Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
The Return of the First Detachment of the Mormon Battalion
The Fourth of July came on Sunday. I accompanied Presidents
Young Kimball and Richards withand others with the pilots to the Ferry to
put them across and when we arrived at the river we saw 13 horsemen
on the opposite bank with their baggage on one of our rafts. But to our
great joy who should they be but our brethren of the Mormon Battalion
belonging to Captain Brown's detachment who had been at Pueblo
during the Winter. Amasa Lyman whom we had sent
unto them had reached them with information of our movements and
the whole detachment of 140 of the brethren were within seven days drive of us
When we met these brethren it was truly
a hearty greeting and shaking of hands. We crossed them all over
the river excepting one who returned with our pilots to meet
the following companies of the Saints. This small detachment
of the Battalion had about a dozen of their horses stolen by some
horse thieves but they overtook them and got them all back but
two which had gone on to Bridger
We left Green River (the head waters of
