Mormon History, Feb 5, 1846

[Hosea Stout Diary] Thursday Feb. 5th 1846. Met the guard as usual & regulated it for the day & then went to the Hall and other places on the flat regulating matters for the move West, and then came on the Hill and home.all was rightThe people was busy at my house preparing to startHunter & I then went to the river at Kimballs landing to see how Capt Jones came on preparing the boats for crossing the riverall was well and the boats was in a forward state for use.
We then went to Hunters and took dinner and met the guard at 3 and regulated it for the night and then made arraingements with Capt Jones to take about twenty of the guard and cross over the river to Montrose and bring two boats which were there from Nashville on this side to be ready for further orders.I then came Home and packed goods till bed time.

[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]

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