Ours As Brothers that his People should not steal from our
People if any of them did let him know it And He would
Punish them And stop it. the Brethren told him they did
not want his men to steal from the calafornians for we were
at peace with them. replyed my men {[illegible]} hate the
spanyards And will steal from them And I cannot help it
Brothers , Allen And Cox were all killed by
A Band of Diggers in the Mountains As they were
exploring A new Pass through the mountains, they were surro-
unded whene Asleep And killed with stones. $100 worth of gold
dust was found on the ground which belonged to Brother Allen
theyir bodies were striped of their clothing And then buried by
the Indians. this occurd 40 miles from the settlements on
the their bodies were found by A company who followed
them. The Above named Brethren I Baptized in soon
After I commenced Preacheding at Br . Br Browett
Esspecially has been A valiant true harted Latter Day Saint And I
know nothing to the contrary of the other, they went into the
Army As soldiers And have died As marters
Br writes that During the conference at the that
the ordeal was Passed upon to retain his standing
but they had not recieved his Pamphlet nor did not know that
the church had withdrawn fellowship from him at the
He also says that fellowship is withdrawn from
for stating or sonfirming the statement to the world that had sold the mormon votes for A Printing Press. President
has Advised the Twelve At the Bluffs to come on without
bringing Any Provisions with them ownly to last them there
but Bring groceries Iron, steel, glass seeds of all kinds, Apples
Peaches Pares, chesnuts & Locas &c I recieved A small letter
[FIGURE] Also from the valley speaking of some papers I sent Br Br
President Young thought had better remain as they were
for the present. I wrote one letter to day to
[FIGURE]
January 25, 1849 ~ Thursday
25th [FIGURES] I Recieved 1 letter from & wrote
two to And Esqr. I dug & pulled out two
of my worst teeth I had with twine And A Jack knife
January 26, 1849 ~ Friday
26th I recieved A letter from of
my health is some better than it has been Br And
spent the evening with us
January 27, 1849 ~ Saturday
27th I recieved the New York Herald weekly of 27th it is full
of the gold fever, it seems as though All the world
was running stark mad to go to the gold mines of calafornia
on the . Hundreds of ships And tens of thousands
of men are preparing to go there. Elder
has purchased goods & necessaries And is now Preparing to go
there also on Board of the Corsiar
via As his brother in Law is out
there He thinks He will do well
January 28, 1849 ~ Sunday
28th Sunday I preached to the Saints And the world at Br
on [blank]
January 29, 1849 ~ Monday
29th [FIGURES] I wrote 3 letters to
And & . I recieved three Letters from Capt
& And James Burgess I sent $2
Br Carters Letter for to send the Paper to