September 5, 1857 ~ Saturday

5^th We had an Express arived this Morning stateing that Gen ^Col^
Johnson was at Ash Hollow with some 2000 men traveling
some 15 miles per day. Col Sumner had burned some 300 shians [Cheyennes]
lodges killed some few Indians & 2 soldiers killed & 7 wounded
& 60 men with Capt Jones & the wounded to Fort Kerney the
Chians overtook them & cut them to peices so bad that no trace of
them could be found our Emigration was getting along vary well
the Lord is hearing our prayers & hedging up the way of our enemies
Gen Harney was retained as the Military Govornor of kansas

September 6, 1857 ~ Sunday

6^th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle H C Kimball
spoke then President Brigham Young Presented Thomas B Marsh
the formor President of the Twelve Apostles to the congregation to
look upon & behold the reck & relic of a man who once was an
Apostle & a president of Apostles but had apostitized & staid in
the world untill he had become old, acriped [crippled], palsied, miserable
unhappy & worthless so much so that his wife the world & the devil
had all cast him off as of no use to any body he had now come
to the Saints for mercy & help President Young made a few remarks
concerning him then Thomas B. Marsh then arose & addressed the
people for a short time warned the people not to Apostitize & look to
him as an example of misery & one who had suffered the wrath
of God in consequence of Denying the faith he wished to be forgiven
by the[m] President Young put the vote to the Assemble if they would
receive him into full fellowship not withstanding all his heino-
us sins all voted to a man to recieve him, then President Young
Addressed the people & the meeting closed.

PM W. Woodruff spoke
to the people & bore testimony to what had had been said by the
presidency, was followed by President Wells.

I attended the prayer Meeting in Presidents upper room
we herd letters read from Samuel Richards & Snider H. S. Eldridge
& Goosebeck. President Young said Brother Bernhisel I presume
we shall not have any one in Congress next winter to present
our memorials & interest (J. M. B. No I think not) I think it
will make some of the People squirm when they hear that I am
taking the property which the Government has sent into this
Territory some of our Brethren going down to the states met
about 60 of the Chians they were vary Friendly to them
the Indians stole 800 fat cattle & the rest was driven back
to the states so the Army has no cattle with them ownly for
their present use. Some said that they believed that those
Indians who stole the cattle were half mormon & began to
dam them Brother Murdock remarked we are all mormons here
in this company & I dont wish to hear my friends abused
President Young said what will the people think in Europe when
they come to hear that Brigham Young is at the Head of
the vigilance committies in Calafornia & the Cansas [Kansas] Troubles
& that the Government of the United States could not remove
him untill the Lord see fit to let them. The world accuse me
of controlling the affiairs of Calafornia & Kansas &c the people
do believe that we have a Band called the Danites but how
could they exist so long without sheding Blood for we cannot
find that they have killed any body But I do not know of any
such men. I think that James Buchanan has got in a Bad
fix he has got the yoke on his neck & has to carry it alone

September 5, 1857 ~ Saturday

5th we had an Express arived this Morning stateing that Col Johnson was at Ash Hollow with some 2000 men traveling some 15 miles per day. Col Sumner had burned some 300 shians Cheyennes lodges killed some few Indians & 2 soldiers killed & 7 wounded & 60 men with Capt Jones & the wounded to Fort Kerney the Chians overtook them & cut them to peices so bad that no trace of them could be found our Emigration was getting along vary well the Lord is hearing our prayers & hedging up the way of our Enemies Gen Harney was retained as the Military Govornor of kansas

September 6, 1857 ~ Sunday

6th Sunday I attended meeting at the Tabernacle H C Kimball spoke then President Brigham Young Presented Thomas B Marsh the formor President of the Twelve Apostles to the congregation to look upon & behold the reck & relic of a man who once was an Apostle & a president of Apostles but had apostitized & staid in the world untill he had become old, crippled, palsied, miserable unhappy & worthless so much so that his wife the world & the devil had all cast him off as of no use to any body he had now come to the Saints for mercy & help President Young made a few remarks concerning him then Thomas B. Marsh then arose & addressed the people for a short time warned the people not to Apostitize & look to him as an example of misery & one who had suffered the wrath of God in consequence of Denying the faith he wished to be forgiven by them President Young put the vote to the Assemble if they would receive him into full fellowship not withstanding all his heinous sins all voted to a man to recieve him, then President Young Addressed the people & the meeting closed.

PM W. Woodruff spoke to the people & bore testimony to what had been said by the presidency, was followed by President Wells

I attended the prayer Meeting in Presidents upper room we herd letters read from Samuel Richards & Snider H. S. Eldridge & Goosebeck. President Young said Brother Bernhisel I presume we shall not have any one in Congress next winter to present our memorials & interest (J.M.B. No I think not) I think it will make some of the People squirm when they hear that I am taking the property which the Government has sent into this Territory some of our Brethren going down to the states met about 60 of the Chians they were vary Friendly to them the Indians stole 800 fat cattle & the rest was driven back to the states so the Army has no cattle with them ownly for their present use some said that they believed that those Indians who stole the cattle were half mormon & began to dam them Brother Murdock remarked we are all mormons here in this company & I dont wish to hear my friends abused President Young said what will the people think in Europe when they come to hear that Brigham Young is at the Head of the vigilance committies in Calafornia & the Cansas Troubles & that the Government of the United States could not remove him untill the Lord see fit to let them. The world accuse me of controlling the affairs of Calafornia & Kansas &c the people do believe that we have a Band called the Danites but how could they exist so long without sheding Blood for we cannot find that they have killed any body But I do not know of any such men. I think that James Buchanan has got in a Bad fix he has got the yoke on his neck & has to carry it alone