in procuring about two thousand Dollars worth of horses, waggons, tents &c for the
company. He paid about $1,500 of the expens himself $1,000 of which was to furnish
conveyance for the poor after purchasing the outfit for the company and urging the importance
of their starting as soon as possible not later than the first of Sept. On the 19^th Aug
I left thesaints ^upon the Islands^ returned to town of Camden where we had prepared our outfit and returned
to Scarborough to prepare my own family for the journey, expecting to see the company in
few days but here I remained in great suspens untill the 1^st Oct when Elder Townsend
went to meet the company. They arived in Scarborough on the 3rd Oct with their
waggon covers all flying. The company stoped at the house of Sister Sarah B Foss
we went to work nailed down all the covers and painted them and made them water
proof. And in the after noon of the 4^th Oct 1838 ^with^ my wife bid her Father Mother &
friends fare well ^and with her child two month and a half old in the first stage of the hooping cough^ and we 54 started upon our journey. The company consisted of
53 persons including Brother Townsend & family and myself and family we had 10 waggons
a pair of horses to each waggon, we had now ^before us at this late period^ commenced this gloo 4^th day of Oct
^Before us^ to start upon a gloomy land journey of two thousand miles from Maine to Missouri
we continued to travel from day to day to day through all the rain, mud, cold, frost, and
snow, untill I arived in Rochester, Sangamont Co Illinos, on the 19^th day of Dec.
where I stoped and setled my family and company for the winter. My wife had
passed through a severe course of the brain fever and her s while upon the journey
and her sufferings had been very great her spirit had left her body twice to all
human appearance and ownly been called back through the prayer of faith and the power of
God. Our child had also been very sick and I had become so thoroughly chilled through
my whole system ^in crossing the bleak prairies^ ^*Brother Thomas had buried one child and^ that it was two months after I stoped before I got sufficiently thawed
nearly all the company had been sick through their exposures some of them had stoped by the way
out and warmed up to feel natural. ** We continued travelling untill we were obliged to
side we had wallowed through much mud and snow had broaken several axeltrees, and
stop in consequence of the bad roads and cold weather, I spent the remainder of
^we suffered much upon the journey yet &^
the winter laboring with my ^hands^ for the support of my family. On the 8^th day of March
1839 I attended a conference at Springfield Ill. their was present 8 seventies
6 Elders 3 priest and 1 Deacon, several were presented on ordination, we ordained
2 Elders & one priest. Brother Brewster was presented for ordination and Brother
Dunham strongly urged that he be ordained as did several others. I strongly objected to it
for I felt that the spirit the man possessed was not of God, a strong influence was
got up in his favor in Springfield, I called a vote of the Elders upon the subject and
all voted for him to be ordained except 3 of us two besides myself he then
came foreward d and demanded baptism ^ordination^ at my hands ^in the name of Jesus Christ^ I told him he should
not be ordained by my consent, for that was not the way God imparted the Holy
priesthood to the children of man he was not ordained and I marvelled that so
many should have voted for his ordination after seeing the spirit he manifested

in procuring about two thousand d ollars worth of horses, waggons, tents &c for the company. He paid about $1,500 of the expens himself $1,000 of which was to furnish conveyance for the poor after purchasing the outfit for the company and urging the importance of their starting as soon as possible not later than the first of Sept. On the 19th Aug I left the town of Camden where we had prepared our outfit and returned to Scarborough to prepare my family for the journey, expecting to see the company in few days but here I remained in great suspens untill the 1st Oct when Elder Townsend went to meet the company. They arived in Scarborough on the 3rd Oct with their waggon covers all flying. The company stoped at the house of Sister Sarah B Foss we went to work nailed down all the covers and painted them and made them water proof. And in the after noon of the 4th Oct 1838 with my wife & child two month and a half old in the first stage of the hooping cough we [FIGURE] started upon our journey. The company consisted of 53 persons we had 10 waggons a pair of horses to each waggon, we had now before us at this late period a gloomy land journey of two thousand miles from Maine to Missouri we continued to travel through rain, mud, cold, frost, and snow, untill I arived in Rochester, Sangamon Co Illinos, on the 19th day of Dec. where I stoped and setled my family and company for the winter. My wife had passed through a severe course of the brain fever while upon the journey and her sufferings had been very great her spirit had left her body twice to all human appearance and ownly been called back through the prayer of faith and the power of God. Our child had also been very sick and I had become so thoroughly chilled through my whole system in crossing the bleak prairies *Brother Thomas had buried one child and that it was two months after I stoped before I got sufficiently nearly all the company had been sick through their exposures some of them had stoped by the way warmed to feel natural. ** We continued travelling untill we were obliged to side stop in consequence of the bad roads and cold weather, I spent the & the winter laboring with my hands for the support of my family. On the 8th day of March 1839 I attended a conference at Springfield Ill. their was present 8 seventies 6 Elders 3 priest and 1 Deacon, several were presented on ordination, we ordained 2 Elders & one priest. Brother Brewster was presented for ordination and Brother Dunham strongly urged that he be ordained as did several others. I strongly objected to it for I felt that the spirit the man possessed was not of God, a strong influence was got up in his favor in Springfield, I called a vote of the Elders upon the subject and all voted for him to be ordained except 3 of us two besides myself he then came foreward and demanded ordination at my hands in the name of Jesus Christ I told him he should not be ordained by my consent, for that was not the way God imparted the Holy priesthood to the children of man he was not ordained and I marvelled that so many should have voted for his ordination after seeing the spirit he manifested