[Apostle Willard Richards Journal] [Winter Quarters.] Pleasant day. [T], wind south. About noon, the Saints assembled at the stand and were addressed by Brother Cornelius P. Lott. President Young stated to the assembly that there was no occasion for grumbling, or Quorum of the Twelve explaining among the sisters whose husbands are in the army because they got no more money, for their dear husbands had only sent them about [$]5,000 when they received [$]22,000, and ought to have received it all. That the council had sent C[?] all the way to Santa Fe, and the Battalion had sent only [$]5,000, showing that they had kept about three-fourths of their money for the grog shop. [?] thinking more of them than they did of their dear wives and children would not have been received [?] the Camp of Israel, and what little they have got, if it had not have been for the Twelve, who receive nothing for their trouble or expense in the first payment and now they are going to help themselves.
[At] 6 p.m., municipal high council met at Dr. RichardÂ's round house. Present of the Twelve: B. Young, W. Richards, E. T. Benson, O. Pratt. G. A. Smith, H. C. Kimball, W. Woodruff. Meeting opened with prayer by Reynolds Cahoon. Names of members called and placed according to their number. Minutes of December 4th were read and received. Jonathan C. Wright will not be able to complete assessment before Thursday. Voted that he have till Thursday night.
B. Young motioned, (Hosea Stout) voted that the clerk bring the papers of the high council to each meeting. President Harris thought the clerk would attend to the motion without a vote on it. Voted that the committee be discharged [BishopÂ's Wards]. Voted that all the papers giving descriptions of lost cattle be placed in the hands of James Hendrix. Report of Daniel Carns, Hosea Stout, and Daniel Spencer as to the value of Brother BeerÂ's property, amount to [$]5,200. Voted that they continue in office.
President B. Young spoke of the beef hides being wasting, and suggested that a man be appointed to gather them up and dispose of them. Voted "that Thomas Grover be the man." President Young wants this high council to be active in taking care of the Omahas, and stated the substance of yesterdayÂ's counsel with the Indians. President Young suggested that the mill race be put through tomorrow and Tuesday. Motioned "that Thursday be the day for building the OmahaÂ's house," seconded and carried. Voted that a committee of three be appointed to superintend it and be there by nine oÂ'clock in the morning. Voted that Reynolds Cahoon, Ira Eldridge, and Stephen Markham be the committee. Voted "that there be fifty men" to do the work.
President Young then spoke. The high council have jurisdiction over the bishops and ought to call them together at least once a week and call them to an account to high council. Must have this city under their control. I want the list of bishops read over and see if they attend meeting. If they donÂ't magnify their office, drop them. It never will answer for this people to go into the wilderness without serving their God. It will be better to have a division and see who will serve God. I gleaned my knowledge everywhere. If I had been intent on getting riches, I never should have had the knowledge and someone else would have stood in my place.
We will now see what the bishops will do. Every man is a scholar and will read the inmost recesses of the man. The bishops ought to be able to give a description what every man does in the camp. When the bishops and high council donÂ't do their duty, report them and we will deal with them by the high council. You can lead a man to do his duty, see that every man, woman, and child has something to eat. Now go to work and organize your bishops. Who is afraid to go into the wilderness and worship God? When a man is found to be a thief, he will be a thief no longer. I pray that the time may come that all iniquity may be cast out.
Voted, "that Brother H. C. Sherwood be a committeeman and prepare a plot of the whole city and have it ready by Thursday night." President Young wants a map of this city procured for the clerk. A regular list of the names of the bishops requested to meet with the high council once and receive instructions and watch over them with a fatherly care and see that they organize their several wards, and see that they do their duty by watching over the several wards with a fatherly care, and see that they have work. Instruct the bishops to have meetings in their wards once a week or more, and that they have schools in their respective wards.
President Harris called on every bishop to make out a report on Tuesday night. President Young wishes the 12 high council[men] and 22 bishops to bring one log a piece, 25 feet long, and he would have them put up into a house. Voted that the hands be raised to complete the race. President Young will have the house built close to his. Voted that every third man be drafted. The bishops then voted the same. Voted that those who work on the flume, mill, and running gear be exempt. Voted to adjourn till Tuesday evening at 6 oÂ'clock, then to meet at this place (10 minutes past 8).
The Twelve remained in council for about an hour afterwards. Brother Luke Johnson was also with them and stated that all but one who were engaged in mobbing, tarring, and feathering Joseph and Sidney in the town of Hiram, Portage County, New York, had come to some untimely end, and the survivor, Carnot Mowen, had been severely afflicted and was the one who dragged Joseph out of the house by his hair. Dr. Denison prepared the vial for Joseph, supposed to be aqua fortis.
This afternoon Mr. Fontenelle, the interpreter, and two of Mr. SarpyÂ's men called at Winter Quarters on their way to the site of the last massacre of the Omahas.
[source: Apostle Willard Richards Journal]
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