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Show 99 Mountain Expedition was presented to the congregation by Bishop Harrington.7 Harrington had, without doubt, been in the "council meeting" with Apostle Smith the evening before. Two men, David Wood and John Shelley, were called upon to go on the mission. Contributions were then called for to support the undertaking. The ward collected from its members: sixty-two pounds pork, five pounds 7 beef, ten pounds butter, and two shirts.' The bishop's counsellors, Mercer and Bournes, were appointed to see the explorers were properly fitted out for the expedition. It is assumed that this pattern was repeated in each of the other half dozen settlements in Utah County on the Sunday after Smith's visit, according to Smiths instructions. There were some who were called to go during the days to follow Sunday the 7th. Edson Barney of Provo wrote that he was called on o the 10th of March. His mission completed, George A. Smith returned to Salt Lake City on the 10th. The American Fork record is consistant with Brigham Young's letters to the southern Bishops in that it was a church affair. The members of the expedition were called by their Bishops, not by their commanding officers as in previous defense strategies. Brigham Young was moving to take direct command of the defense of the kingdom. In this time of emergency all resources were under the control of the prophet, and lines of seperation of powers were hazy to nonexistent. On the evening of the "council meeting" in Provo, a significant occurence happened in Salt Lake City which likely contributed to a change in the status of the White Mountain Expedition. During the evening prayer circle with the Apostles on March 7, Brigham Young announced he had had a dream the night before which was described as follows: "Prest. Young said he saw this city last night, in a dream placed upon high rocks, thousands of feet high, men, women |