July 25, 1847 ~ Sunday

July 25 Sunday This is the first Sunday that the Latter Day Saints
ever spent in the great ^salt Lake valley^ bason. we washed shaved & cleaned up &
met in the circle of the encampment. Meeting was opened by the
bishops & G A Smith Preached ^the first sermon while standing upon the cannon^ An interesting discourse & was followed
by H. C. Kimball & E. T. Benson all of which spoke unto edification
An intimission of 2 Hours met again at 2 oclok the Bishops broak
bread to the congregation. I then Addressed the Brethren was followed
by O Pratt & W Richards all of which expressed the gratitude
of our hearts to our Heavenly Father for leading us to so goodly a land
& exhorted the Brethren to Harken to council do away with selfish-
ness live humble & keep the commandments of God that we may
prosper in the land, several other Brethren also expressed their
feelings & there was one universal feeling of satisfaction thwith the
valley, evry man that spoke upon the subject said they were
Joyfully disappointed that the whole appearance was Altogether
better throughout the valley than they had Anticipated or even
dreamed of. At the close of the meeting President Young though
feble Addressed for A few moments And Informed the brethren
[FIGURE] they must not work on Sunday that they would loose
five times as much as they would gain by it & they
must not hunt or fish on that day And there should not any
man dwell among us who would not observe these roles they might
go & dwell whare they pleased but should not dwell with us
He said that no man should buy any land that come Here that He
had no land to sell neither should He buy any but evry man should [have] [page cut off]
his land measured of[f] to him for city & farming purposes what
He could till & He might till it as he pleased but He should
be industrious & take care of it He also warned the Saints against
keeping any thing that did not belong to them that if they followed
this course it would leek out & they would stink in the norstrils
of Jehovah Angels & the Saints & though they might live with the
Saints & die with theym they would be damned at last & go to
Hell for they were thieves & nothing but burning through Hell
would clens them. He remarked there would be a meeting evry
Sabbath in thatis place or whareever we stop. Council was
also given to tie up our Horses at night

July 26, 1847 ~ Monday

26^th Monday The camp in general was busily ingaged in plowing &
planting corn & other seeds. ten men including the Twelve were appo
inted to go on an exploring expedition. I took President Young into
my carriage & travled two miles towards the mount^a^in & made choice of
a spot of ground for our garding with a small rivlet runing throug[h] [page covered]
it sufficient to irrigate it which I named guarding creek we then
returned to camp & went North of the camp about 5 miles & we all
went unto the top of A high Peak in the edge of the mountain which we
considerd A good place to raise An ensign upon which we named ensign
Peak or Hill ^I was the first person that Ascended this Hill^ Brother Young was vary weary in climing the Peak He
being feble, we then desended to the flat—started north to visit some
hot sulpher springs but we returned two miles to get A drink of cool
water & then went back 4 miles to the springs we found them vary
warm but not hot, 3 or 4 of the springs ished [issued] green water & formed
substance below that looked like verdigreese After visiting them we
returned to camp quite weary. Br^s Mathews & Brown returned to ca[mp] [page covered]
had crossed the valley in the Narrowest place opposite the camp to the
mountain on the west found the valley about 2015 miles across passed
over A river 4 miles from camp about 8 rods wide which we saw fr[om] [page covered]

July 25, 1847 ~ Sunday

July 25 Sunday This is the first Sunday that the Latter Day Saints ever spent in the great salt Lake valley Utah Territory|. we washed shaved & cleaned up & met in the circle of the encampment. Meeting was opened by the bishops & G A Smith Preached the first sermon while standing upon the cannon an interesting discourse & was followed by H. C Kimball & E. T. Benson all of which spoke unto edification An intimission of 2 hours met again at 2 oclok the Bishops broak bread to the congregation. I then addressed the Brethren was followed by O Pratt & W Richards all of which expressed the gratitude of our hearts to our Heavenly Father for leading us to so goodly a land & exhorted the Brethren to harken to council do away with selfishness live humble & keep the commandments of God that we may prosper in the land, several other Brethren also expressed their feelings & there was one universal feeling of satisfactionwith the valley, evry man that spoke upon the subject said they were joyfully disappointed that the whole appearance was altogether better throughout the valley than they had anticipated or even dreamed of. At the close of the meeting President Young though feble addressed for a few moments and Informed the brethren [FIGURE] they must not work on Sunday that they would loose five times as much as they would gain by it & they must not hunt or fish on that day and there should not any man dwell among us who would not observe these roles they might go & dwell whare they pleased but should not dwell with us He said that no man should buy any land that come here that he had no land to sell neither should he buy any but evry man should his land measured of to him for city & farming purposes what he could till & he might till it as he pleased but he should be industrious & take care of it He also warned the Saints against keeping any thing that did not belong to them that if they followed this course it would leek out & they would stink in the norstrils of Jehovah Angels & the Saints & though they might live with the saints & die with them they would be damned at last & go to Hell for they were thieves & nothing but burning through Hell would clens them. He remarked there would be a meeting evry Sabbath in this place or whareever we stop. Council was also given to tie up our horses at night

July 26, 1847 ~ Monday

26th Monday The camp in general was busily ingaged in plowing & planting corn & other seeds. ten men including the Twelve were appo inted to go on an exploring expedition. I took President Young into my carriage & travled two miles towards the mountain & made choice of a spot of ground for our garding with a small rivlet runing through it sufficient to irrigate it which I named guarding creek we then returned to camp & went North of the camp about 5 miles & we all went unto the top of a high Peak in the edge of the mountain which we considerd a good place to raise an Ensign upon which we named ensign Peak or Hill. I was the first person that ascended this Hill Brother Young was vary weary in climing the Peak he being feble, we then desended to the flat — started north to visit some hot sulpher springs but we returned two miles to get a drink of cool water & then went back 4 miles to the springs we found them vary warm but not hot, 3 or 4 of the springs issued green water & formed substance below that looked like verdigreese. After visiting them we returned to camp quite weary. Brs Mathews & Brown returned to camp had crossed the valley in the Narrowest place opposite the camp to the mountain on the west found the valley about15 miles across passed over a river 4 miles from camp about 8 rods wide which we saw from