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Part of Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Excerpt:May 1834 Again took up our march towards Zion we continued to travel untill we had arived within a few miles of Liberty Clay County Missouri here we pitched our tents and remained quite a number of days on account of the great excitement which prevailed in consequence of false reports which were abroad in the land respecting us. The ma jority of the people or public opinion were against us and even their were about seventy men mounted on horseback with firearms gathered together for the intention of comeing against ourDates:May 1, 1834 -
Part of Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Excerpt:May 1834 Men of other Counties called at our camp to enquire into our motives and after a fair investigation of the subject they manifested to us that they were satisfied that we had no evil designs or intentions in our move ments or procedings. We remained in this situation visited daily by both friend and foes untill the High Priests held a council and there was a Revelation given concerning us. By this time the excite ment had in a great measure ceased and the Lord had granted us favour in ...Dates:May 1, 1834 -
Part of Journal (December 29, 1833 – January 3, 1838)
Excerpt:May 1834 That in consequence of these things there was a scourge awaited the Camp And as it was prophesied of so it was fulfilled for soon after we had cam ped by Brother Burkjetts we were visited by the destroying angel and 8 or 10 of our brethren were immediately lade helpless beneath the stroke[.] I assisted in taking care of them through the day and the night following and through the night and in the morning there continued to be new attacks. And in ...Dates:May 1, 1834 -
Part of Leaves From My Journal
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 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)
Excerpt:Andrew J Allen, Ezra Clark, Edward Stephvenson, Zerah Pulsipher, John M Wolley Albert Dewey Wm Stewart, Thomas Clark, Hezekiah Peck. being 24 persons in all that were present, the remainder were absent on business. we dismissed and parted in good spirits & feelings I went to bed and fell asleep and dreamed [FIGURE] that I was {[big] with child and} ready to {be delivered} ...Dates:January 20, 1847 January 21, 1847 -
Part of Journal (January 1, 1847 – December 31, 1853)
Excerpt:May 22, 1847 ~ Saturday 22. The brethren found a part of a petrified leg bone of a Mamouth it was from the knee joint downward the piece was 17 inch long. 11 inches wide & weighed 27 lbs. we travled to day 7 1/2 miles & onooned & in the afternoon 8 miles & camped for the Sabbath, whole distance of the day 15 1/2 m our road has been vary strait to day but we came over 2 1/2 miles of the worst bluff sandy & hilly ...Dates:May 22, 1847 May 23, 1847 -
Part of History – The History of Zion's Camp
Excerpt:where he found a few saints; and Wilford Woodruff accompanied him with Harry Brown to Henderson County where he visited the few saints who had been orginized in that region of country. His object in visiting the saints at the present time was to get the young men and middle aged to go to Kirtland and accompany the Prophet up to Missouri for the redemption of Zion. But the only ones he got to go to Kirtland from northern New York was ...Dates:April 25, 1834 -
Part of History – The History of Zion's Camp
Excerpt:letter and showed it to the brotherin, present and said, "Did I not tell you [blank] last night that I would soon have some money and here it is." On Sunday the 27 of April the saints met togather and held a testamony meeting, and many of the elders spoke and bore their testimony, among the number was Sidney Rigdon, Brigham Young, Orson Hyde, Orson Pratt, Hyrum Smith, Oliver Cowdry, and also Joseph Smith the ...Dates:April 27, 1834 -
Part of History – The History of Zion's Camp
Excerpt:his tent. The whole scenery was very amus- ing. Not withstanding our enemies were continually breathing threats of vialence we did not fear, neither did we hesitate to prasecute our journey, for God was with us, and his angels were before us; and the faith of our little band was unwavering. We knew that angels were our companions, for we seen them. May 27, 1834 ~ Tuesday Tuesday May the 27th We arrived at the Okaw branch of the river Kaskaskia where we found two log canoo- es, which ...Dates:May 27, 1834 -
Part of History – The History of Zion's Camp
Excerpt:where we were gowing than from a desire to hinder us. A brother came to see us with news that my brother Hiram had passed on west the day before with a company about fifty miles north of us and saying "he has a fine company, and they all look mighty pert." I asked him to accompany us to Missouri, he replied "I cannot." He went and stayed with the spies at a tavern over night, who said they had followed us three hundred miles on purpose to ...Dates:May 31, 1834