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Brigham corroborates Captain Hooper's purchase of land and expresses his trust in Hooper to oversee his hired men.
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Brigham reaffirms his desire for friendly relations with the Indians. He expresses interest in purchasing some of their land and offers to teach them to cultivate and to read and write.
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Brigham sends items to Captain Walker and counsels him and his people to seek peace and treat the settlers with kindness.
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Requesting the end to a dispute at the Ferry of Ben Symonds.
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Wells requests the delivery of Lumber through labor Tithing.
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Request to find a good route from the Weber River Ferry to Ogden's Hole to shorten Emigration travel.
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Securing the harvest is priority but Brigham encourages peaceful talk and gift giving with the Indians.
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Brigham places partial blame of the Indian hostilities on the settlers. He recommends more patience and reminds them that the Indians also belong to the House of Israel.
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Brigham sympathizes with the patience needed to get along peaceably with the Indians. He encourages Bradley to continue providing them with beef and supplies and to finish walling in the city if it doesn't escalate conflict.
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Grant confronts this Brother for violating his contract to sell 50 bushels wheat to the church. He sends a fair payment for the 12 bushels sent.
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After friendly travels with Brigham, Walker is again threatening the settlements. Brigham counsels him to be friendly and he will protect Walker's people from unfriendly Indians and teach them to raise grain.
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Requesting Luddington to settle a claim against him for expenditures on a paper machinery.
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Request to gather men to ascertain the feasibility for a road to Bridger or Green River.
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Indian Walker desires the return of the Indian girl taken in the Utah War.
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Brigham gives an update on the Southern settlements and discusses several different drafts involving Horner.
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Acknowledging the receipt of documents and expressing displeasure that officials believe slanderous remarks that Utah has mishandled Government funds. If officials aren't willing to request direct information from him, Brigham will repay the Government and wishes no further provisions as Utah can sustain herself. He also gives an update on his tour of the Southern settlements.
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Notifying Kern that his brother's remains were buried where they fell and who to contact for his personal effects.
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Authorization to collect the Strays on the west range and care for them until the owners retrieve them.
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Grant informs Young and Kimball that City Creek is rising and that the brethren have responded liberally to the call for bushels of wheat .
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Informing Young and Kimball that counsel was given to sustain the poor through donations outside of tithing, the Northern settlements have sent in their spare wheat and two deaths have occurred.
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Special Agents called to collect tithing food donations to pay those employed for public works for the church.
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Grant requests tithing wheat be sent to Salt Lake as it is needed to pay public works laborers. He gives instructions to care for the needy independent of tithing.
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Counsel to Hyde to avoid legal action and be a peacemaker.
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An appeal to Bishop Kay to resolve unruly behavior in his ward.
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Request for Stoker to hire Israel Ivins to survey land for a city in his district.