located by Prest Young in the spring of [18]55. There
is but one house being builed on it worthy of note
it was up to the square when I was there and the
masons were at work on it. The upright part is
27 ft by 16 ft 1 1/2 story high with a one story back for
back rooms the whole intended for an ell to the main
building when erected. It is builed Flemish band of
brick burned bricks the strechers are red and the
headers white which with the white cut stone window
and Door caps and sills formes a beautifull front
Bro Westly Willis is building this house and when
finished as he intends to do it would be an ornament
to any city. There is but three other houses on the
whole plat one a small adobie one a log and a
hole in the ground

We left Cedar City on the 16th of of Nov with
bro Roundy & Williams with us making a 9 nine
in all in the company their loading was Flour & Oats
We traveled to warm spring or Little Painter Creek
about twenty miles from Cedar here we camped and al-
lowed the animals to run loos over night the next
morning three of them were missing. The brethren hunted
for them three days without finding them and had come
to the conclusion that they had returned to Cedar City &
bro Jones had just sent to men back to hunt for
them there when they came into camp of there own
accord. Another man was soon dispacth to bring the other
two ^men^ back the[y] did not return until the next evening which
made four days that we were detained at this place

We started on our Journey again on the 21^st and
passed through Painter Creek Valley. Here Bro R. C. Allen
with some of the Indian missionaries have commenced
to make a new settlement and intend to finish the
Fort next season The Valley is a small one and ^the land & water^ is not
sufficient to sustain but a few families The range is good
and extensive. We had a heavy snow storm on us whle the
first night we camped on the Santa Clara which lasted for
two nights and one day. The snow was from four to eight
inches deep on the divide betwen the Santa Clara and Rio
Vergin which is an uncommon thing to be seen at any season of
the year. At this divide we commence traveling over a
desolate country which might truthfully be called the
desert. We had unusual cold weather while traveling
down the Virgin and the sand being wet and sometimes
frose caused the wagons to role very heavy which made it
hard on the teams and the feed being poor we were oblige^d^
to let the animals run loos nights and although there
was a guard through the darkness of the night they would
manage to get away nearly every night and some times woul^d^
be found ten miles back on the road and always as far that
way as they could get. We arrived at the Muddy on the 24^nd ^of Dec^ the place
that has been represented as a good place for a settlement but for the life of me I
could not see nor immagine where they Land ether for plowing meadow or
range could be found neither wood nor timber We saw more Indians at this
place than at any other on the road they appeared to be quite friendly We started across
the desert on the 3^rd 1^st and arrived at Los Vegas (called by some at that place
Lost Baggis which is a very appropreate name for it) on the 4th

While here I learned that there were divisions, contentions & dissatisfaction
among the brethren here and nearly every one were on the point of leaving some
to the north and some to Sanbarnadino Callifornia but when bro Jones
showed them the letters fro Prest Young which droped Pres^t Bringhurst from
the presidency at this place and placing Bro Samuel Thompson in his place
there was quite a change which I hope will be for the better. There is not
farming land enough to sustain more than ten families and they would have
to farm on a small scale the range is very poor snow fell about 21
inches deep here a few days before we arrived a thing never known before by the
oldest inhabitants. We arrived at the Diggins on the 8^th which is in a high
range of mountains about 350 miles from Los Vegas in a south west course
Bro Jones immediately after our arrival commenced to make the necessary preperations to
commencing ^to^ melting out the Lead

located by Prest Young in the spring of 1855. There is but one house being builed on it worthy of note it was up to the square when I was there and the masons were at work on it. The upright part is 27 ft by 16 ft 1 1/2 story high with a one story for back rooms the whole intended for an ell to the main building when erected. It is builed Flemish band of burned bricks the strechers are red and the headers white which with the white cut stone window and Door caps and sills formes a beautifull front Bro Westly Willis is building this house and when finished as he intends to do it would be an ornament to any city. There is but three other houses on the whole plat one a small adobie one a log and a hole in the ground

We left Cedar City on the 16th of Nov with bro Roundy & Williams with us making nine in all in the company their loading was Flour & Oats We traveled to warm spring or Little Painter Creek about twenty miles from Cedar here we camped and allowed the animals to run loos over night the next morning three of them were missing. The brethren hunted for them three days without finding them and had come to the conclusion that they had returned to Cedar City & bro Jones had just sent to men back to hunt for them there when they came into camp of there own accord. Another man was soon dispacth to bring the other two men back they did not return until the next evening which made four days that we were detained at this place

We started on our Journey again on the 21st and passed through Painter Creek Valley. Here Bro R. C. Allen with some of the Indian missionaries have commenced to make a new settlement and intend to finish the Fort next season The Valley is a small one and the land & water is not sufficient to sustain but a few families The range is good and extensive. We had a heavy snow storm on us the first night we camped on the Santa Clara which lasted for two nights and one day. The snow was from four to eight inches deep on the divide betwen the Santa Clara and Rio Vergin which is an uncommon thing to be seen at any season of the year. At this divide we commence traveling over a desolate country which might truthfully be called the desert. We had unusual cold weather while traveling down the Virgin and the sand being wet and sometimes frose caused the wagons to role very heavy which made it hard on the teams and the feed being poor we were obliged to let the animals run loos nights and although there was a guard through the darkness of the night they would manage to get away nearly every night and some times would be found ten miles back on the road and always as far that way as they could get. We arrived at the Muddy on the 2nd of Dec the place that has been represented as a good place for a settlement but for the life of me I could not see nor immagine where they Land ether for plowing meadow or range could be found neither wood nor timber We saw more Indians at this place than at any other on the road they appeared to be quite friendly We started across the desert on the 3rd and arrived at Los Vegas (called by some at that place Lost Baggis which is a very appropreate name for it) on the 4th

While here I learned that there were divisions, contentions & dissatisfaction among the brethren here and nearly every one were on the point of leaving some to the north and some to Callifornia but when bro Jones showed them the letters fro Prest Young which droped Prest Bringhurst from the presidency at this place and placing Bro Samuel Thompson in his place there was quite a change which I hope will be for the better. There is not farming land enough to sustain more than ten families and they would have to farm on a small scale the range is very poor snow fell about 21 inches deep here a few days before we arrived a thing never known before by the oldest inhabitants. We arrived at the Diggins on the 8th which is in a high range of mountains about 30 miles from Los Vegas in a south west course Bro Jones immediately after our arrival commenced to make the necessary preperations to commencing to melt out the Lead