Indian Creek. This morning President Young was busy in removing a load of biscuits from Russia duck sacks (which were worn through by traveling) and packing them in boxes. While the President was thus engaged, most of the carriages and teams passed on 2½ miles, (one man put logs across the road) and he overtook many of them. 7 miles on the way was Dr. ElbertÂ's campground, where one man locked up his well bucket when a part of the camp had already stopped. The traveling was so good and the day so pleasant, President Young concluded to go farther and most of the camp passed on about 5 miles to a place formerly called RichardsonÂ's Point, pitched their tents on a very dry spot close by the road and near a branch of Chequest Creek commencing about 4 oÂ'clock p.m. Bishop Whitney encamped back about 2 miles, Amasa Lyman of the Band, and a portion of the guard at Dr. ElbertÂ's encampment.
Parley and Orson Pratt passed on 4 miles to Bishop MillerÂ's encampment on Fox River bottom near Brother StewartÂ's. Corn was plenty at this place at 15 cents per bushel and timothy hay at 5 dollars per ton, oats 12½, in work cutting and splitting rails. At 8 p.m., President Young, Kimball, Smith, and Richards, Bishops Miller, H. G. Sherwood, and Captains Rockwood and Markham assembled in council in George A. SmithÂ's tent. Miller and Sherwood reported a good campground 3½ miles ahead and 200 bushels of corn and some oats on the ground. Brother Stewart put in most of it on tithing, and that to avoid legal persecution, Brother Stewart had gone on intending to join the camp when it came up, that Bishop MillerÂ's company had taken Brother StewartÂ's corn from his field, paid his debts, and brought the remainder to the camp, which was the 200 bushels referred to, and all of Brother StewartÂ's neighbors, except one man who got up the prosecution, approved of his movements and that Brother Stewart ought to be paid 60 bushels of the corn as he had need of tins and other things for his journey.
Bishop Miller and P. P. Pratt had leave to go on their way the next morning at their special request. Elder Kimball stated to the council that a man came into Bishop WhitneyÂ's camp yesterday and claimed a yoke of oxen to be his, which were mated and brought together by Deacon Covey of Nauvoo, but the man proved his claim by several false witnesses. Bishop Whitney paid him $30.00 and kept the oxen. Several of the citizens requested preaching on the morrow.
[source: Willard Richards Journals]
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