11 a.m., Elder Jedediah M. Grant preached to a public congregation on the first principles of the gospel, after which George A. Smith addressed the assembly. There were some 40 or 50 of the surrounding citizens present. President Young and Kimball rode over to view the campground near Brother StewartÂ's which had been selected by Bishop Miller, and at their return reported the ground was too wet for encampment and the camp had better remain where they were until Tuesday, and bring up the corn and teams and that Orson Pratt had shelled corn enough and taken with him to last his teams 4 or 5 days. The teams returned with 8 small loads of corn instead of 200 bushels. The corn had settled in the bin 2½ feet in the space of 2 hours before the teams arrived.
8 minutes before 7 a.m. Sarah, daughter of Bishop Whitney, was delivered of a fine son named by his father, David Kimball Smith after the name of the place where Bishop Whitney was encamped, which he called the Valley of David.
Captain Clayton and the Band arrived about 2 oÂ'clock p.m. accompanied by several citizens from Keosaugua who wanted the Band to go to Keosaugua and hold a concert. John D. Lee, the PresidentÂ's clerk, arrived in camp about 4 p.m. from Nauvoo with his family. About sunset, President Young and Kimball rode out to Bishop WhitneyÂ's camp in the Valley of David, returned about 9 oÂ'clock. At 9½ [9:30], Young, Kimball, Smith, Lyman and Richards assembled in council the first time in General YoungÂ's new marquee. President Young said we must send north 300 miles for EmmetÂ's Company, and south 200 miles for George Herring, and John L. Butler might go to Emmet with 1 or 2 more, and that we must divide and arrange the camp so that a part might cross the mountains to the Great Basin soon enough to plant this spring; that we must ascertain how many men can go forward from the camp, leaving their families somewhere on the road so as to travel with all speed, that 300 men were wanted for the expedition. Many other things relating to the prosperity of the Saints were investigated, particularly the toothache. Closed at midnight. This morning, two four-horse teams were sent back to Lick Creek encampment for Brothers TurleyÂ's and GheenÂ's families.
[source: Willard Richards Journals]
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