~ Wednesday
June 11th 1862
I spent the day mostly in the office compiling I weighed
my wool in the morning I had 440 lbs of wool in the di[rt]
I paid 44 lbs for tithing
~ Thursday
12
This morning a company of about 300 men left
this city for South Webber all armed for war Infiantry
calvalry & artilery called out by order of the acting
Govornor of Utah Secretary Fuller on the demand of
Judge Kienney, who has issued warrants against Mr
Morris the fals prophet & his council John Banks &
Richard Cook & thareey have resisted the officers and
threatened the lives of all who should serve the writ
I Wilford Woodruff sen was born on sunday March first
1807. I spent the day in the office compiling History
~ Friday
13 I spent the office day in the office President Young & M.
Fuller called into the office at 3 oclock & conversed upon
several subjects. I spent the Evening in President Youngs
Office waiting for a messenger from our armey to bring the
News of affairs with the Morrisites I left after 10 oclok and
about 12 oclock a messenger arived and reported that Capt
Robert Burton surrounded the Morris Fort at about daylight
and sent a letter By the Heardsman to Morris & his council
that they would give him half an hour to answer the writ
and if they would not do it they would fire upon them
they waited one hour and heard Nothing from them
they then fired a cannon shot at them & the morrisits com-
mencd to fire there musketry and this opened the ball for
the day and they faught all day with cannon and and
small arm the secessionest had some minney rifles our
soldiers had strict orders not to Expose themselves but Brother
Jared Smith son of Arthur Smith shot his gun and then
rose up to see what he had done & stood up to load
his gun and He was shot in the breast & fell & Priv[ate]
Whitehead saw he was mortally wounded & he asked
him if he had any thing to ^say^ to his Father or Mother
He said tell them it is all right Mormonism is
Just as good and true to day as it ever was and that
~ Wednesday
June 11th 1862 I spent the day mostly in the office compiling I weighed my wool in the morning I had 440 lbs of wool in the dirt I paid 44 lbs for tithing
~ Thursday
12 [FIGURE] This morning a company of about 300 men left this city for South Webber all armed for war Infantry cavalry & artilery called out by order of the acting Govornor of Utah Secretary Fuller on the demand of Judge Kenney, who has issued warrants against Mr Morris the fals prophet & his council John Banks & Richard Cook & they have resisted the officers and threatened the lives of all who should serve the writ I Wilford Woodruff sen was born on sunday March first 1807. I spent the day in the office compiling History
~ Friday
13 I spent the day in the office President Young & M. Fuller called into the office at 3 oclock & conversed upon several subjects. I spent the Evening in President Youngs Office waiting for a messenger from our armey to bring the News of affairs with the Morrisites I left after 10 oclok and about 12 oclock a messenger arived and reported that Capt Robert Burton surrounded the Morris Fort at about daylight and sent a letter By the Heardsman to Morris & his council that they would give him half an hour to answer the writ and if they would not do it they would fire upon them they waited one hour and heard Nothing from them they then fired a cannon shot at them & the morrisits commencd to fire there musketry and this opened the ball for the day and they faught all day with cannon and small arm the secessionest had some minney rifles our soldiers had strict orders not to Expose themselves but Brother Jared Smith son of Arthur Smith shot his gun and then [FIGURE] rose up to see what he had done & stood up to load his gun and He was shot in the breast & fell & Private Whitehead saw he was mortally wounded & he asked him if he had any thing to say to his Father or Mother He said tell them it is all right. Mormonism is Just as good and true to day as it ever was and that
