[Hosea Stout Diary] Saturday Feb 7th 1846. Met the guard as before and regulated it for the day also at the same time the troops met preparatory to their marching and after giving them some more instructions I went to the Hall where Br Young was to meet the TeamsThere was a very poor turn out of teamsFrom there I then came home and prepared some more to leave and at three met the guard & troops as usual there was near two hundred men presentfrom there came home and after dark a short time John Scott came to see me about preparing the cannonWe then went to see Brigham on the subject.He gave us orders to raise and prepare baggage waggons for the cannon & troops and as all things necessary for a start I came home at ten oc
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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