for I do not consider that I am worthy of that appelation Father in the Priesthood implies the great head, the term would be proper to Father Adam. Jesus had reference to the same thing when He told his deciples not to call any man Father on earth for their Father was in heaven. The seal of the covenant that I have been speaking off to day was what the Apostle saw previous to the destruction of the wicked when the Angel was commanded not to fear pour out the vials of wrath ...

May 8, 1847 ~ Saturday 8th A plesant morning. not so cold & winday as yesterday we did not start untill 10 oclok as our teams wanted rest as they could not get much as the buffalo had eat all the feed up Br Wm Clayton prepared a mile gage on his hind waggon wheel to know how far we travel, I rode forward to day with the Twelve & others & of all the sights of buffalo that our eyes beheld was enough to asstonish man thousands upon thousands ...

June 1, 1847 ~ Tuesday June 1st 1847 A fine pleasant morning, I had suffered much from the tooth ake of late, I went, before starting on the journey to Luke Johnson a dentist & got my tooth part of it dug out is & broke of[f] & left the stump in my Jaw which pained me through the day we travled 6 miles & nooned whare we had but little feed, we travled in the afternoon [blank] miles & camped on the bank of the platt opposite ...

that Boggs company was quarrelling all the time & most of the company had deserted him. He finally told Boggs & co that let the Mormons be as bad as they would they could not be any wors than he & his men were. He had a number of Soux women & children around him while we were there About 20 of the Sioux men, women & children came with Peltry to the trading House. Provisions of all kinds were vary high & goods at the store flour 25 cts a pound ...

Browns Detachment who had been at Pueblo through the winter Br A Lyman who we sent unto them had reached them & infor- med them whare we are & the whole detachment of 140 of the brethren were within 7 days drive of us, we drew up the raft & crossed them all over but one who returned with our pilots to meet the companies when we met it was truly a harty greeting & shaking of hands. they accompanied us into camp and all were ...

entirely wasted away as a people, if the brethren had not gone they would have made war upon us & the Govr. of Mo would have been ordered not to have let us cross the Missouri & the raising of the Battalion was our temporal Salvation at the time & said Polk would be damned for this act & that he with many of the goverment men had a hand in the death of Joseph & Hyram & that they should ...