11th [FIGURES] The Presidency Twelve and many others met with the peace commissioners in the Council House Governor Powell a senator Elect Hailing from Kentucky and Maj McCullough from Texas were then introduced to the Assembly as the peace commissioners sent by President Buchanan Gov Powell spoke to the people & informed us what the President wished at our hands President Buchanan sent by them a proclamation accusing us of treason & some 50 other crimes all of which was fals yet He Pardoned us for all those offences if we would be subject to the Constitution and laws of the United States and if we would let his troops winter in our Territory He pledged himself that they should not interfere or infringe upon any city town or people of this Territory that he had no right to interfere with our religion, tenets, faith, or practice in any of our religion. The peace confirmed the same they did not wish to enquire into the past at all but let it all go but talk about the present & the future President Buchanan

we left the City rode to the American fork took dinner then met in the afternoon with the saints in that place President Young addressed the saints. He said I will say a few words upon those subjects which we feel interested in at the present time I feel interested in all things that concern this people many want to know what will be the result of this summers troubles or movements the hand of God is visible in all things with us he has brought us to our present position of peace and has hedged up the way of our Enemies. He spoke much to our Edifycation

A man called upon President Young said Arropene was vary sick & wanted some things. Joseph A Kelting called upon the president to know if he might not sell grain to the armey. President Young said I dont want you to ask me any such Question. If you love the kingdom of God more than you do gold you wont trade with them or sell them wheat I have sold them no wheat to sell them and this people should not sell their wheat but preserve it against the day of need many people have more inter- est in a little gold than in the salvation of their souls many other remarks were made by President Young

I spent the evening at President Youngs office He said I am sorry for the Armey & have thought of sending word for the Brethren in Great Salt Lake City for the brethren to sell vegitables to them I have also had it in my heart when peace is esstablished to take all the Cattle Horses and Mules which we have taken from the army and return them to the officers. In speaking of the moving of the people out of G. S. L. City is there evil in the City and I the Lord have not done it. Is our movement an evil no it is for our good.

Bishop Partridge called a council of the Authorities of the Church in Zion and who called for volunteers of two men to go to Kirtland to see the Prophet Joseph and ask council about what course to pursue; and as no one volentered Parley P. Pratt steped forward and sayed he would go. Bishop Partridge asked what situation he was in to go; He sayed he had a coat in the world, his family wife lay sick and destitute but he was ready to go. Lyman Wight was the next one volenter; when asked how he was situated and if he had means to go, he said

One evening while Wilford Woodruff, Milton Homes, and sevral of the brotherin were with the Prophet in his house he sayed "I want some money to help fit out Zion and I know that I shall have it." In the morning Brother Joseph Received a letter from Sister Vose of Boston, containing $250. He took the money out of the

letter and showed it to the brotherin, present and said, "Did I not tell you [blank] last night that I would soon have some money and here it is."

On Sunday the 27 of April the saints met togather and held a testamony meeting, and many of the elders spoke and bore their testimony, among the number was Sidney Rigdon, Brigham Young, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Hyrum Smith, Oliver Cowdry, and also Joseph Smith the Prophet who closed by saying "Brothering we are laying the foundation of a great work and you know it not, you comprehend it not. The work we are engaged in will grow, spread, and increase untill it will fill the land: it will go from sea to sea it will fill the Rocky Mountains: all nations will hear it: it will fill its destiny; It is the work of Almighty God, and he will maintain and defend it." Wilford Woodruff sayed in his journal it appears to me there was more light made manifest in that meeting parta ining ^to^ the gospel and kingdom of God than I had ever received from the whole Secter- rian world.

At dinner time some of the brotherin expressed considerable fear, on account of milk sickness with which the people were troubled dureing our route; many were afraid to use milk or butter, and appealed to me, to know if it was not dangerous; I told them to use all they could get, untill they were told it was sick. Some expressed fears that it might be sold to us by our enemies for the purpose of doing us injury; I told them not to fear, that if they whould follow council, and use all they could get from friends or enemies it whould do them good and none should be sick in consequense of it; and although we passed through naberhoods where

As I am called upon this morning to Address this Assembly My mind leads me to speak to the young people who are before me this Morning I wish to say to you my young friends, last Evening as we came into this Town we met you paraded in the street to pay proper respect to President Young and his party you met to greet Prophets & Apostles and inspired Men. This is a privilege which no other Generation of young people have Ever Enjoyed for Eighteen hundred years untill Joseph Smith the prophet was raised up to lay the foundation of the Church & Kingdom of God