[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Garden Grove. Rained through the night and this morning. President Young sick in bed until 8 oÂ'clock. At 9, had a counsel in his tent with President Kimball and John D. Lee and decided that his trading commissaries should tarry at home till the storm abated or until the camp arrived at the next settlement when they would be nearer the inhabitants of the Des Moines River than they now are to the Missourians, who they heard were training and preparing to fight the Saints.
About 10, the rain abated a few moments when the council and Dr. Richards walked to the creek to view the spot where the foundation of the new bridge was then being laid. About 1 p.m., Bishop Miller and his commissary, Richardson, started on a trading tour to Missouri. At 1½ [1:30] p.m., President Young, Kimball, P. P. Pratt, O. Pratt, Richards and Taylor, and three others of the council of YTFIF, met in council in John D. LeeÂ's tent. President Young suggested the propriety of sending a company of young men directly over the mountains, and with them send a part of the camp west of the Missouri River to put in crops this season for the camp to subsist upon, and the remainder of the camp to go 40 miles west of Garden Grove to make another settlement. Elder P. P. Pratt said he should like to go across the mountains if he could be permitted to take his family. President Young replied to take families; it would take double the teams and provisions to sustain the company, and if Brother Parley takes his family, all the Twelve will want to take theirs.
Bishop Whitney and Brother Lee and Brother Rockwood will want to take their families, and when and wherever we go they will want to go. We want to send Brother O. Pratt over to take observations. Brother Pratt said he would go, provided his family could be taken care of. President Young replied, leave your family and situate them where they take care of themselves. We will send George Herring and Lewis Dana along with that company, for they are acquainted with all the Indian tongues and can get along safely. President Young said he would fit out and send four men out of his family with teams and provisions. He would turn out 50 dollars in cash for the outfit. Elder Kimball said that he would 3 or 4 more. Elder P. P. Pratt said that he would fit out 3 men, and so on. Dr. Richards said that he would fit out l man. President Young said that he would call a general council tomorrow noon to learn how many could, or would fit out men for the expedition over the mountains. From 5 to 6, the historian was indighting [editing?] history for J. D. Lee to write. [At] 6, wind northwest, still raining as usual through the day, which mostly prevented labor on the rails, wholly on other jobs.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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