[Brigham Young Sermon] President Young called the captains of 10s together this evening, to impart to them the nature of the business to-morrow, which was that 2 men should be selected out of each 10, to act as a standing guard, to watch the cattle, etc. while we remain here '" that every wagon should be overhauled, & things that were superfluous taken out of them, such as old iron, ploughs, etc. as he thought that 10 of the latter would be sufficient number for the whole company, also some wagons <the Twelve and some others> are to be left behind '" He himself is going over the river to-morrow to make arrangements about getting a flat boat for us to cross with, as they have one here '" Some of the brethren are intending to commence burning a coal pit to-morrow. -- Fort Laramie, Wyoming [Horace K. Whitney Journal, Archives, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah..]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]
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