waggon for 50 men that was called out of the 14^th ward
they were to start at 6 oclok but did not get ready till
8 oclok I finally concluded to let Robert go & retain
Wilford a few days for they had left their wheat Bag standing
in the field whare they had been sowing through the day & the
ground not dragged whare they had sowed they started ab[ou]t
9 oclok I then went & took some things to the fair then w[en]t
into the field, finished sowing a 5 acre lot & Draged it in
took a load of corn & come home I then heard that Dr
Hurt had got 300 Indians around him & ran away to the
states we got An express in to night saying that the
troops were near Bridger had formed into 3 Bodies
in travelling Cummings said that if they marched to Bridger
He should fight them General Wells sent word for
them to let them come on to Echo Canyon & there give
them Battle

September 30, 1857 ~ Wednesday

30^th I met at 9 oclock at the Deseret Store with the committee
on fruit & flowers & awarded premiums according to the
best of our Judgment other committies met but their were
so many of the Brethren gone to the Mountains to meet the
Enemy that but little is doing in the fair. At 6 oclok this
morning the drums beat & an army of soldiers parraded in
our streets of some 400 who were in readiness to march
at a moments warning to the seat of war when ordered
we have about 800 men in the Mountains it is a solmum
time the Armies of the Gentiles are making war upon us
because of our religion & we have to defend ourselves against
a Nation of 25,000000 of people & the war has just comm[ence]d
we have to trust in God for the result. we shall do what we can
& leave the work in his hands their is a still solemnity resting
over our city all are anxiously awaiting the arival of the express
I told President Young that I was on hand any mom[en]t to
go into the mountains that He would say the word. I walked
up in the evening to the presidents office & learned that the Calafornia
Mail had arived I heard some letters read one stating that the
Government had made arangements to send up light drafts
boats up the Colorado river with men & arms against us from
that point. I read several papers during the evening

October 1, 1857 ~ Thursday

Oct 1^st I arose Early in the morning & looked for an express
signal flag but saw none No express in I walked to the
Historians office & wrote a short time there was a good
deal of anxiety through the day waiting for an express I spent
most of the day in the office I visited the state fair the show
was vary Good there was a great variety of full cloths was
presented that were substantial. I called into the Presidents office
found President Brigham Young H C Kimball Carrington G.
Grant & W^m Kimball and an express arived from Col J C.
Little giving us an account of the number of solders which
were with him & about Echo Canyon. He wished a spy glass
some amunition & tools. as soon as we got through reading
his Letters an Express arived from Gen D. H. Wells J Taylor
& G. A. Smith sent By Joseph A Young & J W Cummings

waggon for 50 men that was called out of the 14th ward they were to start at 6 oclok but did not get ready till 8 oclok I finally concluded to let Robert go & retain Wilford a few days for they had left their wheat Bag standing in the field whare they had been sowing through the day & the ground not dragged whare they had sowed they started about 9 oclok I then went & took some things to the fair then went into the field, finished sowing a 5 acre lot & Draged it in took a load of corn & come home I then heard that Dr Hurt had got 300 Indians around him & ran away to the states we got An express in to night saying that the troops were near Bridger had formed into 3 Bodies in travelling Cummings said that if they marched to Bridger He should fight them General Wells sent word for them to let them come on to Echo Canyon & there give them Battle

September 30, 1857 ~ Wednesday

30th I met at 9 oclock at the Deseret Store with the committee on fruit & flowers & awarded premiums according to the best of our Judgment other Committies met but their were so many of the Brethren gone to the Mountains to meet the Enemy that but little is doing in the fair. At 6 oclok this morning the drums beat & an army of soldiers parraded in our streets of some 400 who were in readiness to march at a moments warning to the seat of war when ordered we have about 800 men in the Mountains it is a solmum time the Armies of the Gentiles are making war upon us because of our religion & we have to defend ourselves against a Nation of 25,000000 of people & the war has just commenced we have to trust in God for the result. we shall do what we can & leave the work in his hands their is a still solemnity resting over our City all are anxiously awaiting the arival of the express I told President Young that I was on hand any moment to go into the mountains that He would say the word. I walked up in the evening to the presidents office & learned that the Calafornia Mail had arived I heard some letters read one stating that the Government had made arangements to send up light drafts boats up the Colorado river with men & arms against us from that point. I read several papers during the evening

October 1, 1857 ~ Thursday

Oct 1st I arose Early in the morning & looked for an express signal flag but saw none. No express in I walked to the Historians office & wrote a short time there was a good deal of anxiety through the day waiting for an express I spent most of the day in the office I visited the state fair the show was vary Good there was a great variety of full cloths was presented that were substantial. I called into the Presidents office found President Brigham Young H C Kimball Carrington G. Grant & Wm Kimball and an express arived from Col J C. Little giving us an account of the number of solders which were with him & about Echo Canyon. He wished a spy glass some amunition & tools, as soon as we got through reading his Letters an Express arived from Gen D. H. Wells J Taylor & G. A. Smith sent By Joseph A Young & J W Cummings