[John D. Lee] At 6 eve by request of Pres Young Woodruff Richards & some few others met in council wit[h] the Municiple & High Council 1st by request J D Lee read the committees report of the organization of Co No 1 for the purpose of regulating the working department of the organization & Preparing for winter and economy of the camp &c Pres Young gave or rather said that he considered it wisdom to complete our fence'& bring hay on the morrow to keep all the cattle that are here to get up our horses & mules and keep them here & not let them out till we get all our cattle here to start out on Saturday morning at 7 from the Prairie & between the 2 Encampments & go in every direction & sweep the timber & Prairie & gather all our cattle in a few hours Motioned that we carry out Pres Youngs views carried without a dissenting vote Said that he wanted the foremen of the several divisions to be notified to come immediately to this council that they may receive such instructions as will be for the benefit & economy of the camp whereupon the Marshal was sent Post Haste to execute the Pres views'Pres Young continued & said I want to lay before this council the propriety of sending Bishop Whitney to St Louis for the purpose of laying in the necessary articles of the camp for instance there are a great many women in our camp whose husbands are in the army & we have them to take care of'they need articles of clothing flour &c unless we send and get such articles they will pay 3 prices for everything they get Flour is sold at $3.00 for cwt in camp & in fact we cannot get it for less from the sellers for 50 miles distance We can buy 3000 bushels of wheat at 25 [cents] per bushel this certainly would justify us in geting a set of Mill Irons & a small set of Burrs say 18 inches circumference and rig up a grist mill say about 3 horse power & boalt to do the grinding of the camp that is the wheat I want this council & the council over the river to think of these things & decide'that we may have answer in season'
[John D. Lee, Diary]
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