Excerpt:
LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.
ing day we continued our journey. We pitched our tents at
night and had prayers night and morning. The Prophet told
us every day what we should do.
We were nearly all young men, gathered from all parts of
the country, and strangers to each other; but we got acquainted
very soon, and had a happy time together.
It was a great school for us to be led by a Prophet of God
thousand miles, through cities, towns, villages, and through
the wilderness.
When persons stood by to count ...
Dates:
June 19, 1834 June 24, 1834