Elder Elsworth came in President Kimball came to him & told him to
pick him out a family to go & stop with him through the winter wanted
a handy man. He said I have not a handy man in my company
but I will pick you out as good one as I can. Mr Dones came in
& gave president Young some Notes against Capt James Brown
of some $3000. Had paid some $1400 in county orders asked president
Young what He should do he would sell the whole for $1200 dollars
President Young told him that He was able & as the Lord had made him
Able the Law should make him willing he said that He was willing the
debt should be collected but did not wish to collect it himself He
said he had trusted him upon the credit of H. S. Eldridge. "It makes
me righteously angry to see Elders go out on a mission & come home
Merchants get trusted for goods & not pay for them.["]

Presidents Young Kimball & Carrington Elsworth & myself rode
down to the square to visit the Hand Cart Company they generally
looked well & cheerful they shook our hands warmly they had
a great quantity of provisions in camp brought in by the people
I laid hands upon one brother who was taken sick last night
President Young said the people might have their hand carts
after going through the encampment & Elder Kimball got the
family that He spoke for we rode back to the stray pen to look
at the cattle & Mules which the company had brought in Elder
Elsworth pointed out a Mule which he rode after a Buffalo
which He had wounded the Mule took right after the buffalo
& the Mad wounded Buffaloo turned & took after the Mule &
they met almost together but the Mule turned to run back so
suddenly that He flung Elsworth to the ground the Buffalo
plunged at him & Elsworth punched the animal with the
muzzle of the rifle into the Eye so hard a blow that the
Buffalo fell to his knees but rose up & run the other
way it broak his rifle his Mule run 5 miles to camp
which left Elsworth to walk in

Brother George W Bean came in from Los vegas & reported
that Jons was getting on well with his lead

September 28, 1856 ~ Sunday

28^th Sunday I attended the meeting. President Young preached in the
morning followed By Elder Edmund Elsworth & Daniel D Mcarthur
in the Afternoon. Elder Oakley Truman Leonard & President
H. C. Kimball I never heard as strong & powerful sermons ever
delivered by the presidency of this Church as I have heard it
from them of Late. I attended the prayer meeting in the Evening president
B. Young went to Feremore Little's in the Cottonwood Canyon & spent
the night. President Kimball said I have told the people to day of far
greater things than drawing hand Carts to Zion. Joseph Smith took
President Brigham Young & myself to the vary spot In adam Ondi
Aman whare Adam offered up his first sacrafize on a spot now
called Hogback.

D. H. Wells said I had a dream last night & saw
a butchers ^cleaver^ in the Heavens in the East. I tryed to show it to Bishop
Pettigrew & he could not see it I felt that there was a strougle near
& a great slaughter, & much nearer than the people are aware of. President
Kimball said it would be better for one half of the people to be cut off than
for the rest to suffer as they had done & to go through what we would have
to. At the close of the council I walked with H. C. Kimball to Presidents
Youngs Barn it contains 6130 square feet of ground building by
president H C Kimball

Elder Elsworth came in President Kimball came to him & told him to pick him out a family to go & stop with him through the winter wanted a handy man. He said I have not a handy man in my company but I will pick you out as good one as I can. Mr Dones came in & gave president Young some Notes against Capt James Brown of some $3000. Had paid some $1400 in county orders asked president Young what He should do he would sell the whole for $1200 dollars President Young told him that He was able & as the Lord had made him Able the Law should make him willing he said that He was willing the debt should be collected but did not wish to collect it himself He said he had trusted him upon the credit of H. S. Eldridge. "It makes me righteously angry to see Elders go out on a mission & come home Merchants get trusted for goods & not pay for them."

Presidents Young Kimball & Carrington Elsworth & myself rode down to the square to visit the Hand Cart Company they generally looked well & cheerful they shook our hands warmly they had a great quantity of provisions in Camp brought in by the people I laid hands upon one brother who was taken sick last night President Young said the people might have their hand carts after going through the Encampment & Elder Kimball got the family that He spoke for we rode back to the stray pen to look at the cattle & mules which the company had brought in Elder Elsworth pointed out a Mule which he rode after a Buffalo which He had wounded the Mule took right after the buffalo & the Mad wounded Buffaloo turned & took after the Mule & they met almost together but the Mule turned & run back so suddenly that He flung Elsworth to the ground the Buffalo plunged at him & Elsworth punched the animal with the muzzle of the rifle into the Eye so hard a blow that the Buffalo fell to his knees but rose up & run the other way it broak his rifle his Mule run 5 miles to Camp which left Elsworth to walk in

Brother George W Bean came in from Los vegas & reported that Jons was getting on well with his lead

September 28, 1856 ~ Sunday

28th Sunday I attended the meeting. President Young preached in the morning followed By Elder Edmund Elsworth & Daniel D Mcarthur in the Afternoon. Elder Oakley Truman Leonard & President H. C. Kimball I never heard as strong & powerful sermons ever delivered by the presidency of this Church as I have heard it from them of Late. I attended the prayer meeting in the Evening president B. Young went to Feremore Little's in the Cottonwood Canyon & spent the night. President Kimball said I have told the people to day of far greater things than drawing hand Carts to Zion Joseph Smith took President Brigham Young & myself to the vary spot In adam Ondi Aman whare Adam offered up his first sacrafize on a spot now called Hogback.

D. H. Wells said I had a dream last night & saw a butchers cleaver in the Heavens in the East. I tryed to show it to Bishop Pettigrew & he could not see it I felt that there was a struggle near & a great slaughter, & much nearer than the people are aware of. President Kimball said it would be better for one half of the people to be cut off than for the rest to suffer as they had done & to go through what we would have to. At the close of the Council I walked with H. C. Kimball to Presidents Youngs Barn it contains 6130 square feet of ground building by President H C Kimball