| Show AM AMASA is HISTORY CONCLUDED I 1 adte after r a re recovery avery from my sickness I 1 received a from he tile camp under the hand oria ofia mati mail wl wight ht I 1 then pir cured through the a aid ald 4 id of lf to the brethren al a half halt worn coat that belonged to fir jkr br sdney saney gilbert and on tiie hie of dec 1834 1 I slated stated from clay county in company with br harnan hainan tilton hyde we traveled and preached by bv the tite wa way the fate common to those who called upon the wicked to turn urn from their thein sins sin we eastward as far as 0 ohio hlo hio where we arrived in in kirtland on the he goth of may 1835 I 1 on our or way wa we held sixty seven meetings and three chafe eneis and in company wither eliha H grove groves we tte built baill up a branch odthe of the church in in madison madtson county coun illinois and baptized others in st clair county daring my besent stay in in kirtland hytland Kyt land of about I 1 thred three vi week eelis eelig I 1 was ordained a member of the it quorum of seventies under lunder the hands of joseph oliver and siiney silney the record of my ordination and arid bl eising made by silvester smith ara are jost gost darlng dunns this this short respite res pt from preaching L I 1 married mw lowisa louisa muria maria tanner the daughter cf of elder john tanner our marriage was solemn iced by elder seymour brunson Bru on wednesday of the week weak and the following monday 1 I was waa again acain again in the field my present course was eastward mostly in the state of new york where my labors were warded rewarded ra by liberal additions to the church my present mission occupied six EK months of time and extended over 2000 miles of travel and the preaching of near sermons from the tine tune of my return to kirtland Ki riland in in dec 1835 1 I resided with my nay father in law and attended d school through the winter and in in the spring of 1836 1 I 1 participated in gei the endowments then given and I 1 ill in conce bonce quence of or my ordination to the high pr estwood est hood previous to my ordination as a seventy I 1 was at hrs this his time connected with tiie tile 0 quorum of ideh P ests dats i eats ats the spring I 1 ci of 1836 round found me a again ain aln on my way io tile the east in ui company with elder eiler nathan tanner we pa bed eed through the field of my previous years labors in in Alleg liany coq cou uty N Y where we were blest in adding several to the church while here we witnessed the lle ile lie s gnal manifestation of the power of god it in the li caling of the sick from this place we continued our travels eastward until WP we arrived in in the town of bolton the th former residence of br tanner here we preached the country la in which we secured the attention of the people but noe noi their obedience to the truth while hare here we met with father john tanner N who hod had been ou a mi illusion sion slon to file tiie he state sata of vermont verin in ont while here I 1 married elder nathan tanner and miss misa rachel smith br nathan re m cuned a ined with willi his father in law white while myself and father returned to kirtland Kirt land laud where I 1 remained tile the most mot of the time engaged in work to I 1 I 1 my family and in preaching in the country around once going east as far as enne erie county pen llly lily iva lva n N in this way my time was mostly occupied until the tile autumn of 1837 1937 when myself and br nathan tanner engaged mr jared randel to move us to missouri alls Alis where we joined tiie the saints in the new county of caldwell in consequence of my limited means I 1 went to fort leaven lea benworth ven worth orth where I 1 labored during durin the winter in the spring I 1 returned and engaged in a job of work oil on the court house in the county of clinton on my return home I 1 engaged in labor for george georce Wal walter waiter terz terr from which h I 1 was relieved by I 1 sickness which I 1 was I 1 induced by too severe labor in hot weather wp ather athen from this position I 1 had mostly recovered when the that eventuated in our expulsion from the state commenced with du tin abbay at an election in D ames mess sess county in the month of angust olt the first alarin I 1 took ibok the field which i I 1 did not leave until I 1 left tile the state sta te the follows g spring tua the trouble thickened around us until on my return from a weeks excursion to the north of far west i 1 i company with br justus morse moise 1 with whom my family resided I 1 leaned that the brethren at dd da wit wilt were surrounded by mobs in such anch a way as to preclude any approach to beni them by the usual way ways in hi consequence of which anich wa we were ware left in ignorance of their prospects of oad danger dauger ulger niger or safety on oil this hil hll his account the brethren in far west committed I 1 to 0 m me e the he task of finding a way to the tiie brethren bre hren that were ill in the midst of or the enemy to accompany me I 1 selected br james dunn I 1 then dressed myself in some old solier soldier pants and an old and aud somewhat somewhat tattered coat made of a butelo buffalo robe and overt opt all with a red worsted cap closely fitting nl head one pocket of my coat was famish edwith a pint flisk for the spirits we mizhi use or tile tiie effs effi ct its possession mio mig might ht have on olse dwse with whom we would be I 1 key likely to come in contact attired in our grotesque and uncouth garb we started daer across oss the country to tile the llis ills mis bourl river at a point somewhere above the ferry cro crossing ing the he lexington we reached the liver ilver and arid when wilen the mantle of night bight was over us we commenced our search for a canoe in which to pass down the river in this however we did not succeed and ani when be the signs of the he coming day were discoverable in the edat we found shelter under the edg edge of a stack of hay by the way and batched an hours sleep and then were up and away and tray lins down do wn the river we found a br benjamin jones who gave us some breakfast after which we passed over the ferry replenished pleni shed our bottle and ard passed on through the town passing several parties who were engaged in discus discussing birg tho common topic of the day the mormons cormons and their enemies from this place we passed down the riv diver river ersome some bome twelve miles where near tile the close of the day we secured a canoe in which we passed down the river until the darkness of right rendered our navigation rather unsafe we landed kept ourselves warm with a fire tire which we supplied during tile the night in the morning we resumed our way and landed at da do witt about noon nood but tile the saluta saints had all gone save a few who had been prevented by the loss of stock of these were zellos zenos H gurly and br simons simone we took dinner with some of the he mob residents of he place and were told by them that being strangers we might be suspected of being beins mor mons and consequently unsafe in the place acting upon the suggestion we left the town on the road leading to carleton and found lodging in with mr air thomas in the morning we were early on the way got breakfast wih wish a citizen who lived near the point where the trail made by the brethren when they left do witt wilt diverged from tb the old road to the right this trail we were traveling as fast tast as we could walk when oil on turning abruptly around the point polut of a low lov ridge gge we found ourselves in close proximity to two men on horseback with arms they were questioning a br clark dark as we learned who was asti a sti anger auger in the country and was on the he hunt of stock a short distance ahead were some twenty men who were armed and mounted lle ile tiie lie two dismissed br barkand Clar dar kand rode to tile the company corn pany and anti returned to us with an addition to their number of some half a dozen and made prisoners of us asking who we were we found in the company some men we had seen before in daviess they had in a wagon a six which they were transporting cr to the north northy at a eest erst of tell ten dollars per day days on this thil cannon in the wagon they allowed us to ride at night we helped take lake ta kethe the cannon from tile the wagon and secrete it in the hazel thicket to prevent a sm sui prise from rom he ilia mormons cormons Mor mons and thil th ii they placed a guald of or four men with us and in this way they kept us four days on ohp mor ipg of the fifth they told us we could 11 go but not to our friends who were within seven miles of where we were they forced us back oil on the road we came we traveled some forty mile miles s in a light snow and waded through glaid liver about nine at night we reached br yorks on shoal creek they fed and refreshed us and in the morning we etar started ledfor tor don far west where we arrived the ext day and I 1 went directly to P daviess aniess cour county itys where I 1 found the th cannon a tinon on winch which br dunn and myself had i ode aurit g our captivity the brethren havir having g captured it soon after our release while heie here we heard that the mob were gathering on the tile southern borders of our county on the receipt of the news I 1 repaired to far wes west where I 1 borrowed a horse ot some brother whose name I 1 have forgotten A company of spies were raised composed of ten men add and I 1 was appointed to take charge of them we rep repaire aird to crooked river and qia quartered with br pinkham from this point I 1 went taking with me roe br john scott to reconnoiter the country 1 leaving tie the he residue of the company to keep a vatch watch latch in I 1 lie the dicinit vicinity y of their quarters we extended our ou search as far as the mouth of crooked river where we found father cutler culler and t family andily we gave t to 0 him and the he brethren in hat that regon region the best instruction we could in the then exi exl existing emergency after si spending ending a few days here the night preceding bedin the tile battle on crooked river I 1 slept at fathe father r cudelis Cut Cu dels deis about the dawning of day I 1 awoke br scott and told him that the brethren had had a battle for I 1 had seen se enit it we arose and saddled our ur horses and rode ten miles and stopped with br ewing to get some breakfast while here the news of the battle was brought by two of the mob residents who came to advise br ewing to give up his arms but the presence there of myself and br scott rendered the difference in our number rather against them our breakfast over we secured the oi of a guide and we traveled directly across the country to far west when the light of day was gone we were furnished wie with light from the burning prairie we arrived in far west early on the morning of the of oct I 1 called at br Rid gons where I 1 saw br OBen OB nion ion fon who was dying of his wound wounds received at crooked river some hour hours later in the morning of the tiie same day the corpse of br david W patten was brought into town oa on this morning a company of men under command of col hinkle of which I 1 was one started out into the country hearing bearing that there was a large force in the vicinity of crooked river when some div hive five or six miles on the way we learned that there was an army making their way to far west on the receipt of this intelligence we commenced our retreat in a circuitous route routes to far west passing the rear of the enemy while they passed in ou on the south of the city within one mile of which they encamped while we entered it from the enst east near nean night and joined our brethren already formed in line of defence on the south of the city while the mob were making their way towards the tile city cily they made a prisoner of father john tanner tauner whom they brutally treated by r striking in ong ung i him on oil the head with a rifle from tile the bleeding of hh hii wounds he fie was be smeared from head io to foot ha he was kept one night and then turned out to carry to his bis friends the corpse of the murdered carey carby oil on the night of the he th of oct we dereen were en gigear ralea in preparing pre for defence in and about the thai city by throwing up a barricade bani cade made of cabin I 1 gs fence rails wagons which were mound wound the city ocl oct today to day an invitation was sent for bros so joseph eph smith sydney egdon lyman wight parley P pratt and george W robinson to hold hoid a conference with he offic officers rs of the tha army which however eventuated in their betrayal into the hands of their enemies who celebrated their success by a succession ci of demoniac ys yel s that might mi have led one to conclude that hell with all its legions had joined in t the he triumph thus passed the night t f when we supposed that we might havo hava been attacked by our enemies we were ordered out by col hinkle to lay down our oun arms by way of surrender Fur render to our foes this ingrate ful requirement complied with we were in inar clied arched into the city and kept under guard for or a time when our guard was ex extended to the limits of the J city and we were released flom hom our closer con after our partial release rele ase aae I 1 made a call on bishop partridge and pa passing ising from his residence residences in the north to the southern martof part of I 1 the iown lown town I 1 in passing t the stoie store of cot col hinkle I 1 was pointed out cut to a party of the mob who followed me roe a ahoi t distance di arrested me stating they had orders from froio general lucas to bring me to camp on my arrival in the camp I 1 found myself associated socia ted with the prisoners pil boners so treacherously taken the tiie day u us and also br hyrum smith and alexander mcrae the night was rather an unpleasant one from the inclemency of the weather from which we had no protection protections during 1 I he the night was held the far famed court in manial arf art i al by which we were all sentenced to ba be shot in the morning fron from the execution of this merciless mei mai ciles clies sentence we were saved by the oppose tion to the same of general doniphan and long loud may he live to enjoy the reward of the soul sout ennobling qualities that exalted him in compari ably above the Prie stridden bloody rabble aroundhim i i on the morning of nov ad we were orde ordered aed ped to take our seats in a wagon driven by br Step stephen lien llen markham who had been pressed presed into their thein serj sera service As we seated ourselves william Beau beauman maii maie rushed up to the wagon with his bis rifle cocked swearing that lyman wight who sat by my side bide should not leave the gr ground 0 und alive ile he was instantly disarmed by the captain of the guard w hose whose name wai was waa jackson and a guard placed ome some twenty five feet from us with orders to snoot the first who sho should uld show a disposition to crowd on oil us from the camp we moved under a strong guard into the city of far west where the most of the prisoners were allowed to go and say heir their adieus adicus to their heart stricken and und sorrowing families faim falm litis while wn wo halted here the father and mother of of f bros joseph and hyrum smith n came to the wagon in which we were seated to se see their sons as they thought for the last fast time tune but the wagon was closely covered and they wele welo were brutally refused the privilege of looking upon their children chil dien dlen at length we left the scene of our borrowing sorrowing friends add aid started on our way to independence when about two miles from the city we passed the place where my family resided I 1 ws was allowed some gile file minutes to see my wife arid and get a change of clothing I 1 left my weeping wife and prat pnat ratling ling babe to 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