Autobiography 1882 Leaves from My Journal
It was the , that I was first introduced
to Elders Brigham Young and 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 wanted, and I gave it to him. He carried it all the
way in Zion's camp to Missouri, and when he returned home
he gave it back to me.
When I was called to go on a mission to the South I left the
sword and knife with Lyman Wight. When he was taken
prisoner at Far West, with Joseph and Hyrum, he had both
the sword and knife with him. All their weapons were taken
from them, so were the arms of many of the Saints at Far
West, under promise that they should be returned to them
when they were prepared to leave the State. When the
brethren went to get their arms, Father James Allred saw my
sword, which Lyman Wight had laid down, and took it and
left his own, and afterwards gave it to me and I still have it.
I prize it because the Prophet Joseph carried it in Zion’s
Camp. The knife I never obtained.
