(who stood in the door of a cabnit shop) that
he had counted a little rising of five hundred
men, and he could not tell how many there
were. This thing was attempted many times
in villages and towns, as we passed through,
and the people were never able to ascertain our
number. We traveled twenty four miles, crossed
the Illioniois river at Phillips ferry and encamped
on the west bank. This morning we sent, brother Luke Johnson to ascertain the feelings of the
people, and report to us, the country we passed
through was one of great scarsety though little
settled. Levi Hancock repeats what ^Joseph^ said, in our tent, "I want
you to remember what I say to you, the
Lord is gowing to give us dry weather now
till we get through, he has given us rain, that
we might have water on the prairie, you will
see the mercy of God in our favor all the way through
~ Tuesday
Tuesday the 3rd.
Dureing our travels we visited sevral of the mounds
which had been thrown up by the ancient
inhabidants of this country, and this morning I went up on a high mound near the river
accompanied by many of the brotherin. From
this mound we could over-look the tops of the
trees, and view the prairie on eather side of the
(who stood in the door of a cabnit shop) that
he had counted a little rising of five hundred
men, and he could not tell how many there
were. This thing was attempted many times
in villages and towns, as we passed through,
and the people were never able to ascertain our
number. We traveled twenty four miles, crossed
the Illioniois river at Phillips ferry and encamped
on the west bank. This morning we sent, brother
Luke Johnson to ascertain the feelings of the
people, and report to us, the country we passed
through was one of great scarsety though little
settled. Levi Hancock repeats what Joseph said, in our tent, "I want
you to remember what I say to you, the
Lord is gowing to give us dry weather now
till we get through, he has given us rain, that
we might have water on the prairie, you will
see the mercy of God in our favor all the way through
~ Tuesday
Tuesday the 3rd.
Dureing our travels we visited sevral of the mounds
which had been thrown up by the ancient
inhabidants of this country, and this morning
I went up on a high mound near the river
accompanied by many of the brotherin. From
this mound we could over-look the tops of the
trees, and view the prairie on eather side of the
