Dec 2nd 1857

a late Hour. Brothers Groove and Southworth who had
been kept prisioners for some two weeks in the Enemies camp
arived home to day. Brother Grove called upon President Young
and related what He knew in the Enemies camp I had a
conversation with Brother Southworth concerning his impri-
sionment and He said that He was taken prisioner on Green
River by an officer in Capt Cooks Horse company &
put under Guard with orders for the guard to shoot him if
He got 5 paces from him He travelled under guard in this
way untill He got to the main Encampment He was then put
with the main prisioners of the camp & guarded with the mess
He came up with Howard Livingston. He wished Mr Livingston
to intercede with Col Johnsoton to let him go home to his family
as they had nothing against him ownly that He was a Mormon
But Mr Livingston would do nothing for him He reports that
their is much of the spirit of Desertion in the camp the
Officers treat their soldiers in a cruel manner Capt Cook
is considered a Cruel Tyrant & several of his soldiers said
^said^ they would kill him if they had a chance, several soldiers
talked with Southworth & said they would desert if they
could. He said the greatest amount of any one article in camp
was ardent spirits He thought there were 100 waggon loads
Howard Livingston had an outfit of Liquor which cost
him ten thousand dollars worth at first cost, and that all the
Armey had a great amount as well as all the Suttler's the officers
were drunk evry day. He said their was but 2 companies at Bridger
guarding that place & thought 100 men could go in the night &
take all their was in that Fort. they were 5 days moving their
train 6 miles they had not animals enough to move one third
of their train at the same time and they lost 60 of their best
mueles while moving that distance. He says their is a division of
the officers as well as the soldiers a portion of them think
that Govornor Young is Justified in taking the course He does in
his own Defence. He said Col Allexander was an old Granny the
Govornor Cummings was a whiskey tub, in appearance about such
a man as Brother Blazzard would be if He drank a quart of
whiskey per day. Their Animals are dying so fast that they
all expect to be on foot before next spring they have sent
capt Marcy to Taos to buy mules Horses & oxen the expedit-
ion is entirely closed this season and made an Entire faleure
of it as far as they are concerned

Reflections

We can now clearly see the Hand of God made visably bear
in our behalf concerning the campaign of our Enemies against
us this season past. The American Government with James Bucannan
at their head as president, have sent forth An Armey
of 2,500 men fully armed and Equipt for war for the sole
purpose of destroying the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints & the Kingdom of God from off the Earth. This
Church and kingdom of God has been driven from the
midst of the people in the United States into the vallies of the
Rocky Mountains a thousand miles from the confines

Dec 2nd 1857 a late Hour. Brothers Groove and Southworth who had been kept prisioners for some two weeks in the Enemies camp arived home to day. Brother Grove called upon President Young and related what He knew in the Enemies camp I had a conversation with Brother Southworth concerning his imprisionment and He said that He was taken prisioner on Green River by an officer in Capt Cooks Horse company & put under Guard with orders for the guard to shoot him if He got 5 paces from him He travelled under guard in this way untill He got to the main Encampment He was then put with the main prisioners of the camp & guarded with the mess He came up with Howard Livingston. He wished Mr Livingston to intercede with Col Johnston to let him go home to his family as they had nothing against him ownly that He was a Mormon But Mr Livingston would do nothing for him He reports that their is much of the spirit of Desertion in the camp the officers treat their soldiers in a cruel manner. Capt Cook is considered a Cruel Tyrant & several of his soldiers said said they would kill him if they had a chance, several soldiers talked with southworth & said they would desert if they could. He said the greatest amount of any one article in camp was ardent spirits He thought there were 100 waggon loads Howard Livingston had an outfit of Liquor which cost him ten thousand dollars worth at first cost, and that all the Armey had a great amount as well as all the Suttler's the officers were drunk evry day. He said their was but 2 companies at Bridger guarding that place & thought 100 men could go in the night & take all their was in that Fort. they were 5 days moving their train 6 miles they had not animals enough to move one third of their train at the same time and they lost 60 of their best mules while moving that distance. He says their is a division of the officers as well as the soldiers a portion of them think that Govornor Young is Justified in taking the course He does in his own Defence. He said Col Allexander was an old Granny the Govornor Cummings was a whiskey tub, in appearance about such a man as Brother Blazzard would be if He drank a quart of whiskey per day. Their Animals are dying so fast that they all expect to be on foot before next spring they have sent capt Marcy to Taos to buy mules Horses & oxen the expedition is entirely closed this season and made an Entire faleure of it as far as they are concerned

Reflections

We can now clearly see the Hand of God made visably bear in our behalf concerning the campaign of our Enemies against us this season past. The American Government with James Bucannan at their head as president, have sent forth An Armey of 2,500 men fully armed and Equipt for war for the sole purpose of destroying the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints & the Kingdom of God from off the Earth. This Church and kingdom of God has been driven from the midst of the people in the United States into the vallies of the Rocky Mountains a thousand miles from the confines