September 18, 1846 ~ Friday

18^th I went in company with the Twelve &
others to the Mo river on A piece of table land
to lay out the city or place for the encampment
we abandoned the prairie ridges whare we
first laid out the place for the encampment
in consequence of the Block winds, we held
a council withe the H. council they spoke there
feelings were divided to a tie about there
place of location President Young spoke his
feelings about it & called for a vote to have
the lot located on the table land near the Mo
river & it was A universal vote. we examined
the ground it was A vary windy day 10 mile

September 19, 1846 ~ Saturday

19^th Saturday A vary windy day, early in the
morning I was on the ground for the city
plot in company with the Twelve & others. Br
Young was the chief surveyer of the plot
we laid of[f] lots sufficient to settle about
150 families. we set some hooks & cot some
cat fish & returned home 10 mile

I met in council in the evening with the
Twelve & H. council, & several items of business
was attended to. At the close I conversed
with Br Young & others about A report that had
reached our ears that the Marshall of the state
of Missouri was on his way with a Posse to take the
Twelve with some kind of a warrant O Missouri
when wilt thou scease seeking for the Blood of the
Twelve Apostles And the Saints of God. there
were 12 Horses deposited on an Island oposite of us
draggoon Horses completedly mounted for riders
capapie were put on by three men what the
intenition was we could not tell but such
movements was watching

September 18, 1846 ~ Friday

18th I went in company with the Twelve & others to the Mo river on a piece of table land to lay out the city or place for the encampment we abandoned the prairie ridges where we first laid out the place for the encampment in consequence of the block winds, we held a council with the H. Council they spoke there feelings were divided to a tie about there place of location President Young spoke his feelings about it & called for a vote to have the lot located on the table land near the Mo river & it was a universal vote. we examined the ground it was a vary windy day. 10 mile

September 19, 1846 ~ Saturday

19th Saturday a vary windy day, early in the morning I was on the ground for the city plot in company with the Twelve & others. Br Young was the chief surveyer of the plot we laid off lots sufficient to settle about 150 families. we set some hooks & cot some cat fish & returned home. 10 mile I met in council in the evening with the Twelve & H. Council. & several items of business was attended to. At the close I conversed with Br Young & others abut a report that had reached our ears that the Marshall of the State of Missouri was on his way with a Posse to take the Twelve with some kind of a warrant O Missouri when will thou scease seeking for the blood of the Twelve Apostles and the Saints of God. there were 12 horses deposited on an Island oposite of us draggoon horses completely mounted for riders capapie were put on by three men what the intention was we could not tell but such movements was watching