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Day in the Life

May 6, 1834

Journal Entry

May 06, 1834 ~ Tuesday
us from Kirtland which was on the then we were organized in regular

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Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal

We tarried at New Portage until the , when we were joined by the Prophet and eighty-five more men. The day before they arrived, while passing through the village of Mid- dlebury, the people tried to count them; but the Lord multi- plied them in the eyes of the people, so that those who numbered them said there were four hundred of them.

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine Notes 1

they arived upon the and Joseph called all the camp together & organized them in regular order He appointed all general officers & diveided the whole camp into companies of 12 men each company appointed their own captain we Appointed Orson Pyderatt Captain of our company each man had his duty assigned him as follows 2 cooks, 2 firemen, 2 tent makers, 2 watermen, one runner, 2 waggoners & Horsman, and one commissary we bought our own flour & provision done our own baking & cooking Frederick G. Williams was Appointed Pay Master every man put in all his money into one fund whether He had little or much. Our company when organized at New Portage consisted of about 150 men & 20 Baggage waggons the men were mostly young & held the office of High Priest, Elder, Priest, Teacher, & Deacon we had collected what goods, clothing &c we could to take up to Zion to our afflicted Brethren as they had been robed of nearly all they had by there persecutors Having become fully organized we started upon our Journey being lead by our Prophet. We were all armed as far as we could obtain arms that we might be in a state of Defence against the mob. I had a good rifle, sword, Dirk, & pistol Brother Joseph wanted

History – The History of Zion's Camp

Kirtland. On the , we were then fully organized. As the saints had been robbed of nearly every thing in Missouri, the Prophet gathered to- gather clowthing and such nesseries of life as could be obtained for them, also provided for ourselves horses, wagons guns and tents for our journey, also all sorts of munitions of war, for self defense as our enemies were threatening on every side. The history of Joseph sayes, "My company from Kirtland, amounted to about one hundred, mostly young men

Autobiography 1883 Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine

when we were joined by the Prophet and eighty-five more men. The day be- fore they arrived, while passing through the village of Middlebury, the people tried to count them; but the Lord multi- plied them in the eyes of the people; so that those who numbered them said there were four hundred of them.

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May 6, 1834