Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
I was in Nauvoo on for the last time and
left this city of the Saints feeling that most likely I was taking a final farewell
of it in this life. I looked upon the Temple and city as it receded
from me and I asked the Lord to preserve it as a monument of the ^remember^
sacrifices of His Saints.
I returned to camp painted my ^waggon covers^ and prepared for
my journey during the several following days and struck our tents andon
