For self defence and according to
Brother Joseph's request I delivered him
my sword for his own use, our
lives were threatened in consequence
of advocating and maintaining the gospel
of Jesus Christ for this cause it became
necessary to be in readiness to defend our
lives our persons and property. As I before
said we commenced our march or jour
ney on the 8th day of May from New por
tage the weather vary pleasant and deligh
tful we continued to travel through the
day and dwell in our tents at night. I
witnessed many interesting things while on
this journey we made it a practice of pitching
our tents on Saturday night and not rem
ove them untill Monday morning we
had preaching on the Lords day Broth[er]
Joseph often addressed us in the nam[e]
of the Lord while on our journey and
often while addressing the camp he was
clothed upon with much of the spirit of
God his precepts were verry instructive
and interesting. While on our travels
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