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CAMP OF ZION STARTS.
It was the 26th of April, 1834, that I was first introduced
to Elders Brigham Young|Brigham Young and Heber Chase Kimball|H. C. Kimball. When I met
Brother Brigham, he had his hands full of butcher knives;
he gave me one, and told me to go and put a good handle on
it, which I did. I also had a good sword, which Brother
Joseph Smith Jr…