not get away. I know the hand of God has been
made manifest in the salvation of the people in
Nauvoo I thank God I had a hand in the battle
And the hand of God was so vissible in that
battle that many that were weak & faltering have
been much strengthend by it and will gather
with the Saints. I dind not expect that God
would deliver their enemies into their hands but
expected that God would save them out of the
hands of their enemies and this he has done
I was sensible we must leave Nauvoo the time has
come for us to depart God has called upon us to
go and if we will not he will let the mob loose
upon us to drive us out, but they will not
get any Glory for it but will have to suffer
for their wrongs to the. I hope the day will
come when we shall not have to suffer from
Mobs as we have done. But if we had sought
to have saved our lives in this case by fleeing
many would have lost them for but few
could have fled. But we went out in the
name of God and conquered through the
blessings of God we done well. one Brother
put on a sheep bell and went near the camp to spy
out the enemy and they supposed it to Be a
sheep. The mob do not acknowledge they
had any killed dut they had a good deal of
Blood spilled which they could not cover
up which I saw. Capt Smith who was Capt
of the guard at the time of the death of
Joseph was shot in the neck but not killed another
commander was also shot, we have done the
best we could, to kill the poor Devels and we
are satisfyed with the result and leave it all
in the hands of God. Br Wells has done well

not get away. I know the hand of God has been made manifest in the salvation of the people in Nauvoo I thank God I had a hand in the battle and the hand of God was so visible in that battle that many that were weak & faltering have been much strengthend by it and will gather with the saints. I did not expect that God would deliver their enemies into their hands but expected that God would save them out of the hands of their enemies and this he has done I was sensible we must leave Nauvoo the time has come for us to depart God has called upon us to go and if we will not he will let the mob loose upon us to drive us out, but they will not get any glory for it but will have to suffer for their wrongs to the. I hope the day will come when we shall not have to suffer from Mobs as we have done. But if we had sought to have saved our lives in this case by fleeing many would have lost them for but few could have fled. But we went out in the name of God and conquered through the blessings of God we done well. one brother put on a sheep bell and went near the camp to spy out the enemy and they supposed it to be a sheep. The mob do not acknowledge they had any killed dut they had a good deal of blood spilled which they could not cover up which I saw. Capt Smith who was Capt of the guard at the time of the death of Joseph was shot in the neck but not killed another commander was also shot, we have done the best we could, to kill the poor Devels and we are satisfyed with the result and leave it all in the hands of God. Br Wells has done well