobies instd of timber & put the buildings together in a stockade for a defence against the Indians. And all oxen that are to go back this season should start one week from tomorrow & various orther matters were attended a vote was taken to cease entirely traiding with the Indians & have no intercourse with them at all. we also decided to form all the encampments into one. In the evening the Twelve met & decided for Br Benson page covered go back & meet the camp, & 3 others go with him to get the mail & page covered bring word concerning them.

August 2, 1847 ~ Monday

2nd FIGURES Br Benson starts for the camp to day I wrote a letter to Father Woodruff by him we commenced to day to lay out the City Plott commiencing with the Temple Block, we formed our whole enca mpment to day into one circle, on forming our temple block of 40 acres it was so large we held a council to see if it was not wisdom to reduce it one half the size several expressed their opinion upon the subject, G. A. Smith believed if we done it we should be sorry afterwards would rather enlarge than diminish it, Br Kimball thought page covered if we let it be as it was & set it out to shrubery we should not be sorry Br A Lyman said G. A. Smith had spoke his mind & all our minds seemed to run in about the same channel, the President said we could eisier diminish than enlarge it afterward page covered & finally decided to let it remain as it was, we also walked upon a peace of table land above east of the camp & took a view of the city ground which presented a grand prospect to our view. In the evening I went to the warm sulpher springs & bathed with Dr Richards G. A. Smith & others

August 3, 1847 ~ Tuesday

3rd Our ten sowed our buck wheat to day a little over one bushel on two acres, O Pratt one third, G. A. Smith one third, & W Woodruff one third, mine to be divided between A. O. Smoot Br Dewey & Aphek Woodruff. All the encampment are busiy to day in farming, laying out the city, preparing for making dobys lime &c

I recieved of Br [blank] Case 19 lbs of Iron at 25 cts per lb $4.75 I visited the farming grounds gardings &c & found things coming up well such as corn, beans, potatoes &c I went in the evening to the warm spring to bathe with Dr Richards

August 4, 1847 ~ Wednesday

4th I met in council this morning with the Twelve to set upon case brought up by Br Gribble concerning improper conduct of one or two men with his wife there was contradictory test emony & the case was finally dismissed for the time being. we again met in council concerning the size of the temple square it was finally considered we could not do justice to 40 acres to begin with & finally concluded to confine the Temple & garding to 10 acres. After council I rode with G. A. Smith to the mountain to find some timber to put us up a small building for a Store House & men also commenced to day to prepare ground to commenced making Dobys for puting up a fort