were present Phebe W. Woodruff Caroline Barton Sarah Brown and
Mary Jackson.

I was now surrounded by two or three hundred
waggons belonging to the Camp of Israel but I had been so busy in our
journying caring for cattle &c and so few men to assist according to the
amount of labour that I had not been able to devote so much time
to my Journals necessary to do them justice in keeping a record of the
exodus from Nauvoo of this great people and their travels in the
wilderness towards the Mountains

On the 3rd I travelled 9 miles with my
company and camped for the night. Col. Kane camped with
me and his horse ran into my tent tore it badly to pieces
and broke all the poles

Next day I travelled with President Youngs
company 9 miles and camped on a prairie ridge near the timber
and on the following one rode with the Twelve and others to
view the timber and find a place of encampment and on
the next again met in council with the Twelve after which
we rode out and enjoyed a pleasant day

Winter Quarters Organized
August 7th

We held a public meeting in the Camp of Israel
on this day and chose twelve men as a High and
City G Council to transact all business appertaining to the
settlement during the winter

We also held a consultation with
Col. Kane and some important things were said and
a resolution formed to address certain resolutions to
President Polk expressive of our gratitude for his kindness
to the Latter-day Saints in his design of arming and
planting 500 of Volunteers from us to take possession of

were present Phebe W. Woodruff Caroline Barton Sarah Brown and Mary Jackson.

I was now surrounded by two or three hundred waggons belonging to the Camp of Israel but I had been so busy in our journying caring for cattle &c and so few men to assist according to the amount of labour that I had not been able to devote so much time to my Journals necessary to do them justice in keeping a record of the exodus from Nauvoo of this great people and their travels in the wilderness towards the Mountains

On the 3rd I travelled 9 miles with my company and camped for the night. Col. Kane camped with me and his horse ran into my tent tore it badly to pieces and broke all the poles

Next day I travelled with President Young's company 9 miles and camped on a prairie ridge near the timber and on the following one rode with the Twelve and others to view the timber and find a place of encampment and on the next again met in council with the Twelve after which we rode out and enjoyed a pleasant day

Winter Quarters Organized August 7th

We held a public meeting in the Camp of Israel on this day and chose twelve men as a High and City Council to transact all business appertaining to the settlement during the winter

We also held a consultation with Col. Kane and some important things were said and a resolution formed to address certain resolutions to President Polk expressive of our gratitude for his kindness to the Latter-day Saints in his design of arming and planting 500 of Volunteers from us to take possession of