Show correspondence CAMP OF THE SAINTS seart NEAK IOWA lowa L CITY iowa june 19 1856 YOUNG dear droth broth brother drother er en enclosed closed I 1 send you lists of the names of the first two hand cart companies who have started under the arrangements of the P E fund captain E F allsworth eila Ella worth assisted ly by elders john oakley and william butler started from camp with his company on the ath and captain D D Al mcarthur cArthur assisted by 8 IV crandall and T leonard 0 on n the lith they numbered in all soki soul souls s their fit out comprised hand carts 5 wagons 12 oxen 4 mules and 25 tents they were fitted out with provisions provis ions lovs to florence there in anticipation of assistance from the valley they will be provided with scanty supplies for 63 60 days these companies are composed of our euro emigration generally and are interspersed with very old and very Y young oun the they are not more than ordinarily strong a add and D d the lists lists will show that they have not an extra supply of men but they are all strong in god and have faith in the fulfillment fulfilment of ibe file words of his prophets prop ets br ferguson visited their camp after they had marched thirty five miles the roadways road was I 1 sandy and the second day during an uninterrupted march of twelve miles they were enveloped in a hurricane of dust such as the people of iowa lowa had seldom witnessed yet notwithstanding this he states that he had never visited a 1 camp in ill which there waa was so much good lood feeling such strong hopes of success or more of the good spirit to strengthen them for the journe journell the no feeble had llad already begun to be strong the sickly were getting well and all doubts of the suc success c ss of t the he han hand handcart cart project ro ij had haa v vanished n ile he ac accompanied compan t them em 2 three ree miles on the march before returning and everything moved off harmoniously and without complaint or confusion the spirits of the people and the blessings of god upon our exertions seem to rise with the demands made madi last night I 1 organized a company of about passengers 1 principally cinci 1 ally Dally from walery wales who accompanied br brtan an jones I ones hither they will probably march anth on the Elde elder rEdward edward bunker takes charge of them assisted by elders david grant george IV davis davia and john parry as captains of hundreds I 1 I 1 am lookin looking every day for the arrival of the thornton company and in a few days for the last of the fund passengers by the horizon they will w ill lii together have nearly 1200 souls to go by t jhb e hand carts br C G webb is with me and superintends super intends the making of the caris carts all goes on to suit br erastus who ig Is now visiting our camp and I 1 am sure will be to your satisfaction satisfaction br G D grant arrived the other day wit with h mules of which we intend to send four with each five hundred persons in addition to those already named there are zire in camp of the valley valley vailey brethren J B D T mcallister wm woodward D tier W B hodgetts hodgetta J A hunt and john McDo mcdonald onald all doina doing their utmost to assist in our happy enterprise enter prize the wagon com companies pinies will be ready to move in a few days one company has already started under the charge of elder P C merrell from florence another is about p prepared to start from the same point the health of our emigration BO so far this season has been unusually good from present calculations I 1 do not riot expect that ars franklin and joseph A will be over so as to be able to start from the bluffs before the middle of august br erastus and the brethren with me here join in much love to yourself and counsel and all with you faithfully in christ D DANIEL AN I 1 E ll 11 SPENCER |