The city now began to grow rapidly, as companies of Saints were continually coming from the east.  In February, 1849, the city was divided into nineteen wards and a bishop appointed over each.  On the 12th of the same month the four vacancies in the quorum of the Twelve Apostles were filled by the calling of Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, and Franklin D. Richards to the apostleship.

Thus the Church was firmly established again, this time in the peaceful valleys of the mountains, away from the persecution of its enemies and the anger of mobs.

Topics.—­1.  Locating the temple and city. 2.  The fort. 3.  The crickets and gulls. 4.  Hard times. 5.  Heber C. Kimball’s prophecy.

Questions and Review.—­1.  How did President Young locate the temple spot? 2.  How was the city laid out? 3.  What was the first building in the valley? 4.  Describe a bowery. 5.  What was the fort? 6.  Describe it. 7.  Who was the first stake president in Utah? 8.  What happened in the spring of 1848? 9.  How were the crops saved? 10.  Why was food so scarce in 1848? 11.  What kinds of food were eaten? 12.  What was Heber C. Kimball’s prophecy? 13.  How was it fulfilled? 14.  How was the city built up? 15.  What apostles were chosen February 12, 1849?

CHAPTER XXXI.

GROWTH OF UTAH AND THE CHURCH.

As you were told in the last chapter, among the first things done by the pioneers was to send exploring parties out to find other locations for settlement.  They knew that thousands of Saints would follow them to their new home, and room must be had for them.

In the first company that followed the pioneers was Peregrine Sessions.  He, with some others, moved north from the pioneer camp and settled in what is now Davis county.  Further north, at the junction of the Weber and Ogden rivers, there lived, before the pioneers came, a trapper and trader by the name of Goodyear.  He claimed a large area of land, nearly all of what is now Weber county, saying that the Mexican government had granted it to him.  This claim he sold in 1847 to Captain James Brown of the Mormon Battalion for the sum of $3,000.  In the spring of 1848, Captain Brown with his sons moved to the new location and began putting in crops.  They were told that frost would kill the corn before it could ripen, but they worked on, and in the fall reaped a large harvest.  Soon other families moved in, to whom Captain Brown gave land.  Thus Ogden city and Weber county had their beginning.

Early in the spring of 1849, the first settlers moved south from Salt Lake City.  They consisted of thirty families led by John S. Higbee, one of the pioneers.  They settled on Provo river, built a fort for protection, and then began plowing and planting.  There were quite a number of Indians in that part.  Their head chief was Sowiette, and under him was Chief Walker.  The first was a kind Indian who wished to live in peace with the whites; but not so with Walker who delighted in stealing and fighting.