Mormon History, Tuesday, Mar 17, 1846.

RichardsonÂ's Point. Wind southeast and warm. 9 a.m., Captain Reuben M. Jolley, Joseph B. Noble, William Redfield, William A. Beebe, and Ira Hillman left camp for Nauvoo according to counsel, Bishop Noble taking the letters of the post office, among which was one from the council to Brother Duzette to bring the [Nauvoo] Legion flags. About 10, the Band started to Keosaugua to hold another concert.
President Young was frequently in the post office. Wrote an order and signed others and related how that in his dream of the past night he was pursued by a beast which threatened his life, and he fled into a house for safety. The beast following him, appeared to change into a human being and to which he attempted to shoot with a seven shooter to save his own life, but it would not go off. Then to bluff off the person, he drew his small six shooter which went off contrary to his expectation, the ball passed through the brain of the individual. Soon as the blood started the man came to his senses and was sorry for what he had done. President Young felt so bad because he had shot a man, that he awoke and was thankful that it was but a dream. In the afternoon Presidents Young and H. Kimball rode 3 miles to the next encampment to ascertain the state of the traveling, found it passable, and concluded to roll on in the morning. James Konro, son of Sidney Tanner, died at 5 a.m., inflammation of the brain and worms, aged 15 months.
Hosea Stout, captain of the guards, reported the following as having been faithful in camp and honorably returned to Nauvoo within a day or two: Rowland Shanon, Salisbury Davis, William Oaks, Reuben Oaks, Orin D. Sacket, James Warham, Alonzo Mecham, John Swap, Moses Coray, Ephraim M. Sherman, Seley Owens, William Austin, Isaac Ashton, James W. Shupe, Leuellington Mantle, Martin Potter, Joseph Champlin, David Curtis, Silas Hillman, William Box, Thomas Dew, John Bourne, George Tiffany, Nelson Blinebery, William Johnson, James W. Huntsman, Captain Augustus Stafford, Charles Green, Thomas Stafford.
Captain Scott of the artillery reported the following as having honorably left for Nauvoo: John Fido, Robert Pixton, Abraham Stephens, George Colemere, James Burns, John Barton, James Palmer. Captain Markham of the pioneers reported the following as having honorably left for Nauvoo within 2 or 3 days: William Cloward, George W. Bean, Hyram Fellows, Joseph Bates, Ornan Hotin, Samuel Thompson, Joseph Curtis, William Mathews, Jefferson Dimmock, William Garner, George Mason, Fletcher Strong, Thomas W. Smith, John Muir, Horace Blodgett, Francis E. Williams, Wilson Carnes, Edward D. Wade, James Stewart.
Wind south, afternoon [?] slight showers. Between 7 and 8 evening, President Young and Kimball [?]towards [?] his company. 3 miles south to Captains Bent and Rich is [?] commencing an organization of his 50.

[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]

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