of California and for our good and also urging against Governor Boggs
being governor of California and Oregon as his friends were trying
to make him

President Young informed Col. Kane that our
intention was to settle in the Great Basin or Bear Valley and
that a Territorial Government would be petitioned for as soon as
we got settled.

We rode out in the evening and pitched
upon a location in a valley the east side of the timber.

On the Sunday a large congregation of
the Saints assembled in their new meeting place in the valley
sellected for Winter Quarters. The Stand and seats sufficient
to hold about 300 were made the evening before. I was called
upon to address the congregation which I did about an hour
and was followed by several of the Elders and then President
Young closed with an interesting address. He said he
did not expect to see the Rocky Mountains that year but when
the Lord commanded him to go direct he intended to go if he
left all and went alone but thought the Lord would let him
take the people with him. When he found the place for
the Temple he would work hard until it was built.

In the evening I met in council with Presidents
Young Willard Richards and others until about 12midnight and
we drew up a plan of the encampment.

Next day my company and I was
engaged in building a fence around my encampment and I also
met with the High Council

Forming the Encampment No 1.

The following day was the eleventh of August
when the whole of President Young's company moved from
where it was on to another prairie ridge. This was

of California and for our good and also urging against Governor Boggs being Governor of California and Oregon as his friends were trying to make him

President Young informed Col. Kane that our intention was to settle in the Great Basin or Bear Valley and that a Territorial Government would be petitioned for as soon as we got settled.

We rode out in the evening and pitched upon a location in a valley the east side of the timber.

On the Sunday a large congregation of the Saints assembled in their new meeting place in the valley sellected for Winter Quarters. The Stand and seats sufficient to hold about 300 were made the evening before. I was called upon to address the congregation which I did about an hour and was followed by several of the Elders and then President Young closed with an interesting address. He said he did not expect to see the Rocky Mountains that year but when the Lord commanded him to go direct he intended to go if he left all and went alone but thought the Lord would let him take the People with him. When he found the place for the Temple he would work hard until it was built.

In the evening I met in council with Presidents Young Willard Richards and others until aboutmidnight and we drew up a plan of the encampment.

Next day my company and I was engaged in building a fence around my encampment and I also met with the High Council

Forming the Encampment No 1.

The following day was the eleventh of August when the whole of President Young's company moved from where it was on to another prairie ridge. This was