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afterward, on account of alarm at the apparent scarcity of timber, restrictions were put upon the manner of cutting and quantity used. Certain fines were im- posed as a penalty for disobedience; for fuel only dead timber was allowed, and while there was sufficient, the restraint excited some opposition.^

The next day was the sabbath; and as had been the custom at Nauvoo, two services were held, George A. Smith, followed by Heber C. Kimball and Ezra T. Benson, preaching the first sermon, and in the afternoon the meeting was addressed by Wilford Woodruff, Orson Pratt, and Willard Richards. One cause for thankfulness was that not a man or an ani- mal had died on the journey. The sacrament was administered, and before dismissing the saints, the president bade them refrain from labor, hunting, or fishing. "You must keep the commandments of God," he said, "or not dwell with us; and no man shall buy or sell land, but all shall have what they can cultivate free, and no man shall possess that which is not his own."

On the 27th,^ the president, the apostles, and six others crossed a river which was afterward found to be the outlet of Utah Lake, and thence walked dry- shod over ground subsequently covered by ten feet of water to Black Rock, where all bathed in the lake, Brigham being the first to enter it.^^ The party re- turned to camp on the following day, when a council was held, after which the members walked to a spot midway between the north and south forks of a neigliboring creek, where Brigham stopped, and strik- ing the ground with his cane, exclaimed, " Here will

^ 'Taylor and Pratt took the lead; through them this understanding about the timber occurred.' Nebeker's Early Justice, MS., 4.

2* On Monday, the '26th, the president and his apostles ascended Ensign Peak, so called on account of a remark made by Brigham: ' Here is a proper place to raise an ensign to the nations. ' Ibid. See also Utah Early Records, MS., 4; Woodruff's Journal, MS.; Nebeker's Early Justice, MS. Woodruff was the Hrst who stood on the top of the peak.

^' On this day was commenced the first blacksmith's shop, the property of Burr