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Manuscript History of the Church
MH-A, 477–479
Willard Richards scribe
[Summer] 1843
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MH-A, addenda 6–7n1
Thomas Bullock
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"Extract from … Heber C. Kimball"
Heber's Zion's Camp
TS 6:771–772
January 15, 1845
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| George A. Smith Autobiography
George A., 11–14
Edits, addendum by Thomas Bullock
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| Wilford Woodruff's Journal
Wilford Woodruff
WWJ 1:9
January 1835
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| "Synopsis of … Heber Chase Kimball"
Heber's Zion's Camp
Synopsis, 535–536
August 20, 1864
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| Reuben McBride
McBride
1853
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| "History of Amasa Lyman"
Amasa Lyman (h)
MS 2:472–473
July 29, 1865
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Moses Martin Journal (A)
Martin (A), 1–3
1834 |
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"History of Orson Pratt"
MS 27, no. 6 (Feb. 11, 1865): 86
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| May 1, 1834
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| [] Journal of Moses Martin from kirtland to the State of Missouri which commenced April the 27th 1834 < [Thursday] May the 1th 1834>
on this day we left Kirtland in company with 2 wagons and 20 men for new portage whare we expected to meete the rest of our company being a south west course
this day we traveled 25 mi then camped over night
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| [WWJ 1:9] According to appointment on the first day of May 1834 we left Kirtland for Missouri. There was not but a small part of the company left Kirtland until the Monday following on account of their not being in readiness going five days later. There was four baggage waggons and rising of 20 men in the company which left Kirtland the first of May.
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| [["History of Orson Pratt," 86] Being
appointed to take charge of a company of twenty persons, we started for
Zion with four wagons.
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| Our march was similar to the anient Israelites. Our horses, waggons and tents were in readiness and we were led by Joseph.
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| Our Company now consisted of twenty baggage waggons and rising of one hundred & fifty men. The men were armed with dirks pistols Swords & rifles For Self defence
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| and according to Brother Joseph’s request I delivered him my Sword for his own use.
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| Our lives were threatened in consequence of advocating and maintaining the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this cause it became necessary to be in readiness to defend our lives our purpose and property.
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| May 2, 1834
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| [Heber's Extracts: 771] We started on our journey; leaving only Oliver
Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon, and the workmen who were engaged at the Temple;
so that there were very few men left in Kirtland.
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and as our waggons were nearly filled with baggage we had mostly to travel on foot
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| Our wagons were about full with baggage &c., consequently we had to travel on foot.
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| May 5, 1834
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started on the 5th of May, and truly
this was a solemn morning to me. I took leave
of my wife and children and friends, not expecting ever to see them again,
as myself and brethren were threatened both in that country and in Missouri
by the enemies, that they would destroy us and exterminate us from the land.
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| There were about one hundred brethren
in our company who started for Zion. These brethren were all young men and
nearly all Elders, Priests, Teachers and Deacons.
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| [MH-A, 477] May 5th having gathered and prepared clothing and other necessaries to carry to our Brethren and Sisters who had been robbed and plundered of nearly all their effects; and having provided for ourselvelves <ourselves> horses and waggons. and firearms. and all sorts of munition of war of the most portable kind for self defenc[e]. as our enemies were thick on every hand, I started with the remainder of the Company, from Kirtland. for Missouri <see note 20 page 16)>
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| [MH-A, addenda 16n20] where Uncle John Smith and Brigham young had been preaching [-] three month’s before. This day brothers Brigham young and Joseph young went to Israel Barlow’s, about three quarters of a mile, and tarried over night, brother Barlow returned with them in the morning and joined the camp,
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here let it be remembered that brother Brigham Young with <had taken> the families of Solomon Angel, and Lorenzo Booth. unto his house, that they might accompany us to Missouri. see page 477
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| [George A., 11] my new boots blistered my feet severely & Joseph gave me a pair of his own which were a great relief to me.
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| May 6, 1834
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[MH-A, 477–478] and on the 6th we arrived, and joined our brethren who had gone before at New Portage, about 50 miles distance.
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| The second day we arrived at New Portage, being
about 50 miles,
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| at which place on the 7th, we made regulations for travelling,
and appointed a paymaster whose name was Frederick G. Williams, and put
all of our monies into a general fund. Some
of the brethren had considerable, and others had little or none, yet all
became equal.
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[478] My company from Kirtland consisted of about one hundred. mostly young men, and nearly all Elders. Priests. teachers. or deacons, and as our waggons were filled with baggage with had mostly to travel on foot.
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| While here one of my horses received
a kick from another horse, which obliged me to trade away my span, and get
another span of older horses.
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| [12] As the Original Minutes of this journey kept by Dr. F G Williams have been lost & only a partial account of it ever published I here <shall> insert some instances incidents of the journey in my narrative.
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| May 7, 1834
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On the 7th we made preparations for travelling, gathered all the moneys of every individual of the compa<n>y and appointed F. G. Williams Paymaster <of the company> from <to disburse> the funds thus created. <collected and Zerubbable Snow, commisary General.>
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| We then proceeded on our journey
twelve miles to the Chippeway. Here we pitched our tents under a pine grove.
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We then proceeded on our journey, (after I requested the use of Bro Woodruff’s Sword for the campaign, which he readily granted me.) and We arrived the same evening at Chippeway. and pitched our tents in a fine grove.
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Zerubbabal Snow was appointed commisary general at the time Williams was appointed Paymaster
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| [George A., 12] I was on duty half the night.
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| My Roger Orton who was Capt of the guard <Orton officer of the Guard> made an attempt to get my gun from me during the night by approaching me in a friendly manner & asking to look at it, he disarmed several of the men guards in that manner. <(See back 1)>
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| [George A., 12 Back, note 1)] President Joseph selected me to be one of his mess. I Slept in his Tent laying directly at his feet & heard <many of> all his counsels & instructions to the officers of the Camp
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| Zebedee [one canceled word] Coltrin was cook for the mess. After my day's walk it was my duty to bring water, make fire, & wait on the cook.
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| May 8, 1834
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[WWJ 1:9] As I before said we commenced our march or journey on the 8th day of May from New Portage the weather vary pleasant and delightful. We continued to travel through the day and dwell in our tents at night. I witnessed many interesting things while on this journey.
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| [Heber's Extracts: 771] The next day we were divided into
companies of twelve each, and captains were appointed over each company.
I then organized my company in the following manner, appointing two to attend
to cooking, two to see that fires were made, two to prepare the tent at
night and prepare the bedding, and also to strike the tent each morning,
two to fetch and provide water, one to do the running, two to see to the
horses, see that the wagon was greased, and every thing prepared for starting.
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| My business was to see that the company was provided for, and to see that
all things were done in order.
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We purchased flour <and meal,> baked our own bread and cooked our own provisions generally. which were good though sometimes scanty: and some times we had Johnny cake. or corn dodger. instead of flour bread.
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was very good, being able to buy bread from the bakers on the way through
the settled part of the country. After this we purchased flour and had to
bake our own bread. We sometimes had to live mostly on johnny cake and corn
dodger, and sometimes our living was scant.
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Every night before retiring to rest, at the sound of the trumpet we bowed before the Lord in the several tents; and presented our thank offerings to with prayer and supplication; and at the sound of the morning trumpet <about four oclock,> every man was again on his knees before the Lord, imploring his blessing through for the day.
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bed we united in our tent and offered up our prayers before the Lord for
protection. This was done at the sound of a trumpet; and at the sound of
the trumpet in the morning, every man was upon his knees and some one made
prayer. There was a similar order attended to in each tent. There were higher
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on our journey, and on Saturday the 10th, we passed through Mansfield and
camped for the Sabbath in Richfield.
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heare we met with some dificulty having [Broak?] down a one horse waggon which <and harness> was sold for a small some and the horse put in to another team
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| May 11, 1834 |
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| [Heber's Extracts: 771] On Sunday the 11th,
brother Sylvester Smith [772] preached and the sacrament of bread and wine
was administered to the company.
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[WWJ 1:9–10] We made it a practice of pitching our tents on Saturday night and not remove them untill Monday morning. We had preaching on the Lords day. Brother Joseph often addressed us in the name of the Lord while on our journey and often while addressing [10] the camp he was clothed upon with much of the spirit of God. His precepts were very instructive and interesting.
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| May 12, 1834
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then on Monday the 12th we continued our journey still in a south west direction for about [11?] miles then bore to the South 13 ms |
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Monday the 12th we left Richfield for the Miami River where we arrived, after daily marches, on the 16th. <at Dayton about> <See addenda no. 1 page 6> |
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[George A., 12] On Monday the 12th. See Addenda Note 1 Page 6 altering it to the language of G. A. Smith where necessary down to word Stop (See Back 2) <See Paper (1) part May 13th) (See Back 3.)> <we left Richfield, |
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<here> we encamped in the town of litle Sandusky Co of Crafford having came 32 ms |
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[MH-A, addenda 6n1] travelled about 35 miles,
<passed through Bucyrus> and encamped on the Sandusky Pains, at a short distance from the place where the Indians roasted Gen. Crawford, and near the Indian Settlements. |
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we passed over the Sandusky Plains, and through the Indian settlements.— |
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travelled 35 miles, passed thro' the Town of Bucyrus & camped on Sandusky Plains <[two illegible words]> being the first Prairie, we had ever seen> |
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on this night it froze sufficiently to [-] a [-] the leaves on the forest being quite large was all killed so that much of the timber died [dead?] and looked as if the fire had run through the tops of it |
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| May 13, 1834 |
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<on> The [one canceled word ending in day] <13th> we passed through a long range of Beech Woods, where the Roads were very bad. |
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[Heber's Extracts [772] We then passed through a long range of beech woods, where the roads were very bad. |
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thus on thusday the [-]th we continued our journey |
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In many instances we had to fasten ropes to the waggons to haul them out of the sloughs and mud holes. |
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In many instances we had to fasten ropes to the wagons to haul them out of the sloughs and mud holes. |
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[George A., 12] we had to pull our wagons through miry places with ropes by hand—. |
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to the Sciota river being nearly about [-] 23 ms [this?] day |
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we encamped on the banks of Sciota River in Dudley Township, & during the night the water in our Tents froze 3/4 <in> thick |
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Brother Parley P. Pratt broke his harness and the brethren fastened their ropes to his waggon, and drew it about three miles to the place of encampment on the Scioto river while he rode. [three canceled words], singing and whistling. |
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Elder Parley P. Pratt broke his harness & could not proceed, so a company of the Brethren attached ropes to his wagon & hauled it about 3 miles to the place of encampment. I gathered a quantity of fallen leaves & laid on the ground where I slept as usual rolled up in my blanket |
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I was so weary, hungry & sleepy that I dreamed while walking along the road of seeing a beautiful stream of water by a pleasant shad & a nice loaf of bread & a bottle of milk laid out on a cloth by the side of the Spring—we passed on several miles of cross ways made of logs, through the boggy places— |
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While passing through these woods the brethren scattered on each side [of] the road and went to hunting for wild game. |
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a deer was killed which furnished a very small supply of venison. |
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| May 15, 1834 |
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then on thursday the 15th we came to liberty from thence to urbana from thence to springfield being in the County of Clark thence 12 ms west of springfiel[d] whare we camped all night havin[g] came 30 ms being in the town of clark |
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<Thursday> 15th. We forded mad River passing thro' a beautiful country encamped a little West of Springfield— |
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[George A., 12 Back] 15th We forded Mad River, passed through West Liberty, & Urbana, the County Seat of Champaign Co., through & Springfield & encamped 2 miles west of it in Clark County. |
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The Company were here supplied with Tin Reflecters to bake their own bread with. |
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This night moses martin fell asleep on sentry and some of the bretheren went and took his sword, and left him asleep. |
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[MH-A, addenda 7] in about forty rods from where I made this observation. we came through
the woods, we saw a large farm, and there near the road on our left,
a mound sixty feet high, occupying about half an acre of ground, covered
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[George A., 12–13] Upon this we <soon> came out of the timber where a large farm had been cleared & to the left of the road was a mound 60 feet high occupying about an acre of ground set out all over with Apple trees which were growing in a very thrifty manner— |
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containing human bones, the ground being level
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we went to the mound. found that holes had been dug in it in sevl places which disclosed the fact that it was filled with a great quantity of human bones— |
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Hyrum said he beled
that a [one canceled word] great army had sometime been killed & buried there <slain & piled up & covered with earth, an ancient manner of burying the dead from a battle field>. |
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At dinner time some of the brethren expressed a considerable fear on account milk Sickness, with which the people were troubled along our route, many were afraid to use milk or butter, and appealed to me to know if it was not dangerous— |
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At dinner time some of the Brethren expressed considerable fear on account milk Sickness, with which the people were troubled along our route—[13] many were afraid to use Butter or milk & appealed to the Prophet Joseph to know if it was not dangerous— |
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I told them to use all they could get, unless they were told it was sick, some expressed fears that it might be sold to us by our enemies for the purpose of doing us injury. I told them not to fear, that if they would follow my Counsel, and use all that they could get from friend or enemy, that it should do them good, and none be sick in consequence of it, and altho’ we passed that Neighborhood where many of the people and cattle were infected with the sickness, yet my words were fulfilled. |
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he told them to use all they could get unless they were told it was sick—Some expressed fears that it might be sold to them <us> by our enemies for the purpose of doing us injury—he told them not to fear, that if they would follow his counsel & use all that they could get from friend or enemy that it should do them good & none be sick in consequence of it, & altho’ we passed thro' neighborhood where many of the people & cattle were infected <dying> with the sickness, yet his words were fulfilled. |
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[MH-A, addenda 7] We passed through <while passing thro'> Dayton, Ohio, where great anxiety was manifested, various reports of our numbers and designs having gone before us, while we were passing thro’ Dayton some of the Inhabitants enquired of the Company, where they were from, when brother Brigham <Captain> Young replied "from every place but this, and they would <we will> soon be from this.” “Where are you going?” “To the West.” <–see page 479–> |
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[George A., 13] We passed on to <On passing through> Dayton, <Montgomery Co;> Ohio, where great anxiety was manifested, various reports of our numbers & designs having gone before us; while we were passing thro’ Dayton some of the inhabitants enquired of the company where they were from, when brother Brigham Young replied "from every place but this, & they would soon be from this.” “Where are you going?” “Going to the West.” |
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[MH-A, 480] … We forded the Miami River with our baggage wagons and <most of> the men waded through the water. <Addenda No. 2 page 7> |
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We forded the Miami River with our baggage wagons & some <most> of the Brethren waded thro' the water— |
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then on friday the 16th we came to daton which is one of the most beautiful Situated inland towns in the world havin[g] the Miami on the south and west and the mad river on the north and [4] and north west with a canal running through the town |
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[MH-A, addenda 7n2] We passed through <while passing thro'> Dayton, Ohio, |
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[Heber's Extracts: 772] We passed through a
very pleasant country to Dayton, Ohio, |
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[George A., 13] We passed on to <On passing through> Dayton, <Montgomery Co;> Ohio, |
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[MH-A, addenda 7] where great anxiety was manifested, various reports of our numbers and designs having gone before us, while we were passing thro’ Dayton some of the Inhabitants enquired of the Company, where they were from, when brother Brigham <Captain> Young replied "from every place but this, and they would <we will> soon be from this.” “Where are you going?” “To the West.” <–see page 479–> |
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where great anxiety was manifested, various reports of our numbers & designs having gone before us; while we were passing thro’ Dayton some of the inhabitants enquired of the company where they were from, when brother Brigham Young replied "from every place but this, & they would soon be from this.” “Where are you going?” “Going to the West.” |
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These Gentlemen enquired of almost every man in the Camp where he was from and where he was going, and what was his business, and returned to Dayton, and reported that every man in the company was a gentleman, and gave [blank] a respectful answer to every question asked, but they could not ascertain where they were going, or what [was] their business. |
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They enquired of almost every man in the Camp where he was from, where he was going & what was his business, and returned to Dayton, and reported that every man in the company was a gentleman, and gave [blank] a respectful answer to every question asked, but they could not ascertain where they were going, or what was his business. |
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This evening a Court Martial was [one canceled word] <held> in Camp for the trial of <moses> Martin for falling asleep on watch. the night previous brother Martin pled his own case, that he was over come with fatigue, and so overpowered that he could not keep awake &c. |
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This evening a Court Martial was was held <held> in camp for the trial of Moses Martin for falling asleep on watch the <previous> night brother Martin pled <pleaded> that he was overcome with fatigue & so overpowered that he could not keep awake— |
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I decided that he should be acquitted and never go to sleep again on watch, which was sanctioned by the Court, |
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President Joseph <Smith> decided <suggested> that he shod. be acquitted & never go to sleep again on watch, which was sanctioned by the Court, |
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and I took occasion from this circumstance to give the brethren much useful instruction. (page 480) |
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The Prophet <He> then took occasion from this circumstance to us some useful instruction on the importance of attending to our duties, especially, when called upon to stand guard— |
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During the day begin very much fatigued with carrying my musket I put it into the baggage wagon, which was <a> customary <thing>, & when I arrived at camp in the evening my gun could not be found— |
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This circumstance was exceedingly mortifying to me as <and> many of the Brethren accused me of carelessness & chided <rediculed> me about losing my gun— |
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Jenkins Salisbury took the most [14] pleasure in rediculing me for my carelessness as he termed it. I afterwards learned on passing that way that my Gun was pawned for [whiskey?] <whiskey by one of our company,> & have always believed that Jenkins Salisbury, who was very fond of the good creature, stole my gun & disposed of it <in> that way. |
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