hat he would send them the dark
and gloomy road over which no traveler ever returned. He wished
me to remove near to him, as I was one of the Danites assigned to
guard him. I had a good brick house and lot, all in fine order,
on Warsaw street. He told me to let him have my property on
Warsaw street and he would buy me a house on the flat, nearer his
own. I did so, and he bought out Brother Frost, and sent him on a
mission to Kentucky, where I had been laboring. He had a nice
little frame house. I moved into it and had it finished on the
inside and made comfortable.

Brigham at that time was living in a log house, but was preparing
to build a brick house. I renewed my labors on the Hall of the
Seventies, and finished it in grand style. It was then dedicated,
and the different quorums had picnic parties in it, beginning
with the first quorum, consisting of seventy-seven men to each
quorum. Brigham said this hall would be a building creditable to
London. He called upon me to organize the young men into quorums
of Seventy, and keep the records for them. He appointed me
General Clerk and Recorder of the Seventies, and through me were
to be issued the licenses of the quorums. This was to be a
compensation for my services.

Joseph Young was the senior president over all the quorums. My
burdens increased daily. I was offered the position of senior
president, I to select my six counselors and my Quorum of
Seventy, but I declined, as I did not want the responsibility. I
held then all the offices I could fill. Having finished the hall,
I was offered, or rather given a mission, to build Joseph Young,
the head president of the Seventies, a neat brick dwelling.
Calling upon the Seventies to assist me, I soon mustered what
help was necessary, and made brick enough to build me a large
dwelling house. Including my other buildings, it was ninety feet
front, two and a half stories, high, with a good cellar. By the
middle of July, 1845, I had both houses, the one for Joseph Young
and the one for myself, finished, ready for painting.

During the winter of 1844-5 a man by the name of Stanley took up
a school, teaching the use of the broadsword. At the expiration
of his term I opened three schools, of fifty scholars each, in
the same exercise. I gave thirteen lessons in each school,
receiving two dollars from each scholar. This made me six hundred
dollars. I received twenty-five cents for each license that I
issued. With these means I p