Evils which exist in not following his council in our dealing with
the armey and gentiles if he had had his way the army would have
paid well for what they got in Utah, but as it was they had evry
thing brought to there door & some that call themselves Saints almost
worship them for a few dimes. He was followed by D. H. Wells &
W. Woodruff & John Taylor who spoke in great plainness. Another
Meeting was held in the Evening when E D Woolley W. Woodruff & George
Godard preached. I stoped with Brother Steel.
~ Friday
24 We drove 28 miles south west to Pinto Valley the commencem[en]t of
the Mountain Meadows this place contains six family, ten men eight Houses
a good grazing country there are two good dairies kept & a flock of
300 goats & 600 sheep. There is 50 Acres of good mowing land of
wide Blade grass & red top, some 5 miles North.
~ Saturday
25
A vary cold morning much Ice on the creek I wore my great
coat & mittens. We visited the Mountain Meadow Monum[en]t put
up at the burial place of 120 persons killed by Indians in 1857. The
pile of stone was about 12 feet high, but begining to tumble down a
wooden cross was placed on top with the following words
Vengence is mine and I will repay saith the Lord President Young said it should be
Vengence is mine and I have taken a little
A stone at the botton bore the following Inscription
120 Men, women, & children, murdered in cold Blood early in Sept. 1857
From Arkansaw. And on the other side south is a slab
Erected by company K. 1st Dragoons May 1859. Most of those
killed were buried some distance North in a hollow & not at that
mounment. We left & drove down the canyon and in a few hours
ride we passed over the rim of the Bason about 15 miles south of the
Mountain Meadow Monum[en]t we came to a vary choice wilfd fruit
on Bushes about 4 feet high about the size of a crambury the flavor
when ripe is betwen a crambury & strawbury they are not ripe untill
Oct some of this fruit also grows betwen Tokerville & pocketville
the ownly places I have seen it in Utah, or in the world, it has a
small prickery leavesf resembleing the Southern Live oak. We soon
came to warm weather so we had to strip to our shirt sleeves
the coulor of the above fruit was yellow but when ripe deep red
we past gunlock fort & camped for the night distance 35 miles
Evils which Exist in not following his council in our dealing with the armey and gentiles if he had had his way the army would have paid well for what they got in Utah, but as it was they had evry thing brought to there door & some that call themselves Saints almost worship them for a few dimes. He was followed by D. H. Wells & W. Woodruff & John Taylor who spoke in great plainness. Another Meeting was held in the Evening when E D Wooley W. Woodruff & George Godard preached. I stoped with Brother Steel.
~ Friday
24 We drove 28 miles south west to Pinto Valley the commencement of the Mountain Meadows this place contains six family, ten men Eight Houses a good grazing country there are two good dairies kept & a flock of 300 goats & 600 sheep. There is 50 Acres of good mowing land of wide Blade grass & red top, some 5 miles North.
~ Saturday
25 [FIGURE] A vary cold morning much Ice on the creek I wore my great coat & mittens. We visited the Mountain Meadow Monument put up at the burial place of 120 persons killed by Indians in 1857. The pile of stone was about 12 feet high, but begining to tumble down a wooden cross was placed on top with the following words Vengence is mine and I will repay saith the Lord President Young said it should be Vengence is mine and I have taken a little
A stone at the botton bore the following Inscription 120 Men, Women, & Children, murdered in Cold Blood Early in Sept 1857 From Arkansaw. And on the other side south is a slab Erected by company K. 1st Dragoons May 1859. Most of those killed were buried some distance North in a hollow & not at that monment. We left & drove down the canyon and in a few hours ride we passed over the rim of the Bason about 15 miles south of the Mountain Meadow Monument we came to a vary choice wild fruit on Bushes about 4 feet high about the size of a crambury the flavor when ripe is betwen a crambury & strawbury they are not ripe untill Oct some of this fruit also grows betwen Tokerville & pocketville the ownly places I have seen it in Utah, or in the world, it has a small prickery leaf resembleing the Southern Live oak. We soon came to warm weather so we had to strip to our shirt sleeves the coulor of the above fruit was yellow but when ripe deep red we past gunlock fort & camped for the night distance 35 miles
