soil as on the east, we then turned our course & returned toward
camp we had to travel 20 miles across the vale to get to the ford of the
Utah outlet we here stoped eat & drank & returned to camp quite weary
Having travled during the day about 30 miles

we saw on the west side of the valley about 75 or 100 mountain
goats, sheep, Antilope &c in flocks playing about the Hills & valley.

[FIGURES] After we Arived in camp President Young called a council of
the quorum of the Twelve there being present B Young
H. C. Kimball, O. Pratt, W. Richards W. Woodruff G. A. Smith
A Lyman & E. T. Benson. we walked from the north camp to about
the centre between the two creeks when Pres^t Young waved his
hands & said here is the forty Acres for the Temple (we had conve-
rsed upon the subject of the location for the Temple previous to this)
& the city can be laid out perfectly square North & South, east &
west. It was then moved & carried that the Temple lot contain
40 Acres on the ground whare we stood. It was also moved &
carried that the city be laid out into lots of 10 rods by 20 each
exclusive of the streets & into Blocks of 8 lots each, being 10
acres in each block & one acre & a quarter in each lot. It was also
moved & carried that each street be laid out 8 rods wide &
that there be a side walk on each side 20 feet wide & that each
House be built in the centre of the lot 20 feet from the front
line that there might be A uniformity through out the city &
President Young remarked that He wished but one house built upon
A lot & they being in the centre if they took fire they would not
burn up their neighbors And if any man wants A Market to hous
it upon his own lot & not lay out publick grounds for markets & let
every man cultivate his own lot & set out evry kind of fruit &
shade trees & beautify the city. It was Moved & carried that
there be four public squares of 10 Acres each be laid of in various
parts of the city for public grounds. This was in Lat 40º 45 44
At 8 oclok the whole camp came together on the same ground &
passed all of the above votes unanimously as they are recorded
& when the business part of the meeting was closed President
Young arose And addressed the assembly in a vary interesting mann[er] [page covered]
upon A variety of subjects. Previous to this the whole assembly voted
that there be a committee to superintend the laying out the city &
that the Twelve be that committee & that they manage the whole
Affair.

President Young in his address to the Saints remarked that
He was determined to have order in all things & righteousness should be
practized in this land. That we had come here according to the direction
& council of Br Joseph Smith before his death & that He would still have
been alive if the Twelve had been in Nauvoo when He recrossed the river
from Nauvoo Montrose to Nauvoo. He spoke of the Saints being driv[en] [page covered]
from place to place, And said the ownly way Boggs, Clark, Lucas,
Benton, & all the leaders of the mob could have been saved in the day
of the Lord Jesus would have been to have come forward voluntari[ly] [page covered]
& let their heads been cut off & let their blood run upon the ground
& gone up as A smokeing incens before the heavens as an atonement
but now they will be eternally damned. Also said all the governors
& Presidents of the U. S. A Had rejected all our petitions from first
to last, that when the Saints were driven from Illinois & perish
as it were on the Prairies then President Polk sends for a draft of
600 men to go into the Army what for, that they might be wasted
[page covered] [bottom of page cut off] be wasted away that we mi[ght be] [page covered]

soil as on the east, we then turned our course & returned toward camp we had to travel 20 miles across the vale to get to the ford of the Utah outlet we here stoped eat & drank & returned to camp quite weary having travled during the day about 30 miles

we saw on the west side of the valley about 75 or 100 mountain goats, sheep, antilope &c in flocks playing about the hills & valley.

FIGURES After we arived in camp President Young called a Council of the quorum of the Twelve there being present B Young H. C. Kimball, O. Pratt, W. Richards, W. Woodruff G. A. Smith A Lyman & E. T. Benson. we walked from the north camp to about the centre between the two creeks when Prest. Young waved his hands & said here is the forty acres for the Temple (we had conversed upon the subject of the location for the Temple previous to this) & the city can be laid out perfectly square North & South, east & west. It was then moved & carried that the Temple lot contain 40 acres on the ground whare we stood. It was also moved & carried that the city be laid out into lots of 10 rods by 20 each exclusive of the Streets & into blocks of 8 lots each, being 10 acres in each block & one acre & a quarter in each lot. It was also moved & carried that each street be laid out 8 rods wide & that there be a side walk on each side 20 feet wide & that each house be built in the centre of the lot 20 feet from the front line that there might be a uniformity through out the city & President Young remarked that he wished but one house built upon a lot & they being in the centre if they took fire they would not burn up their neighbors and if any man wants a Market to hous it upon his own lot & not lay out publick grounds for markets & let every man cultivate his own lot & set out evry kind of fruit & shade trees & beautify the City. It was Moved & carried that there be four public squares of 10 acres each be laid of in various parts of the city for public grounds. This was in Lat 40º 45 44 At 8 oclok the whole camp came together on the same ground & passed all of the above votes unanimously as they are recorded & when the business part of the meeting was closed President Young arose and addressed the assembly in a vary interesting manner upon a variety of subjects. Previous to this the whole assembly voted that there be a committee to superintend the laying out the City & that the Twelve be that committee & that they manage the whole affair.

President Young in his address to the Saints remarked that he was determined to have order in all things & righteousness should be practized in this land. That we had come here according to the direction & council of Br Joseph Smith before his death & that he would still have been alive if the Twelve had been in Nauvoo when he recrossed the river from Montrose to Nauvoo. He spoke of the Saints being driven from place to place, and said the ownly way Boggs, Clark, Lucas, Benton, & all the leaders of the mob could have been saved in the day of the Lord Jesus would have been to have come forward voluntarily & let their heads been cut off & let their blood run upon the ground & gone up as a smokeing incens before the heavens as an atonement but now they will be eternally damned. Also said all the governors & Presidents of the U.S.A had rejected all our petitions from first to last, that when the Saints were driven from Illinois & perish as it were on the Prairies then President Polk sends for a draft of 500 men to go into the Army what for, that they might be wasted page covered be wasting & it was that page covered