They had returned from the Sweet Water as far as to Weber when
William Kimball turned them back again. Brothers ^Presidents^ Young and
Kimball felt severe with Brother Vancott and Claudius Spencer for
returning, and the President said that if they had the Spirit of God with
them they would not have done it.

Elder George D. Grant wrote a good letter to
President Young giving a description of the company and their situation
He says^id^ that not more than one third of the handcart company was
able to walk and many were barefoot and freezing their toes. When
the brethren found them they were all together and camped in about
a foot of snow where they had been nine days waiting for the
snow to go off and to recruit the cattle.

Among other things which came up at this time
was the subject of miracles. President Young said I have had
a $5 gold piece put into my pocket now two days in succession
I do not know from what source it came from. Brother Kimball
said it was an angel.

Brother Young then related a circumstance that
when he and brother Kimball was travelling East together they
had thirteen dollars and fifty cents only and they travelled until
they had paid $87 out of it and had sixpence left and they
received no addition from any known hand. Brother Kimball said
that an angel had put it into our trunk.

On the 22nd Franklin D Richards and myself
laid hands upon J. M. Grant who was very sick. This was
the beginning of his sickness which shortly ended in his death

On Sunday the 23rd Elder Farnham
spoke of his mission to South Australia and in the afternoon
Robert Skelton gave an account of his mission in India
Calcutta Rangoon &c

There was a call this day made at noon for
more men and animals to go into the Mountains and about

They had returned from the Sweet Water as far as the Weber when William Kimball turned them back again. Presidents Young and Kimball felt severe with Brother Vancott and Claudius Spencer for returning, and the President said that if they had the Spirit of God with them they would not have done it.

Elder George D. Grant wrote a good letter to President Young giving a description of the company and their situation He said that not more than one third of the handcart company was able to walk and many were barefoot and freezing their toes. When the brethren found them they were all together and camped in about a foot of snow where they had been nine days waiting for the snow to go off and to recruit the cattle.

Among other things which came up at this time was the subject of miracles. President Young said I have had a $5 gold piece put into my pocket now two days in succession I do not know from what source it came from. Brother Kimball said it was an angel.

Brother Young then related a circumstance that when he and brother Kimball was travelling East together they had thirteen dollars and fifty cents only and they travelled until they had paid $87 out of it and had sixpence left and they received no addition from any known hand. Brother Kimball said that an angel had put it into our trunk.

On the 22nd Franklin D Richards and myself laid hands upon J. M. Grant who was very sick. This was the beginning of his sickness which shortly ended in his death

On Sunday the 23rd Elder Framham spoke of his mission to South Australia and in the afternoon Robert Skelton gave an account of his mission in India Calcutta Rangoon &c

There was a call this day made at noon for more men and animals to go into the Mountains and about