HAOVO V TOME WEST Iltcapt of the New I of the Martyr den at Carthage Jill Till HUtlMI tOH Ell UAMHM TrMtllnr ifcroMli Una MIHI of far I lltlllo at hauroo Mekiifis On tine Journf tieil I St GKOKOK Washington Co Utah June 26 1S9 Mar fleicrtt Atiti In continuation ol my record as pub tithed In the AVai I will say that one on-e Ilh 144 while on picket duty on ant ol the main streets ol Macedonia lIord came tint Joseph and Upturn had I 10 < murdered at Carthage This we oud 1 scarcely believe to be true though d r the hour specified we heard the filing nf guns from that direction It being only a few milts distant Tho report after j was confirmed soon On the aylli my father and I family t v th the Saints gencrallyvlsilcd Nauvoo I i ml 1 passed through the room In theM the-M union house where the bodies of the Iruphel and Patriarch lay while thou Mint viewed them My eH were dry mil It seemed to me they would burnout burn-out of my head but no tears relieved me Alter the burial ceremonies were OHr wo returned to Macedonia Many threats were made and much talk ol murdering all the Smith relatives Our ng the Bummer Yo e removed to Nauvoo and with the assistance of many friends we built a room or two adjoining my brother George A Smiths house My liter I administered hundred of patriarchal patri-archal ulessinit having been ordained u Iltrlarch by Joseph and ll > rum be nn they were mutdered On Nov nth 1844 while we were I dung around the Tire just after break it 1 niy father and brother George A vjlked across the room and placed their hands upon my head and ordained me an L I der In the Church sealing the Mclchescdrc 1rleslhuod upon me with an excellent blessing promising II I would be faithful and tallow the w filiptr lug I or lUc Holy Spirit that I should never la 1 k s 1 was directed logo to the house I or Ilrother I David Smith and ad mlnUter lo him Ills wife and sister as they were all very nick with the chills ml r fever commonly called 1 the shakes father and brother hid been ant for but as they were called la meet with the council could not go They aivl to me II I would go I shiiulJ seethe see-the power of Cod made manifest In my own heart I made a covenant that I would go and do what I could and If the Lord would give me utterance and show me Ills power I would promise lu do all that was required of me On my way two blocks distant I asked an elderly gentleman who was hoeing In hie garden to accompany me The manner In I which oac threw his hoe Irom his hands made me tremble and fuel souv that that I Asked him to accompany ac-company me Upon entering the door of Hit house we saw Sister Lucy I I Ing f J ainsakln upon abed near the I passage shaking so hard slut I could hear her teens clutter and could see he bed shake tbrother I lo her that father and brother had 1 sent u I to t administer I lo them I took a bottle of consecrated oil I and anointed her head When I asked the brother to seal the same and blether I blet-her his reply was I cannot do It I never did such a thing In my IdeA Ide-A whisper In my ear seemed to any I Hal 1 ha iJ Ive got you now ycu cannot for i uuud say am thing lor von do not know any thing 1 stood with open month about a minute Recovering slightly I unit partially aloud Get behind I me Satan1 I and it fco anointing upon her I and i commanded her to cease shaking n and crib I and be lI doc whole I I felt no lick of words and knew I spoke with ixnvcr As I said Amen the brother sprang Irom the door and returned to hf i hoe Ilrother I David lay upon a bed In one corner and his wile JIh bee upon another She whispered tiles me She was shaking harder If possible than t Sister Lucy had dune I never came so near saying I cannot during my life since The voles In my ear with that farcasllc Hal ha tall YOU can do no more you are a fool i and can do l nothing I 1 At this ktage life and light seemed to enter me 1 look I the oil and anointed her head and seated It upon I her and commanded her to cease shaking and be made whole Irom that moment ale ceased shaking Upon glancing around I discovered Miter Lucy dressed and building a fire to cook Home food I turned to lirolher David He reached my hand and placed it upon his head It seemed lo me that no mm could shake as he did That voice said You need not try him tar you cannot Mop I him I took the oil In my hand I and Mid Satan I close I thy mouth I gave Ilrother David a spoon lull ot oil and 1 fairly pouted the oil over hU head and anointed his neck and shoulders dll sealed the tame commanding him In the authority of 1 Ills Holy Incithood to cease shaking and be made whole And telling 1 the f versary In tho name of the Iord to leave the house How I long I wrestled I know not but I know that most of the afternoon had dipped away and the shadows of even log were gathering around The family I heated j il I were heated and I know It was by the power of God From that day to Ills I have never hail a doubt To the Almighty be all the honor Nov 17111 iHi I was my tlb birthday I accompanied my brother George A lathe Seventies hall where I was or lalned a Seventy under the lauds of Zara Pulsipher and 1 Levl WHancock and was unlled with the twelfth quorum with ul Hrum Dayton senior president On July 9 1845 I le married by my father to Augusta II Clevelanilihughtcr fir John Cleveland anti Sarah Marietta Kmgsly Cleveland She was born at Unclnmtl Hamilton Co Ohio Dec Jtli IMH 1 The afternoon we spent at a reunion of the Smith family held at the I Minslon house Nauvoo At this dinner I were several of the Twelve Apostles I situ blessed us nod pronounctil I inapy pond withe in our earsas also did they large nssembly present I My lather built some additional rooms a frame barn stable and carriage house I worked In tin Nauvoo House store asa as-a clerk receiving and dealing out pro vHlons to tho workmen most of Iho wlntcri also with Win II McClerry husband of the Prophet Josepha sister 0 iphronla getting out wagon timber he being I wagon maker I alto made n couple of trips to Qutncy fifty miles with team and bought lion or Ironing ufl wagons In the early winter I of IK I i > insell r and wife receive our blessing I in the Nauvoo Temple Ai I wi not born In the Churcu I was seal I to my father and mother IIJI Tebruary 1846 my father and I family fam-ily loaded our I three wagon and crossed the Mississippi river on the 9th and It We compel with others on the bank During the night I a fire broke out In the roof of the Temple Lut it was extinguished before much damage was done My lather and brother Ceo A hell n comlortable home with twenty I four rooms well finished and furnished unsold I with barn stable carnage house I yard etc all well J finished and started t lam the west In search ol some local in where we might worship God and live III puce lire weather was cold and itorniv the people were gathering on Sugar creek a lew miles cant the river and walling lor the weather lo moderate and the organisation of our company to travel I Although my Individual 1 journal I jour-nal contains the dally details ol cam and the general movement reiterating our days of snow rain mud and 1 hard work lo make roads bridge streams and doubling teams with weak anew AIn that and camping lor < la > a to put up = n tf Ion homes etc tor tin stitlersi through Iowa for which wo received corn and hay lot our teams and other provision would be too vohmlnous fur your paper so perforce 1 shall be content to mn lion only A few items en route The spring of 86 was cold and the grass grew slowly Our team Improved Im-proved as the grass did In April atone at-one ol the Turks of Grand river a large arm was surveyed and fount where such as were unable to travel were located for the present I his was called Harden Grove A bridge was also built over Grand river It was hnlsned by the jotll of April 816 Samuel Dent was placed lo prealde at this place At t a al place called IlSMli ll salil I rto be 911 milts from Cuuncll Ulufls another uim was laid elf fenced ploughed I and much of It planted Father William Hununglon sou called r to preside at this place A bridge also was built over this lush ul Grand river On the lath of June ISIS we reached Council lllulh > uiilch according to our reckoning was pay miles from Nauvoo > oo miles ol t Ills through a wlldcountryj t kl III II tusking our own roads and bridges In 1 July 1144 the Mormon battalion were enlisted Inmi the various CHUM or the Same mid started lor Iult I Leaven worth on tle Missouri river under the command I of Colonel Allen by counsel of the Presidency Thw ell much for the hew men left 10 do amlwe united and 1 helped eacrJuthcr to move from camp to camp by doubling trains mid gulag a lew miles At a time The easterners were building a Hat boat with which to ferry our wagons across the Missouri Mis-souri rher This boat had cost camp over fya up to trm time On Inc jih ol July a fearful thunderstorm thunder-storm and hurricane pasted over the camp scarcely leaving a loot standing Wagons were driven rorty or filly varils down the hill and loll with the tongue 5 driven thtce or lour feet ono the bank Nearly every thing In camp had become thoroughly drenched stuck was scat lered and lost and many head were never seen nltcrwmli by ihelr owners August 5 1846 we commenced crossIng cross-Ing the river and 1 moving nut to a big spring on the prairie Wo continued going back and lurch until we had got our lamily together and 1010101 l Into line at what was called I Cutlers park On the ijth Apostle Parley P I Pratt nr lived bniging I letters Irom the banal I llelfI I ion President llrlgham Young and council decided that the people were to locate in that lclnlly for the winter OnlhojTth word was received of the sudden death of Colonel t Allen lnu command com-mand of the Mormon battalion September 1816111 father gave Colonel Thomas L Kane a patriarchal 1 blessing and hd started for his homo In the Uast 1 Ibis month we removed about three miles to a plat hid out by f Y J eall the Presidency called Winter tin torten and camped We gathered logs etc for cabins On the 1lh Squire U I II Well trans Nauvoo brought word ol Nauvoo battle vvhlcti lasted ono hour and tw enly minutes It Is reported that about looo men of the Illinois mob fought about loo men and tills of the I Saints when the mob retreated I carrying oil i several of their dead Three ol the biethrcn were killed In October wo built four log cabins and I assisted at 1 general Ib camp work where required November and December Dec-ember was spent In building houses and l taking b lid of one i IIcWor 50 also In building n log council house and sending learns to help In those that had been thrust out of Nanvoo Ilrother George As families moved Into their room During the month of January 1847 SSJosrpiIt1lI wo sent two teams to St Jcwcnh Mlc nItooJ Jre burl and bought provisions I We also rommencotl l repairing our wagons where needed resetting tires etcready for an early start In the spring In February our family teams made another an-other liii for provHloim The camp had been alllicicd with scurvy for two weeks I was myself unable to cross the room or place my loot upon the Door 1 ho glut mill which had been bUll log started on the ml and all wire pleated that It did goad business Several persons died hUll the scurvy or black I leg In the camp Many head of stock were lost strayed or stolen In April at n council of the Presi dency It was decided to Tit out and tart a pioneer company for the West all to lohlow l elo tll follow as soon as practicable On the list a big gathering of lock sent to thu imh bottoms of the MUioiirl I river result re-sult In our finding ten of tits fifteen head sent sentMy father received as n present from I Colonel Thomas L I Kane I a beiunfut hickory cane soul the following engrave en-grave on noa silver head To John Smith the Elder by his friend Thoo I U I Kane Hickory of the Hermitage growth used by Gent Jackson from 111 rft1e rft i whom It was n gift Alto i a large record rec-ord book I let lirolher George 1 hive ono joke of oxen to go with the pioneers In May I went to St Joieph and bought a load of wheat On lilY way home I met ter gong for n load Inlaw I lie hones returned 1 Calla about i the lit 01 June Thc high water carried away the mill ilinl and l all hands worked wllh a will to repair II We loaded our wagons and having our certificates as to the amount ol provisions the gilt I of June eighteen wu months bade farewell supply on In Winter Quarters and rode up the hill lour mile and camped for the night June nth at noon we reached the place of rendezvous on the Elk Horn river and formed into line On the i6tn wu raUud a pole hilly feet lugh withn while Hag as ii token of peace On the toll Allied II I Lambson and Jacob Wetherby were shot at while carrying expresa to Winter onarler Wetherby wan wounded and uied soon after The camp was org inlieil l and wo made n start sn per program from ElkHorn Elk-Horn river on the und We herded our stock evenings and corralled them whir nine w aean ti I rl 11 oh nlGls On lutv sal doubting our team < wo croucu tho Loup fork of the nlll 1 11110 river nn the Sih we found a Ilonur postal Am I Klh Lamp of Ploixtn trim < lu > rt hut pltnly I y jmr Indian 117 m lei I 10 VN inler tJu hen watcli the Ims Mir u ir fncmp menlThis This was our first news from the Ilonecra since they left Winter Quarters Quar-ters On thc Stir two horses evld only strays were aught btr Apostles P P i Pratt and J Taylor Wo saw that day our first buffalo We wire now fairly on our way for the went westj J L I Sttmi M