Aug 24 1863
A council was held in Cash Valley and agreed to Form a new settle-
ment at Bear river lake A Lyman ^C C Rich^ was to be the president of the mission

August 25, 1863 ~ Tuesday

25 I was quite poorly this morning. I rode with the company
to Ogden, we had a meeting I attended it, it was A vary inter-
esting meeting. President Young spoke with great Plainness and
Power He called upon thHis councillors & the Twelve to wake up &
get rid of there selfishness & get the spirit of God & edify the
people He called upon the whole people to covenant with upli-
fted hands to Heaven to obey his council which we all did. He
told the people to go to & build graneries & continue to lay up grain
untill they had bread to last them seven years & not sell their
grain to any body untill they had done this & stop sending their
bread stuff to the gold mines & stop going to the gold mines to stay
at home & attend to there own business. Stop carrying grain to the
distilleries to be made into whiskey, stop making whiskey & stop
drinking whiskey, and if you will do this I promise you in
the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that you will suffer no famine
He made other interesting remarks. He said some opp[ose]d
our admission into the family of states upon the ground that we
would be uniting with a corrupt Body we would not be as
much united with them than as we are now we would then be
free from their govornor & Judges & be more Free than we
are now but we are the kingdom of God & I do not care
what they do about it

August 26, 1863 ~ Wednesday

26. We rode to Farmington took dinner with Ezra Clark
& then rode to G. S. L. City & returned home distance to Logan
& back again 180 miles

August 27, 1863 ~ Thursday to August 28, 1863 ~ Friday

27, & 28 I threshed out my wheat we had 280 bushels on
10 Acres while last year we had 419 bushels on 8 1/2 Acres

August 29, 1863 ~ Saturday

29. Saturday I attended in the Endow House W Woodruff
sealed 7 couple, D H Wells 14 couple ^30 Endowments^

August 30, 1863 ~ Sunday

30 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning, And attended
Meeting all day in the Bowery. Elders John Vancott H. S. Eldridge
Brigham Young Jr & John W Young spoke in the forenoon & Wm
C Stains, also spoke & in the Afternoon G. D. Watt & H C Kimball
spoke. I met with President Young, J. Taylor, C. C. Rich & F. D. Richards

Aug 24 1863 A council was held in Cash Valley and agreed to Form a new settlement at Bear river lake C C Rich was to be the president of the mission

August 25, 1863 ~ Tuesday

25 I was quite poorly this morning I rode with the company to Ogden, we had a meeting I attended it, it was A vary interesting meeting President Young spoke with great Plainness and Power He called uponHis councillors & the Twelve to wake up & get rid of there selfishness & get the spirit of God & Edify the people He called upon the whole people to covenant with uplifted hands to Heaven to obey his council which we all did. He told the people to go to & build graneries & continue to lay up grain untill they had bread to last them seven years & not sell their grain to any body untill they had done this & stop sending their bread stuff to the gold mines & stop going to the gold mines to stay at home & attend to there own business. Stop carrying grain to the distilleries to be made into whiskey, stop making whiskey & stop drinking whiskey, and if you will do this I promise you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ that you will suffer no famine He made other interesting remarks. He said some opposed our admission into the family of States upon the ground that we would be uniting with a corrupt Body we would not be as much united with them than as we are now we would then be free from their govornor & Judges & be more Free than we are now but we are the kingdom of God & I do not care what they do about it

August 26, 1863 ~ Wednesday

26. We rode to Farmington took dinner with Ezra Clark & then rode to G. S. L. City & returned home distance to Logan & back again 180 miles

August 27, 1863 ~ Thursday to August 28, 1863 ~ Friday

27, & 28 I threshed out my wheat we had 280 bushels on 10 Acres while last year we had 419 bushels on 8 1/2 Acres

August 29, 1863 ~ Saturday

29. Saturday I attended in the Endow House W Woodruff sealed 7 couple. D H Wells 14 couple

August 30, 1863 ~ Sunday

30 Sunday I met with my Quorum in the morning, And Attended Meeting all day in the Bowery Elders John Vancott H. S. Eldridge Brigham Young Jr & John W Young spoke in the forenoon & Wm C Stains, also spoke & in the Afternoon G. D. Watt & H C Kimball spoke. I met with President Young, J. Taylor, C. C. Rich & F. D. Richards