Jim Bridger. was not present because in trying to discourage Brigham Young from settling the barren territory he had even offered "$1.000 for the first bushel of corn grown in the Great Basin." Success and prosperity came not by happenstance but represented the extraordinary sense of perception and precaution of President Young and the cooperation of his dedicated Saints. With Brigham. "to think was to act" and even though he was exercising every knowledge at hand to provide for the immediate area. his mind was occupied with dreams of wider colonization of the Great Basin. In the October conference that year it was voted to extend the settlements of the Saints north and south and to establish a perpetual emigration fund. whereby foreign immigrants. chosen by the missionaries. were brought to Deseret. now known as Utah. and. once established. repaid the fund. Some 70.000 immigrants were brought to the Great Basin through this fund. and many of them were sent by President Young to settle new areas. Generally. Brigham handpicked the group to colonize the new area which he had previously surveyed. And in this. as with all his important decisions. he displayed unusual vision and judgment of character. The trades of the immigrants were not always applicable to the new frontier. so President Young sent forth a mixture of talents and thereby enriched the education of both factions. On one occasion. however. President Young entrusted Isaac Morley with the selection of the brethren for the settlement of Sanpete Valley. now known as Manti. but not without a word of caution: -My heart is full of blessings for the peopleI want a company of good men and women to go to Sanpete. and I do say that no man shall dwell in that valley who is in the habit of taking the name of God in vain.
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