appeared among them, and they whould die
like sheep with the rot; still if they whould repent,
and humble themselves before the Lord, the
scourage in a great measure might be lessened,
but as the Lord lived this camp will suffer by
giving away to such unruly temper. This
speach affected every soul in camp, I do not
think there was a dry eye in camp. Joseph the
Prophet says, I had a conversation with Col.
Ross, (a wealthy gentleman in the neighborhood)
who gave us a flattering account of the country,
and wished to employ one hundred men for
which he proposed to make ready payment. He
wanted brick makers, builders ect etc. Our commisary
purchased twenty five gallons of honey at twenty
five cents a gallon, and a dozzen Missouri
cured hams, which proved to have been a little
improved on the out side; there not being enough
to supply one for every company; my company
agreed to do without; our supper consisted of
mush and honey, as we had been unable
to procure flour on account of the scarcity of
mills, after the fetagues of the day, it hardly
satisfied our hunger, but when we had quite
finished, some six of the hams were brought to
our tent door, and thrown down in anger
saying, "we dont eat stinking meat." I called

appeared among them, and they whould die like sheep with the rot; still if they whould repent, and humble themselves before the Lord, the scourage in a great measure might be lessened, but as the Lord lived this camp will suffer by giving away to such unruly temper. This speach affected every soul in camp, I do not think there was a dry eye in camp. Joseph the Prophet says, I had a conversation with Col. Ross, (a wealthy gentleman in the neighborhood) who gave us a flattering account of the country, and wished to employ one hundred men for which he proposed to make ready payment. He wanted brick makers, builders ect etc. Our commisary purchased twenty five gallons of honey at twenty five cents a gallon, and a dozzen Missouri cured hams, which proved to have been a little improved on the out side; there not being enough to supply one for every company; my company agreed to do without; our supper consisted of mush and honey, as we had been unable to procure flour on account of the scarcity of mills, after the fetagues of the day, it hardly satisfied our hunger, but when we had quite finished, some six of the hams were brought to our tent door, and thrown down in anger saying, "we dont eat stinking meat." I called