[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] Near CutlerÂ's Park. Morning cloudy. From 9 to 11 a.m., Presidents Young and Kimball were with O. P. Rockwell in Captain RockwoodÂ's tent with others, hearing RockwellÂ's report of his arrest, imprisonment, etc., while Dr. Richards was writing a letter to Captain Jefferson Hunt, etc., of the Mormon Battalion, which was sent with 25 other letters to the soldiers by Dr. H. I. W. Edes to Fort Leavenworth, who took his departure this day. charging Colonel Kane $200 for his visit, etc., having written his views of Colonel Kane to Dr. Richards, which is on file.
About 11, Barnett Manzer called for counsel per Captain David Evans, who had taken a company of the poor Saints out to the prairie near Farmington, and Dr. Richards wrote for the Presidency to David Evans (copy on file) and sent by Brother Manzer. About 11½ [11:30], President Young rode out with his family. Dr. [Richards?] called on Colonel Kane, found him better. 6 p.m., Presidents Young and Richards visited Brother Van Cotts and examined a bolting cloth. Then to Brother Woodruff's and examined another. Dr. Richards then went to Colonel KaneÂ's, gave him duplicates of letter of council to Commander at Fort Leavenworth, and Dr. Edes opinion. Then saw Isaac Morley, Phinehas Richards, and Jonathan H. Hale, who brought a mail from Council Point of 17 letters for the Army, 33 for Cutler's Park and 23 he received from Brother Brown from the Fort Leavenworth, and at 7½ [7:30] went to President YoungÂ's tent with the doctor.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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