[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Mt. Pisgah. Wind west. Cloudy, but broken. Occasional showers through the night. [In the morning] a.m., Presidents Young and Kimball had an interview with President Huntington and counseled about a location for a farm, etc. Benjamin Gardner, Joseph B. Peck, Chandler Holbrook, and Josiah Arnold received honorable discharges from the first 50 to return for their families. At 2 p.m. the brethren assembled at sound of horn, when President Young requested those who intended going west to separate themselves from the rest, when most of the people separated themselves from the meeting. Voted that those who stop [will] labor together in large field. Voted that those persons who will not hearken to the counsel of the presidents left to preside over them, but withdraw here and there to make farms of their own, shall be... The President remarked that if any person went unprepared, after all that had been said, the consequences should be upon their own heads, for they need not expect assistance from those who had prepared themselves.
The names and number of teams offered on yesterday to carry public property, etc., were read, when Dr. Meeks offered one yoke oxen and a poor wagon. Voted that those who intend leaving with the Twelve assist their brethren who tarry with their teams, building, ploughing, etc., etc. [minutes on file signed by B. Y., O. Pratt organization]. Day pleasant with many clouds flying, and very warm. James Bean arrived in camp with 8 in his family and several others. About 7, Presidents Young, Kimball, Richards, Bishop Whitney, Lorenzo Young, A. P. Rockwood and others walked in a northeast direction through P. P. Pratt's encampment about half a mile to a spring which the brethren had ditched near the foot of the high bluff. The water clear and cold rising out of quick sand, running half a barrel or more per minute, and the taste indicated an impregnation of iron, but no oxide appeared on the banks. Returned at 3. Sky clear WNW [west-northwest].
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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