the present I think but should it not be so, should I have to
burn up my Buildings and if we are driven to lay waste our
cities & fields, I will tell you that we should not build build
much more here but it will be a great war and we shall
live in tents & shanties till we go back to Jackson County ^Mo.^
The Catholicks are laying deep plans to overthrow the Protestant
Nations who are watching us but the Catholics say but little
about us.)

I spent the day on the history. I spent the
evening at President Young with the regency upon the
Deseret Alphabet

March 8, 1859 ~ Tuesday

March 8 I wrote 2 letters one to Col Thomas L. Kane
& one to Luke Johnson Brother Reddin ^A^ Allred called
upon me said he had called upon President Young
and told mehim he was going to Rush valley BPresident
Young said that He should appoint Brother Allred
the Bishop to Preside there. Brother Allred says that
He heard Brother MacIntosh & others say that Bishop
Rowberry say that those Grants were unconstitutional
James Jordon said that Brother Benson told him
that he had had a great deal of trouble with the Grantees
& he thanked God that it was over that they had all
given up their claims and evry man might now
go & chuse land as he pleased. It commenced snowing
at about 2 oclok & it snowed vary hard untill 4 oclok
I spent the evening with President Young D. H. Wells
E. T. Benson J Banks & others. J Ferguson read a
story of a Paddy swiming the Atlantic ocean with
a Bag of meal & a ham on his back was picked up by a
ship he rolled around the ship in the water like a
hoop to please the Ladies. many subjects were
talked about during the evening such as tanning leather
& milling. I spent the day in the office

March 9, 1859 ~ Wednesday

9^th We had a stormy day I spent the day in the office
scraping and the evening at home

March 10, 1859 ~ Thursday

10^th I called at the office at 9 oclock Bishop Bigler called
upon us this morning & gave a report of the Provo Court
Judge. Cradlebaugh had 80 soldiers with him to guard the
Prisioners. The Judge had given his charge to the Jury wished
them to inquire into the Mountain Meadow massacree, & several
other murders he seemed quite vindictive against the mormons
Sinclair was there drunk or nearly so & dam[n]ing the Mormons
I had a conversation with James Cummings he says he
had a talk with Samuel J Lees He says he knows who
is writing those synonomous [anonymous] Letters to President Young it is
done by a committee who are turning Infidels & apostitizing
from the Church they are vary vindictive against Brother
Kimball Cummings thought they would seek his life & many
other things were said I called upon the President & had
a private conversation with him upon this subject He said
the Lord would controll all this matter & the Utah Court too
see office Historians Private Journal I spent most of the

the present I think but should it not be so should I have to burn up my Buildings and if we are driven to lay waste our cities & fields, I will tell you that we should not build build much more here but it will be a great war and we shall live in tents & shanties till we go back to Jackson County The Catholics are laying deep plans to overthrow the Protestant Nations who are watching us but the Catholics say but little about us.)

I spent the day on the history. I spent the evening at President Young with the regency upon the Deseret Alphabet

March 8, 1859 ~ Tuesday

March 8 I wrote 2 letters one to Col Thomas L. Kane [FIGURE] & one to Luke Johnson. Brother Reddin A Allred called upon me said he had called upon President Young and toldhim he was going to Rush valley President Young said that He should appoint Brother Allred the Bishop to Preside there. Brother Allred says that He heard Brother MacIntosh & others say that Bishop Rowberry say that those Grants were unconstitutional James Jordon said that Brother Benson told him that he had had a great deal of trouble with the Grantees & he thanked God that it was over that they had all given up their claims and evry man might now go & chuse land as he pleased. It commenced snowing at about 2 oclok & it snowed vary hard untill 4 oclok I spent the evening with President Young D. H. Wells E. T. Benson J Banks & others. J Ferguson read a story of a Paddy swiming the Atlantic ocean with a Bag of meal & a ham on his back was picked up by a ship he rolled around the ship in the water like a hoop to please the Ladies. many subjects were talked about during the evening such as tanning leather & milling. I spent the day in the office

March 9, 1859 ~ Wednesday

9th we had a stormy day I spent the day in the office scraping and the evening at home

March 10, 1859 ~ Thursday

10th I called at the office at 9 oclok Bishop Bigler called upon us this morning & gave a report of the Provo Court Judge. Cradlebaugh had 80 soldiers with him to guard the Prisioners. The Judge had given his charge to the Jury wished them to inquire into the Mountain Meadow massacree, & several other murders he seemed quite vindictive against the mormons Sinclair was there drunk or nearly so & damning the Mormons I had a conversation with James Cummings he says he had a talk with Samuel J Lees. He says he knows who is writing those synonomous anonymous Letters to President Young it is done by a committee who are turning Infidels & apostitizing from the Church they are vary vindictive against Brother Kimball Cummings thought they would seek his life & many other things were said I called upon the President & had a private conversation with him upon this subject He said the Lord would controll all this matter & the Utah Court too see office Historians Private Journal I spent most of the