Messenger returned to Bishop MillerÂ's camp with leave for them to remove to Shoal Creek. President Young rode back to Fox River to see if all was well with his team that broke down last evening. Brothers Grant and Hanks rode three of President YoungÂ's horses to trade for oxen. Most of the camp went out about 9 oÂ'clock. President Young returned at 12 and at 1 started with his company. Traveled 12 miles and camped on a hill within 5 miles of CharitonÂ's in Apanoose County, Iowa, at a place called CoffinanÂ's Settlement, where not a house, barn, hut, or wigwam, or anything else, was to be seen, except hills, grass, bushes, and trees. O. Pratt and the artillery passed on to the Chariton. The camp purchased corn 1½ miles from this place at 20 cents per bushel and oats at 20 cents per dozen. Wind south and a little rain during the night. Sometime this day, President Young said, "Bishop Miller seeks to go ahead and separate himself from his brethren, but I tell you that he cannot prosper in so doing. He will yet run against a snag and will call on Brother Brigham and the camp for help."
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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