them & turn them back all the Companies were together 2 ox trains & the Hand Cart
train when the Brethren found them many of the old oxen had died but the young
oxen many of them were fat & fine. Brother Tenant who had bought President
Youngs place is dead He died near scotts Bluffs the people were suffering with
cold & hunger some. David Kimball & others went ahead picked out
camp grounds made up fires shoveled off snow when the camp came up
they would take the old men & women & children that could not walk &
carry them to the fire & help them get supper & then would dance
around their fires & sing & shout to keep up the spirits of the people
& while Journeying during the day & would wade over all the streams & drag
the Hand Carts over & carry over all the lame women men & children
When W^m Kimball met with Brother Vancott He took one pair of his
Mules & put onto his own waggon & told him to turn around with the other
& follow him to the east untill they met with the company as the compan-
ies had came back tofrom the sweet water to webber. when the Companies ^express^
had found the company they were all together & had been camped 9 days
in about 1 foot of snow waiting for the snow to go off & to recruit
the cattle. Elder G. D. Grant wrote a good Letter to President Young
giving a Description of the company & ther situation He says that not
more than one third of the Hand Cart Company was able to walk
& many were barefoot & freezeing ther toes

The conversation turned to Brother Vancott & Claudious Spencer
& Elder Kimball said Brother Young has got much better Eyes than
I have for I never could see Brother Spencer He is so small &
President Young said that Brother Vancott took after Orson Pratt in
Philosophy if he had the spirit of God with him he would not have
turned that company back but I am not agoing to blame them

Among other things the subject of miracles came up & President
Young said sI have had a $5 gold piece put into my pocket now
two days in succession I do not know from what source it came from
Brother Kimball said it was an Angel

Broth Young then related a circumstance that when He & Brother Kimball
was travelling East to gether they had $13.50 ownly & they travelled untill
they paid out $87 out of it & had sixpence left & they received
no addition by any known hand. Brother Kimball said that an Angel
had taken that money out of some body pocket & put it into our
trunk. I spent most of the day in the office

November 14, 1856 ~ Friday

14^th I spent most of the day in the office I was quite unwell I called
upon Presidents Young & Kimball both spent the day mostly at home
President Grant was sick

November 15, 1856 ~ Saturday

15^th I spent the day at the office I was quite unwell

November 16, 1856 ~ Sunday

16^th Sunday Joseph A. Young James G. Willie W^m Woodward
President B. Young & H. C. Kimball all spoke in the fore noon I was not
able to attend in the forenoon. Levi Savage spoke in the afternoon was
followed by Mellen Atwood, both spoke well gave an account of ther
travels in India England &c & the progress of the Hand Cart Companies
at the close President H. C. Kimball moved that Thomas S Williams
Henry J. Jarvis Loren Babbitt & all those that went with Babbitt
to Calafornia all be cut off from the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints it was Carried unanimously by the whole
congregation

them & turn them back all the Companies were together 2 ox trains & the Hand cart train when the Brethren found them many of the old oxen had died but the young oxen many of them were fat & fine. Brother Tenant who had bought President Youngs place is dead He died near Scotts Bluffs the people were suffering with cold & hunger some. David Kimball & others went ahead picked out Camp grounds made up fires shoveled off snow when the camp came up they would take the old men & women & children that could not walk & carry them to the fire & help them get supper & then would dance around their fires & sing & shout to keep up the spirits of the people & while Journeying during the day & would wade over all the streams & drag the Hand Carts over & carry over all the lame women men & children When Wm Kimball met with Brother Vancott He took one pair of his Mules & put onto his own waggon & told him to turn around with the other & follow him to the east untill they met with the Company as the companies had came backfrom the sweet water to webber

when the express had found the company they were all together & had been camped 9 days in about a foot of snow waiting for the snow to go off & to recruit the cattle. Elder G. D. Grant wrote a good Letter to President Young giving a Description of the company & ther situation He says that not more than one third of the Hand Cart Company was able to walk & many were barefoot & freezeing ther toes

The Conversation turned to Brother Vancott & Claudious Spencer & Elder Kimball said Brother Young has got much better Eyes than I have for I never could see Brother Spencer He is so small & President Young said that Brother Vancott took after Orson Pratt in Philosophy if he had the spirit of God with him he would not have turned that company back but I am not agoing to blame them

Among other things the subject of miracles came up & President Young saidI have had a $5 gold piece put into my pocket now two days in succession I do not know from what source it came from Brother Kimball said it was an Angel

Broth Young then related a circumstance that when He & Brother Kimball was travelling East to gether they had $13.50 ownly & they travelled untill they paid out $87 out of it & had sixpence left & they received no addition by any known hand. Brother Kimball said that an Angel had taken that money out of some body pocket & put it into our trunk. I spent most of the day in the office

November 14, 1856 ~ Friday

14th I spent most of the day in the office I was quite unwell I called upon Presidents Young & Kimball both spent the day mostly at home President Grant was sick

November 15, 1856 ~ Saturday

15th I spent the day at the office I was quite unwell

November 16, 1856 ~ Sunday

16th Sunday Joseph A. Young James G. Willie Wm Woodward President B. Young & H. C. Kimball all spoke in the fore noon I was not able to attend in the forenoon Levi Savage spoke in the afternoon was followed by Mellen Atwood, both spoke well gave an account of ther travels in India England &c & the progress of the Hand Cart Companies at the close President H. C. Kimball moved that Thomas L Williams Henry J Jarvis Loren Babbitt & all those that went with Babbitt to Calafornia all be cut off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints it was Carried unanimously by the whole congregation