ed
men to go to Mexico and defend the American flag. Col. Ethan
Allen and Thos. L. Kane began to raise the required number of
men. An express was sent to Pisgah and Garden Grove asking them
to furnish their number. The ranks were nearly full before I
reached camp. Upon my arrival Dr. Richards said to me:

"I am glad you have returned. We want you for one of the
captains."

"All right," I answered.

Brigham called me and said he could not spare me; that there were
men enough to fill the bill without me. The battalion was filled,
and Col. Allen, a United States officer, marched with them to
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

From Council Bluffs I returned to Missouri, to buy a drove of
cattle for Brigham, Dr. Richards, and others, they having
received money from England. I loaded twenty wagons with
provisions and articles for trade and exchange. I exchanged
horses for oxen, as the latter were low and the former high in
price. About the middle of August I returned with over five
hundred head of cattle.

While I was gone the camp moved across the Missouri River, to a
place called Cutler's Park. The cattle swam the river, but the
provision train was still on the Iowa side. Grant and some of
Brigham's men, teamsters and waiters, crossed back for a couple
of loads of provisions for Brigham. Without saying a word to me
they took from my train their supply of provisions.

When I heard of it I was ruffled, as this train was in my charge
and I was responsible for it. I went to Grant, who seemed to be
the leader, and told him he had not acted the gentleman in
interfering with what did not belong to him. We had warm words,
and had not others interfered would have come to blows. He
justified himself by saying that Brigham sent him. I told him I
did not care who sent him - there was a right way and a wrong way
of doing things. The feeling grew bitter between us, and he
accused me of doing wrongful acts in my office.

Finally Brigham called us together in the presence of the twelve
apostles, and we made our statements. My accusers said what they
had to say, and then I replied. When Brigham had heard our
statements he scolded my accusers sharply, and approved of what I
had done. He then said that we must not have ill-feeling, and
directed us to shake hands and be friends. I was the first that
arose to comply. We shook hands; still, though we agreed to drop
the matter, the old spirit lingered, even after we had crossed
the plains.