men who had previously followed, passed us sevral
times during the day, and were in search of us
this evening, the guards heard them say; ["]They have
turned aside dam 'em, we cant find 'em." Elders Seth
Johnson and A. M. Babbett who had been sent to Bowling Green branch to gather recruits returned
to the camp on the morning of the 7th, with a
small company two wagons and sevral spare horses
~ Saturday
Saturday the 7th,
One of the camp walked on ahead to procure some
milk; A number of men armed with guns met
him and said, "Here is one damed mormon alone
lets kill him," but at the same instant discovered a
number of others just coming over the hill, when they
immediately rode off in great haste. In the evening
encamped in a grove near a spring in Monroe
County where was a branch of the church known as
the Salt River church, and frequently called the
Akered settlement. Here we remained sevral days,
washing our clothes, and preparing to resume our
journey. Levi Hancock says, "while here I worked
on guns, I also made a flag staff and put on
it a white flag tipped with red and put it
on my wagon, and put on it an eagle, and
printed on it in large letters Peace; and as we went
through the settlements, many whould come, and
look at my flag and say peace, and walk off.
men who had previously followed, passed us sevral
times during the day, and were in search of us
this evening, the guards heard them say; "They have
turned aside dam 'em, we cant find 'em." Elders Seth
Johnson and A. M. Babbett who had been sent to
Bowling Green branch to gather recruits returned
to the camp on the morning of the 7th, with a
small company two wagons and sevral spare horses
~ Saturday
Saturday the 7th,
One of the camp walked on ahead to procure some
milk; A number of men armed with guns met
him and said, "Here is one damed mormon alone
lets kill him," but at the same instant discovered a
number of others just coming over the hill, when they
immediately rode off in great haste. In the evening
encamped in a grove near a spring in Monroe
County where was a branch of the church known as
the Salt River church, and frequently called the
Akered settlement. Here we remained sevral days,
washing our clothes, and preparing to resume our
journey. Levi Hancock says, "while here I worked
on guns, I also made a flag staff and put on
it a white flag tipped with red and put it
on my wagon, and put on it an eagle, and
printed on it in large letters Peace; and as we went
through the settlements, many whould come, and
look at my flag and say peace, and walk off.