They are visited by the whites who profess to know more than
the Lamanites do yet they introduce all the sins & corruptions of the
age to them & degrade them more than they naturally are yet we
acknowledge them Human beings & think them wicked when
they kill any one, or steal, yet the soldiers & whites will kill
them with impunity & they be Extoled for it & that is wrong
Now our Boys will trade with them swap horses, run races, &
wrestle with them, we should not descend so low as to do such
things. the Christians do it but we should not. An English
Lord came to me he did not look as though he knew Enough to gam-
ble but he went to Calafornia & met with their gamblers & took
their Money but we should not gamble nor do any such thing, a
gentleman os one that Behaves well at all times. It is not good
clothes or wealth that Makes a Gentleman But A Man who is
good, polite, virtueous & kind to all & who serve God & keep his
commandments & seek to imitate the Lord as far as we can.
Elders many times are vain & trifling & seem to forget their
calling & their position on the Earth But we should realize
we have the Priesthood & are set as an example to all men
and we should magnify our callings & walk with dignity
before the Lord. D H Wells spoke 20 M[inutes] J Taylor 32 M[inutes]
we walked in the Evening half a mile South of the House whare we
saw some large cold springs of water. We then rode North
1 1/2 Miles & visited a large soda spring & drank 3 cups of the soda we
put some Lemon in which made it much better we visited
Mr & Mrs Nowland. Mr Nowland showed us some
Bear skins which he bought of some Indians Both Griz-
ally [and] Black one was as large as a Buffalo Robe He chewed
up the Indian vary bad before He killed him. Mr Nowland
was from Virginia & was going to carry home some of these
skins with
~ Monday
13 we broke Camp & drove to Montpielier & held a Meeting 30 M[inutes]
in the school house. President Young spoke 30 Minutes, D H Wells 47, W Woodruff 21. I spent the night with Brother Joseph Phelps
~ Tuesday
14 A cold Morning we drove to Ovid via Ferry 13 Miles, then
to Paris 6 Miles President Young & family, E T Clark & myself stoped with C C Rich 6 M[iles]
June 12, 1870
They are visited by the whites who profess to know more than
the Lamanites do yet they introduce all the sins & corruptions of the
age to them & degrade them more than they naturally are yet we
acknowledge them Human beings & think them wicked when
they kill any one, or steal, yet the soldiers & whites will kill
them with impunity & they be Extoled for it & that is wrong
Now our Boys will trade with them swap horses, run races, &
wrestle with them, we should not descend so low as to do such
things. the Christians do it but we should not. An English
Lord came to me he did not look as though he knew Enough to gamble but he went to Calafornia & met with their gamblers & took
their Money but we should not gamble nor do any such thing, a
gentleman os one that Behaves well at all times. It is not good
clothes or wealth that Makes a Gentleman But A Man who is
good, polite, virtueous & kind to all & who serve God & keep his
commandments & seek to imitate the Lord as far as we can.
Elders many times are vain & trifling & seem to forget their
calling & their position on the Earth But we should realize
we have the Priesthood & are set as an example to all men
and we should magnify our callings & walk with dignity
before the Lord. D H Wells spoke 20 Minutes J Taylor 32 Minutes
we walked in the Evening half a mile South of the House whare we
saw some large cold springs of water. We then rode North
1 1/2 Miles & visited a large soda spring & drank 3 cups of the soda we
put some Lemon in which made it much better we visited
Mr & Mrs Nowland. Mr Nowland showed us some
Bear skins which he bought of some Indians Both Grizally and Black one was as large as a Buffalo Robe He chewed
up the Indian vary bad before He killed him. Mr Nowland
was from Virginia & was going to carry home some of these
skins with
~ Monday
13 we broke Camp & drove to Montpielier & held a Meeting 30 Minutes
in the school house. President Young spoke 30 Minutes, D H Wells 47, W Woodruff 21. I spent the night with Brother Joseph Phelps
~ Tuesday
14 A cold Morning we drove to Ovid via Ferry 13 Miles, then
to Paris 6 Miles President Young & family, E T Clark & myself stoped with C C Rich 6 Miles
"Journal (October 22, 1865 – December 31, 1872)," June 13, 1870 - June 14, 1870, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed March 28, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/31lO