on brother Zebeda Colton, (our cook) and told
him to be quick and fry some ham, as I had not had my hunger fairly appeased
for forty eight hours; he amediately commenced
cooking the ham, and for once my company
feasted to their full satisfaction. We had just
retired to rest, when the picket guard announced, Luke Johnson. He came into our tent, and
made his report. He had visited a number
of influential men, among the rest a
baptist minister, who expressed great anxiety
that our company should be stopped, and
went to the Magistrate to inquire if there was
not some law or pretense for stopping us. He
(the priest) said to the Magistiate, that the com-
pany marched, and had guns like an army,
they pitched their tents by the side of the road; they
set out guards, and let no body pass into their
camp at night, and they are Mormons; and
I believe they are gowing to kill the people up in Jackson County, Missouri, and retake their
lands. The Magistrate replied, "If you were
traveling, and did not want to put up at
public houses, or there was none in that country,
whould you not camp by the roadside in a tent;
and if you were afraid that your horses, or property
whould be stolen in a strange country; whould
on brother Zebeda Colton, (our cook) and told
him to be quick and fry some ham, as
I had not had my hunger fairly appeased
for forty eight hours; he amediately commenced
cooking the ham, and for once my company
feasted to their full satisfaction. We had just
retired to rest, when the picket guard announced,
Luke Johnson. He came into our tent, and
made his report. He had visited a number
of influential men, among the rest a
baptist minister, who expressed great anxiety
that our company should be stopped, and
went to the Magistrate to inquire if there was
not some law or pretense for stopping us. He
(the priest) said to the Magistiate, that the company marched, and had guns like an army,
they pitched their tents by the side of the road; they
set out guards, and let no body pass into their
camp at night, and they are Mormons; and
I believe they are gowing to kill the people up in
Jackson County, Missouri, and retake their
lands. The Magistrate replied, "If you were
traveling, and did not want to put up at
public houses, or there was none in that country,
whould you not camp by the roadside in a tent;
and if you were afraid that your horses, or property
whould be stolen in a strange country; whould