[Hosea Stout Diary] Sunday August 9th 1846. I went to a meeting with my wife. It was in the grove North of this camp at a place previously prepared in a thick cool shade.Woodruff, Clapp Farr and Lorenzo Young spoke in the fore noon.there had been previously to my coming hear an organization went into which was had before the people today and was as follows.There was what was called a Municipal High council consisting of 12 men appointed who were endowed with all the powers of a High council of the church & also the powers of common council of a municipality and hence all the powers both political and ecclesiastical were centered in them who were to act under the jurisdiction of the Twelve of course.The Twelve also sat in & had a voice in said council whenever they saw proper.
The council was composed of Alpheus Cutler as President2 Reynolds Cahoon3 Daniel Russell4 A. P. Rockwood5 J. M. Grant6 B. L. Clapp . . . . 7 Winslow Farr8 Thomas Grover9 Samuel Russell10 Ezra Chase11 Alanson Eldridge12 Cornelius P Lott.
Samuel Russell was appointed Secratary Horace S. Eldridge was appointed Marshall. The Place or Municipality was called Cutlers Park at the suggestion of President Young.
There was a letter read designed to be sent to President Polk stating our intentions for the future & that we intended to petition Congress for a Territorial Government as soon as we got to California. It also loudly demured to the idea afloat that it was contemplated by some of the government officers to have L. W. Boggs appointed Governer of Caliafornia[.] It said that "Lilburn W. Boggs and peace & Mormondom never could dwell together."
President Young informed us that there would be a council house built in which the saints could enjoy themselves and improve in the blessing which we have recieved in the Temple and sing and prayand if some had a mind to shout he did not care anything about it
It was now intended to live in this timber in the winter or as soon as cool weather set in. I came home from the after noon meeting about dark after which I saw Brigham and Rockwood at a council and learned the order of his camp and was informed how to proceed in relation to the company affairs & the order of working &c &c.
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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