[William Clayton Journal] This morning before I got up, P. P. Pratt called and said that President Young wants the council to meet at Hebers Camp at 10 o'clock. I started out with Captain Egan on foot and arrived in season. Had some conversation with Ellen Sanders Kimball and then went to Council. It was decided to change our route and take a more northern one to avoid the settlements. We will go to Grand River and there enclose a space of land about 2 miles square and put up some 20 log houses for a resting place for the companies. A company starts out in a day or two to seek out the location amongst whom are the President, Heber and others of the Twelve. A company will also be sent west to Judge [] Millers to go to work for feed, &c. After council I took dinner with Heber the President being with us. I then wrote a letter to the Trustees and returned with Captain Egan to our Camp and soon after went to bed. The day has been fine but cold.
[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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