one hundred men arose in the congregation to go with teams. President Young said that if they had to send many more into the mountains
he thought it best to move the city into the mountains and spend the
winter.
I called upon President J. M. Grant and found him
very ill on the and and thus he continued to be. On the
he had the worse night up to that time. The devil worked
hard all night to kill his body. The brethren laid hands
upon him many times and rebuked the powers of darkness
The devil would lay upon him a strong hand from his feet to
his head all through his slimbs and stomach and a rib at a
time and it seemed as though he would crush his body
Brother Grant though very weak would rebuke him an hour
at a time from limb to limb and rib to rib. It was a
perfect warefare all night. He was easier in the morning
We heard on this day news from the hand-cart
company. They were to camp that night ^at Killion's^ at the
foot of the Little Mountain. Brother Decker the night before
came in with the express. He said that the ox trains
could not even get to Bridger and that they had sent in for
forty tons of flour. The cattle and people were dying
Arrival of the Handcart ^Company^
At the Tabernacle President Young made remarks concerning
the hand-cart company, who was then entering the city. He wished
the inhabitants to take the people into their houses and nurse them
up and he said that he would take all that was left.
When the meeting was over we held a short
sitting in the Legislature and then went into the street and
one hundred men arose in the congregation to go with teams. President
Young said that if they had to send many more into the mountains
he thought it best to move the city into the mountains and spend the
winter.
I called upon President J. M. Grant and found him
very ill on the 26 and 27th and thus he continued to be. On the
29th he had the worse night up to that time. The devil worked
hard all night to kill his body. The brethren laid hands
upon him many times and rebuked the powers of darkness
The devil would lay upon him a strong hand from his feet to
his head all through hislimbs and stomach and a rib at a
time and it seemed as though he would crush his body
Brother Grant though very weak would rebuke him an hour
at a time from limb to limb and rib to rib. It was a
perfect warefare all night. He was easier in the morning
We heard on this day news from the hand-cart
company. They were to camp that night at Killion's at the
foot of the Little Mountain. Brother Decker the night before
came in with the express. He said that the ox trains
could not even get to Bridger and that they had sent in for
forty tons of flour. The cattle and people were dying
Arrival of the Handcart Company
Sunday November the 30th 1856
At the Tabernacle President Young made remarks concerning
the hand-cart company, who was then entering the city. He wished
the inhabitants to take the people into their houses and nurse them
up and he said that he would take all that was left.
When the meeting was over we held a short
sitting in the Legislature and then went into the street and
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