were good south. He came into the office & all the presidency sat for
an hour together & herd History read

July 16, 1856 ~ Wednesday

16^th President B Young bought 33 Head of stray Cattle at
auction paid $700 at $221.21 cts each I spent most of the day at
the office. He called into the office & heard History read for about 2
Hours

July 17, 1856 ~ Thursday

17^th In company with Professor Carrington Elders S Richards &
Joseph Cain I rode to Farmington to see MCCormic's reaper operate
we found it operated Extremely well we found the reaper would cut
all the grain & gather it & scearsly leave a head of grain it will cut
about 12 Acres a day we found the crops good North, most of the fields
were ripe & the people were harvesting we found a great quantity of
weeds in the wheat fields & streets a good deal of Hay put up & many
of the stacks were vary poorly put up. we returned home at about 7 oclok
had a pleasant ride. Distance of the day 30 miles

July 18, 1856 ~ Friday

18^th In Company with Elders J. C. Little J. W. Cummings ^&^ Claudius V.
Spencer I left home at 9 oclok to visit rush valley we rode to the point
of the mountain watered & fed I saw my Cattle we then rode to E. T. city
stoped at Brother Maughn's a short time then rode to Bishop Roberries
took Dinner. Brother Roberr Rowberry took his horses & went with
us to Rush vally we rode to Toille City & spent the night. 30 miles

July 19, 1856 ~ Saturday

19^th we started at 5 oclok & rode into Rush valley we saw a large
smoke thought it to be Johnsons settlement when we came in sight
we found it to be the government Barracks on fire it looked as though
it had been on fire 12 or 24 hours evry thing was burnt down the shantis
Carrolls &c. We saw some of the Indians before we got there it was
supposed the Indians set it on fire, we examined the Lake, or slew, the grass,
& valley as far as we had time, we at first could not find
Dr Johnson & his company we finally found a road & followed it
over a ridge of Cedars near to the Mountain whare the Creek comes
out of the Mountain forming a small valley here we found Dr Johnson
with a small company scattered up & down this Creek with about
half a dozen houses abut 30 or 40 rods apart in a dangerous position
half a Dozen indians mite come & scalp the whole settlement we called
upon Dr Johnson he went with us through the settlement we found
some 75 Acres under improvement we called the people together & o[r]ganized
them by Appointing Luke Johnson President of the Branch Carried
by all except Robert Colwell who voted against it we advised them
to go to & fort up & bring their Houses together as they were in danger
of being killed. Resolved that Wilford Woodruff stick the stake for
a fort He told them to fort on a knowl whare there was a spring & have
the spring in the fort. we then left them at half past 4 oclok we
left for Toille City arived at 9 oclock & spent the night at Brother
Alfred Lees. Distance of the day 30 miles

July 20, 1856 ~ Sunday

20^th I was quite sick this morning we started before breakfast at
5 oclok & rode to Bishop Rowberry took breakfast then rode
to the Black rock fed Horses then rode to Great Salt Lake City & arived
at 1/2 past 4 oclok & spent the night at home distance of the day 30

July 21, 1856 ~ Monday

21^st I had an interview with President B. Young I spent the day in the office