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Jul 26, 1847

Journal Entry

July 26, 1847 ~ Monday

26th Monday The camp in general was busily ingaged in plowing &
planting corn & other seeds. ten men including the Twelve were appo
inted to go on an exploring expedition. I took President Young into
my carriage & travled two miles towards the mount^a^in & made choice of
a spot of ground for our garding with a small rivlet runing throug[h] [page covered]
it sufficient to irrigate it which I named guarding creek we then
returned to camp & went North of the camp about 5 miles & we all
went unto the top of A high Peak in the edge of the mountain which we
considerd A good place to raise An ensign upon which we named ensign
Peak
or Hill ^I was the first person that Ascended this Hill^ Brother Young was vary weary in climing the Peak He
being feble, we then desended to the flat—started north to visit some
hot sulpher springs but we returned two miles to get A drink of cool
water & then went back 4 miles to the springs we found them vary
warm but not hot, 3 or 4 of the springs ished [issued] green water & formed
substance below that looked like verdigreese After visiting them we
returned to camp quite weary. Brs Mathews & Brown returned to ca[mp] [page covered]
had crossed the valley in the Narrowest place opposite the camp to the
mountain on the west found the valley about 2015 miles across passed
over A river 4 miles from camp about 8 rods wide which we saw fr[om] [page covered]

ensign Peak we also had A good view of the salt lake through our glasses
& many rivers & creek runing through the valley the whole distance of the
day was 20 m

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Young, Brigham
1 Jun 1801 - 29 Aug 1877
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Apostle, Family
Matthews, Joseph
9 Jan 1809 - 14 May 1886

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I then addressed the Brethren was followed by O Pratt & W Richards all of which expressed the gratitude of our hearts to our Heavenly Father for leading us to so goodly a land & exhorted the Brethren to harken to council do away with selfish- ness live humble & keep the commandments of God that we may prosper in the land
~ Wilford Woodruff
President Young though feble addressed for a few moments and Informed the brethren [FIGURE] they must not work on Sunday that they would loose five times as much as they would gain by it & they must not hunt or fish on that day and there should not any man dwell among us who would not observe these roles
~ Brigham Young
I then addressed the Brethren was followed by O Pratt & W Richards all of which expressed the gratitude of our hearts to our Heavenly Father for leading us to so goodly a land & exhorted the Brethren to harken to council do away with selfish- ness live humble & keep the commandments of God that we may prosper in the land
~ Wilford Woodruff
President Young though feble addressed for a few moments and Informed the brethren [FIGURE] they must not work on Sunday that they would loose five times as much as they would gain by it & they must not hunt or fish on that day and there should not any man dwell among us who would not observe these roles
~ Brigham Young

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Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
On the the camp in general was busily engaged in ploughing and planting corn and other seeds. Ten men were chosen for an Exploring Expedition through the Valley I took President Young into my carriage and travelled two miles towards the mountain and made choice of a spot of ground for our garden with a small rivlet running through it which I named Garden Creek. We then returned to camp and went North about five miles and we all went to the top of a high peeak on the edge of the mountain which we considered a good place to raise an ensign. So we named it Ensign Peak I was the first person who ascended this hill which we had thus named. Brother Young was very weary in climbing being feeble from his recent fever. We descended to the Valley and started North to visit the hot sulpher springs but we returned two miles to get a drink of cold water and then went back 4 miles to the Springs, and then returned to the camp quite weary. Brothers Mathews and Brown had crossed the Valley in the narrowest place opposite the camp to the West mountain and found it ^about^ 15 miles Next morning brother Amasa Lyman came into camp and informed us that Brown's detatchment of the Mormon Battalion would be with us in about two days We again started on our exploring expedition Brother Lyman and all of the members of the Quorum of the Twelve in camp being 8 in number were of the company. Six others of the brethren were with us among whom was Brannon from San Francisco Visit to the Salt Lake We started for the purpose of visiting the Salt Lake and mountain on the west of the valley. We travelled two miles west from

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Jul 26, 1847