[William Clayton Journal] Waited for orders from headquarters. Many of the citizens came to hear the band play and gave us a very pressing invitation to go to Keosauqua and give a concert. About noon word came that we should follow on to the camp. We immediately struck tents and started and we arrived at the main camp about 5 o'clock. Some of the citizens from Keosauqua followed us waiting for an answer whether we would give a concert as soon as we arrived at the camp. I asked the President whether the band should go to Keosauqua to give a concert. He advised us to go and I immediately sent out the appointment and then we pitched our tents forming a line on the road opposite to the Presidents company.
[source: George D. Smith, An Intimate Chronicle; The Journals of William Clayton, Signature Books in association with Smith Research Associates, Salt Lake City, 1995, http://amzn.to/william-clayton]
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