They met the companies at the foot of the Little Mountain
on the west side of it. Elder Edmund Elsworth son-in-law to Brigham
Young was the captain of the first company and Daniel D. M^cArthur
was the captain of the second company. Both companies consisted
of 96 Hand-carts 8 waggons and 486 souls

It was a very affecting meeting. Presidents Young
and Kimball walked up the Mountain through the company and saluted
the Saints and then organized the company for travelling into the city
One half of the company of Lancers went in front followed by the
Presidency and citizens; then the Marshal of the city Jesse C Little;
then the bands of music. After the escort came Captain Edmund
Elsworth with his Hand-cart Company and then Daniel D McArthur
followed with the second Hand-cart Company and the remainder
of the company of Lancers brought up the rear. In this way
they started for the city

Captain Leonard Hardy took Bishop Hunter
and myself into a buggy and we met the company as they entered
the borders of the city and we fell into the ranks behind the Presidency

The people of the city gathered on each side
of the road and the streets. It was affecting to see such a
strange sight of about five hundred people enter the city of the
Great Salt Lake who had travelled on foot one thousand five
hundred miles drawing their handcarts all the way. Women
children and old men had drawn their bedding clothing and food
all the way and this company of the poor Saints from England
had travelled the whole distance in nine weeks. They were
covered with dust and somewhat worn down but cheerful. They
had beaten any horse or ox teams during the time

The Handcart companies passed up on
South Temple Street, the Deseret Store, by Wilford Woodruff's
house down to the Grove and then down to the public square
and there formed into two lines and camped for the night.

They met the companies at the foot of the Little Mountain on the west side of it. Elder Edmund Elsworth son-in-law to Brigham Young was the Captain of the first company and Daniel D. McArthur was the Captain of the second company. Both companies consisted of 96 Hand-carts 8 waggons and 486 souls

It was a very affecting meeting. Presidents Young and Kimball walked up the Mountain through the company and saluted the Saints and then organized the company for travelling into the city One half of the company of Lancers went in front followed by the Presidency and citizens; then the Marshal of the city Jesse C Little; then the bands of music. After the escort came Captain Edmund Elsworth with his Hand-cart Company and then Daniel D McArthur followed with the second Hand-cart Company and the remainder of the company of Lancers brought up the rear. In this way they started for the city

Captain Leonard Hardy took Bishop Hunter and myself into a buggy and we met the company as they entered the borders of the city and we fell into the ranks behind the Presidency

The people of the city gathered on each side of the road and the streets. It was affecting to see such a strange sight of about five hundred people enter the city of the Great Salt Lake who had travelled on foot one thousand five hundred miles drawing their handcarts all the way. Women children and old men had drawn their bedding clothing and food all the way and this company of the poor Saints from England had travelled the whole distance in nine weeks. They were covered with dust and somewhat worn down but cheerful. They had beaten any horse or ox teams during the time

The Handcart companies passed up on South Temple Street, the Deseret Store, by Wilford Woodruff's house down to the Grove and then down to the public square and there formed into two lines and camped for the night.