There are some who have no better eyes than to say let me live with the
wicked in peace, but thereir blessings will be scarce with the mob and
if they do not leave I fear they will prove a source ^scourge^ in the hands of
God. He works with the wicked by law and when they trespass
upon his rights God is there to maintain them
On the Sunday following during the
intermission of meeting Orson PrattAmasa Lyman and myself
laid out the city of the Camp of Israel named Winter Quarters
into thirteen Wards and appointed a Bishop over each Ward. We
ordained six Bishops
On the Monday we started on a grapeing
expedition. I took five women in my carriage to pick grapes
On our way we shot three prairie chicken got refreshments at Br J. Alred cut a road half a mile for my carriage and got on to
the grape ground at dark a distance of 20 miles
At daylight we arose breakfast on
Prairie chicken stew went on to the grape ground and found the grapes
on cottonwoods and willows. I cut down several hundred of them
about the size of my arm and some larger and at sundown we
had picked three barrels of bunch grapes and started home by moon-
light arrived at the Camp of Israel quite weary next day and pressed
out about 20 gallons of juice for wine
Another Of My Serious Accidents
Nearly two weeks later I took my
axe and went into the wood to cut some board-timber with two
of the brethren. While falling the third tree I steped back
from it several feet but when it fell it shot back of the
stump and bounded and struck me in the breast and knocked
^me^ several feet into the air against a standing oak and the falling
There are some who have no better eyes than to say let me live with the
wicked in peace, but their blessings will be scarce with the mob and
if they do not leave I fear they will prove a scourge in the hands of
God. He works with the wicked by law and when they trespass
upon his rights God is there to maintain them
On the Sunday following during the
intermission of meeting Orson PrattAmasa Lyman and myself
laid out the city of the camp of Israel named Winter Quarters
into thirteen Wards and appointed a Bishop over each Ward. We
ordained six Bishops
On the Monday we stated on a grapeing
expedition. I took five women in my carriage to pick grapes
On our way we shot three prairie chicken got refreshments at Br
J. Alred cut a road half a mile for my carriage and got on to
the grape ground at dark a distance of 20 miles
At daylight we arose breakfast on
Prairie chicken stew went on to the grape ground and found the grapes
on cottonwoods and willows. I cut down several hundred of them
about the size of my arm and some larger and at sundown we
had picked three barrels of bunch grapes and started home by moonlight arrived at the camp of Israel quite weary next day and pressed
out about 20 gallons of juice for wine
Another Of My Serious Accidents
Nearly two weeks later th I took my
axe and went into the wood to cut some board-timber with two
of the brethren. While falling the third tree I steped back
from it several feet but when it fell it shot back of the
stump and bounded and struck me in the breast and knocked
me several feet into the air against a standing oak and the falling