Autobiography Volume 1 circa 1842-1865
On the and I received letters. In
the latter brother Thomas informed me that the camp
would be ready to start in a few days. He wished me
to pray God to deliver them and enable them to go out
of Babylon. Truly it was a day of trial all round to
those who were seeking to go up unto Zion.
Several days afterwards I saw a report in
the Portland Transcript against the Mormons in Davis
Co. Mo. which grew out of the fact that our brethren
claimed their privilege as American citizens and cast their
votes at an election. Numbers were rising up among the
Gentiles in the different counties to go over to Davis Co
and mob the Saints. All these reports had a tendency
to dampen the minds of those who were about to start
for the bosom of the Church. But none of these matters
