Andrew J Allen, Ezra Clark, Edward Stephvenson, Zerah Pulsipher, John M Wolley Albert Dewey Wm Stewart, Thomas Clark, Hezekiah Peck. being 24 persons in all that were present, the remainder were absent on business. we dismissed and parted in good spirits & feelings I went to bed and fell asleep and dreamed [FIGURE] that I was {[big] with child and} ready to {be delivered} which was ...

February 15, 1847 ~ Monday 15th I met in council with the President & Council captains of Hundreds, fifties, and tens, to further the organization of the Camp of Israel I recieved an appointment to go to Kegg Creek with Br Smoot to organize the people ther one of the Chiefs of the Otoes was present this morning. In the evening I met with the quorum of the Twelve & others to learn to take the proper steps in dancing February 16, 1847 ~ Tuesday ...

January 9, 1849 ~ Tuesday 9th [FIGURE] I recieved 3 Letters from O. Spencer Dan Jones & W. I. Appleby And one from Robert Windley All contained good news capt Dan Jones expresses his feelings in warm terms concerning my letters to him And says he feels incouraged to go ahead in the name of the Lord says he has raised up a Branch at Myrtha the Mother Branch of Britain, over 800 members. And the sum total He ...

February 26, 1849 ~ Sunday *256th [FIGURES] I wrote A letter to President Young & council concerning introducing school Books into the valley I sent them 13 school Books as A present from Sanborn & Carter of Portland Maine for their exhamination. I expressed my feelings upon the subject. I Also recieved A letter from Br Wm Maxfield of Wilmot Creek N. B. February 25, 1849 ~ Monday *265th Sunday ...

mostly to Calafornia one Captain was vary sorrowful in conseq[u] ence of having to leave his family so long was about on the point of Giving it up & going home the last I saw of him Cape Cod is a plesant place for a summer residence they ha[ve] a sea breeze from evry point of compass, plenty of fishing on evry hand the soil most altogether sand, upland pitch & wh[ite] pine low land ceder what crops are raised is mostly done by dressing the land with fish, distance ...

Mr Copway remarked to W. Woodruff in personal conversation That He had long contemplated the situation of the poor Indians and he well know their position and feelings and if the United States did not soon take a different course and scease their persecutions and oppressions and driving the Indians to such extremities as they were doing that the Indians would soon rise up in their wrath Unite together and seek revenge and strike a Blow unto death And it was in consequence of a knowledge of this fact that had inspired him to go through ...

will cut off those wicked and unjust stewards and Appoint them Portion with Hypocrites & unbelievers. One glance at the signs of 1849 in the United States will show that the Lord has commenced to fulfill his promise And He will not scease untill it is finished There has never been A year since the esstablishment of the United States Government, when there has been so great a loss of property & life by fire & Pestilence, or such an increase of mobs or confusion and Perplexity in the Government as in 1849. Among the most ...

with the first division & I would stop & mend up & keep some of the 2nd Division with me this council was heard by the first Division with great surprise they did not feel that they could leave me there was much feelings upon the subject August 5, 1850 ~ Monday 5th The first Division left according to my council though with great reluctance I spent the day at Ash Hollow mending waggons we had good cold spring water in this Hollow which was a great benefit to the camp as ...

a walk to see G. A. Smith saw mill which was up so he could saw. He informed us they had an abundance of coal, magn[acted] Iron, Allum salt timber &c nearby we found the Brethren had done much since their arival they have about 100 men have been there 3 months. Have enclosed a fort containing 19 acre & 96 rods of ground and have ploughed & sewed about 1000 acres of wheat have fenced about 6000 acres of land Have built one saw mill and got a Cooncel House up the 1st story ...

May 14, 1851 ~ Wednesday 14th We rode to Red Creek to see the country we had a feast at Brother Baylis House of the rich luxeries of Earth. Our exploreing party returned from the coal & Iron mines brought specemins &c May 15, 1851 ~ Thursday 15th we rode to summit creek to day whare we could view the land & see the country 10 miles from the fort south we concluded to start home tomorrow. In the evening In company with Elder