Show mission to the society islands no 1 BY eld elden elder n JA JAMES BROWN ad 36 I 1 was called and set apar apart at a general inference conference held by the church of jesue jesus christ of latter dav day Sain tsIn in great salt lake city oct ath 1849 to go on a mission to the society islands hands in the south pacific ocean in company I 1 with bro A pratt and I 1 11 blackwell and albro as bro 0 C illch had a mission to california at the rame same timm time we joined team teams and all of ns us went in one wagin we ire started on the ath of october to overtake a train vt of emigrant emigrants to california on the south route they had tad 86 wag ohr ons and we overtook them on the setler sevier it will te be remembered rein embred that I 1 could conid scarcely read or write one word when I 1 was appointed on this mol rol slon I 1 collect recollect Te the thit covenant I 1 made when I 1 was first baptized vip vit try to be falth faland try to do everything that the servants of god set get me to do I 1 had bad faith to believe if it they told me roe to preach to the cannibals ot 0 the pacific that I 1 could do it 1 I was a I 1 1 beardless ss boy boys and felt tiit tilt that there was great responsibilities resting upon me roe and that by the mercies and blessings of god I 1 would be sustained in the work that his servants sen een ants called me to do we proceeded on until wet came to beaver deaver creek this side of littlesalt littie little salt lake at this point there was a committee appointed to inspect wagons teams and provisions for everyal ing bid fair for a hard bard and tedious turney turner the strong did not wish mleh to be burdened with the weak and the conclusion was to send all back that could not go through on their own resources the committee cittee reported that we had the heaviest load and the weakest teams team and nd that we should necessarily return home it appeared tor for 0 row sow o it time me that they were not going to let us tri trl travel w iilo them em lest they would hate have to help us u through but a number of the company spoke up and said that they could and would help ns us we traveled tra viled with them until we a e came to the rim of the basin I 1 where all of the train turned to the right except urs and 6 other wagon wa goric which kept the spanish trail we proceeded on our way in peace and I 1 dohve drove the first team of that large train across the cajon pass pas into the settlements the lord was with uc u and those thosa who would have baie driven us back were forced to acknowledge that we were wera w ere era led and preserved by the unseen hand of providence at williams ranch rancil we feasted on the fat of the land while hiie hile those who B ho broke off from us in the moin mountain and fed led on their dying cattle and horses 1 in the month of february we proceeded on nur our journey 4 wagons and 40 men and traveled together under tinder bro richs diree directions eions until we came to gen pecos ranch nere here bros rich web A pratt and some others left us and went ent ahead to prepare the ways way as we eer ever f round found them ready to do in time of need bro howard egan was left to take charge of tf the company i f 41 1 eoma rome missionary operations in order to carry out tiye tiie the missions for utah territory as appointed by the general conference eiders elders P P r pratt W woodruff G A smith erastus snow snot joseph young lorenzo loranzo D young IT S eldredge and jacob gatei met mgt a at t the house of elder P r P pratt on monday night lith I 1 insl trist at 7 oclo ck meeting opened bv by prayer by joceph joseph young after which the following resolutions were unanimous 1 ir adopted opted 1 resolved that hat utah county be the first missionary dl ris dis brict and that P P aratt 0 pratt henry berriman ner Herri riman manIT J G novey J L heywood win snow an and dAaron aaron F parr farr b be the missionaries for 4 that district and that the first quarterly an friday at 10 I 1 am the october at provo clar resolved that jenab juab sin sin pete and Millard lard counties com compose pose the ae second district districts and that erastus snow J L heywood neywood J F hutchinson jacob gates dominicus cart rt r and D D gunthe appointed the tiie missionaries for that district and that the ehe first quarterly terly conference commence on saturday at 10 oc locky locki am the ail day of november at mantl city 4 t resolved that iron and washington i count eg compose the thirl third districts and that eras enas erasmus tir tin snow T P D brown j jacob gates J B I 1 nobles JL J L ody ad and george 13 wallace be appointed the missionaries for that district and an 1 thit hilt the firt lirt quarterly conference commence commence on friday ay at I 1 pm ato the ath sove Nove toDer at parowan carowan city resolved that the county of davis pavis compose the fourth missionary di tract and that P P pratt 0 pratt W Woo druc druT joseph toun youn Z harr hnry hinry herriman narriman 11 S IS ldredge lorenzo D young and gilbert clements be appointed the laiks lusio narles for hor thit district and that the firse quarterly conference commence on saturday at 10 am ant the SOth aay dayot of october at F armington resolved tb thit weber county compose theil thell the fifth fth district and that P P pratt 0 pratt IV woodruff jr joseph I 1 young it 11 S eldredge Eldred gey gep joseph 17 joh Job johnson richard richarl Pl charl chari I 1 cook and win gibson be appointed the kisslo missionaries arles aries far for that district and that the farst first quarterly cont ence commence on friday af atio atlo 10 the sd of november at osden ogden city I 1 lle Ee oret ovet solved orel that salt lake late and land tooele thoele counties copi copl compose pose I 1 the sixth missionary district and that P P pratt 0 pratt IV woodruff joseph youart Z hery bery henry IT eldredge SE S Ei dredge ldredge lorenzo D young toung john lyon 1 lievi levi thomsa thomae grover and birr ge rge e woodard be appointed the missionaries arles ailes for that district and that the first quarterly conference commence on saturday at 10 ania araa amma the of november at tooele thoele city 1 res ReE elved that all those missionaries who are to their respective district districts are expected to attend the conferences feren ces at the times and places as herein and they are herert 1 instructed to appoint other quarterly con fredrek fren mek reK in the principal places and preaching preach ns ng throughout the fields cem of labor arm guid ulem them as abali shall be deemed resolved ved that elder eider der W Woodruff be appointed to draft the minutes of this meeting and present them to the edi tor 0 t f the thi D debret e i seret I 1 new ewi awl tor for publication 1 y 1 |