[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Mt. Pisgah. A heavy shower at 5 a.m.; cloudy, wind east. John D. Lee returned from his trading voyage, finding the river so high he could not cross at MillerÂ's settlement. Preached on Sunday and the people gave him $l4.75. Learned from four Indian traders and others that we could do better to fall back in that neighborhood for provisions than go on to the Plato [Platte], etc., as flour would be 8 or 10 dollars per bushel at the Bluffs. Clancy, an Indian trader, came up with him to camp. At 8 a.m., President Young come in the post office and wrote an order to the trustees for boards for a wagon box to Joseph B. Peck.
At 10 14 [10:15], Presidents Young, Kimball, Taylor, Richards, Bishop Whitney, and John D. Lee reported his mission as before stated in council at the post office. President Young suggested that we load our wagons intended for provisions with goods, send them trading for grain, etc., and have them meet us at Council Bluffs. Adjourned to receive a yoke of oxen from Isaac Miller. Wind south, cloudy. Council wrote a letter of consolation to James Richardson of Nauvoo, enclosing an order for Richardson to have a team, wagon, and other necessary fixings of the trustees because the title to the land he bought of the Church [was] not proving good. At 4 p.m., President Young, who was at work preparing to journey, heard said letter and others, read and signed them, which was followed by a sudden shower from the south of about two minutes duration, then calm with occasional thunder and lightning, when the rain fell in torrents till about 10, when the stars shone.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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