[Brigham Young Journal] it continued to rain as usual I continued the work of the endowment in the temple in connection with my Brethren the 12 & such others; as we appointed & set apart to assist us- This morning as I am informed quite a number of the Governors Troop- are in prowling arround our city- seeking an acquisation against some of the leading men of this church- This evening I read a letter from S. P. Brannon in which he said that he asscertained from Mr. Kindall of Washington the celebrated -post master-general- that government intended to intercept our movements fring by placing strong forces in the way to take from us all fire arms on the - grounds that we were going to another Nation- this Jeolosy he Brannon said originated from Arlington Bennett's Letter in relation to our moves This However was no more than what we expected the fulness of the gentiles could never have been brought in- without the united first rejecting us as a People--- we now ask God our Heavenly Father to exert his Power in our deliverance that we may be preserved-- to establish Truth upon all the face of the Earth-- about 9 o clock at Night I rode home in my carriage & spent the Night--- 29 [Jan 1846]
[source: Brigham Young Journal # 4 in the handwriting of: William Clayton, Evan Greene, John D. Lee, Willard Richards. First person account kept by others. 'Lieut. Genl Brigham Young's Journal 1844']
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