Daybook (24 October 1879 - 31 January 1881)
Nov 22nd 1879 [FIGURE] we arose this morning took Breakfast lunch & yoaked up our team & headed
over a vary rocky & rough country 6 miles there parted with the ox teams & Br Birk went 3 miles across
the country without road to Kinekenick springs which was the Sunset sheep heard But the House was [vacant]
On the road to day I saw some 300 Antilope two floks had 100 in each & smaller flocks from 10 to 30.
[FIGURE] I saw more antilope to day than I ever saw a day before in my life they had been driven
out of the Mountain by the snow down into the cedars they were in flock like a flock of sheep
On our arival we cleaned out the House put up a Bedsted made up our bed unloaded our
wagons By this time a Messenger arived from Sunset and Brought me 6 Letters from
Elias Smith, J Jaques, Angus M Cannon, Julia S Woodruff John P Sorrenson
and Ammon M Tenney which was a vary important one He had made a Barging [bargain]
with Mr Barth the Jew to Buy out St John water & Land for 750 cows to be
Paid for in one year ie He had the offer of the place for that sum & was awaiting my
reply to know if He should buy it. I was vary weary I told the Brethren that I
thought I would stop untill Tuesday Morning and go to Sunset and write
[FIGURES] Tenney an Answer I went to bed slept untill 12 oclk and
awoke And my Monitor guide or spirit of the Lord call it by what
name you will said to me arise tarry not go to Sunset council A M
Tenney to close the Bargan buy St John send the Missionaries to take the
Possession of the Colorado Meadows for much depends upon your action in
that Matter According to this instruction I arose Early and prepared myself
