time I had ever seen him we appointed a meeting for him to speak to our little branch, ^He instructed all us the branch^ and we had a precious time, he spoke till near midnight. He was upon
an important mission in connexion with Lyman Wight,it was to gather up from 100 to 5000men ^a company^ to go up to redeem Zion. I accompanied Brother Pratt to Jefferson
County, I told him my circumstances. He said it was my duty to try to prepare myself
to go to Kirtland & join the Camp of Zion. According to his council I went to with
all my might & settelled all my accounts ^business^ & business and on the I bid my friends farewell, & took a pair of horses & waggon & took with
me Brothers Harry Brown & Warren Ingles, & started for Kirtland Ohio.
I met with Orson Pratt, John Murdoch, and other Elders on the way & arrived
in Kirtland on the , where I f was introduced to the prophet Joseph the first time I had ever seen him. He invited me to make his house my home
which kind offer I excepted of & staid with him about one week. I have for the first time became acquainted not ownly with the Prophet Joseph & his family but
with many of the High Priests, Elders & Saints which I had never before seen
I spent one Sabbath in Kirtland & heard many of the ^leading^ Elders speak & I felt to rejoice
before God for the light & knowledge which was manifest to me during that day through the preaching of the Elders of Israel. According to appointment I left Kirtland
upon the with a part of the company went to New Portage
where we remained untill all the company came up joined us, from Kirtland & we
were organized. Then on the we took up our march like the Children of Israel pitching our tents by the way, & travelled to Missouriaccording to the account already spoken of in the Church History,which was called ^the Camp of^ Zions Campwhich went up to redeem Zion & assist those persecuted brethren. Our whole journey, manner of travelling, incidents upon the way, the way the Lord fought our battles with hail & storm, at Crooked River, the visitation of the cholera to our camp, the death & burial of the Saints &c has all been published in the Church History.we arrived After we had pitched our tents in Clay County Missouri
^our numbers being 205^ & many of the Brethren had been taken sick & some had died Joseph requested the
camp to dispersed except enough to take care of the sick all who had teams were
required to leave the ground & go among the brethren I went to Brother Lyman
Wights in company with Heman Hyde & Milton Holmes. After a few days
Joseph called the ^Brethren^ people to gather at Lyman Wights and told the people ^them^ if they would
humble themselves before the Lord & covenant to keep His commandments & obey
his council the plague should be stayed from that hour, & their should not be another
, He instructed the branch and we had a precious time, he spoke till near midnight. He was upon
an important mission to gather up
a company to go up to redeem Zion. I accompanied Brother Pratt to Jefferson
County, I told him my circumstances. He said it was my duty to prepare myself
to go to Kirtland & join the Camp of Zion. I went to with
all my might & settelled my business and on the I bid my friends farewell, & took a pair of horses & waggon & took with
me Brothers Harry Brown & Warren Ingles, & started for Kirtland Ohio.
I met with Orson Pratt, John Murdoch, and other Elders on the way & arrived
in Kirtland on the
