issued a proclamation, in which all the Latter-day Saints were
required to leave that State or be exterminated. Far West
had been captured by the militia, who were really only an
organized mob; the citizens had been compelled to give up
their arms; all the leading men who could be got hold of had
been taken prisoners; the rest of the Saints—men women and
children—had to flee as best they could out of the State to
save their lives, leaving all their houses, lands and other prop-
erty which they could not carry with them to be taken by the
mob. In fact they shot down the cattle and hogs of the
Saints wherever they could find them, and robbed them of
nearly everything they could lay their hands upon. Latter-
day Saints were treated with merciless cruelty and had to
endure the most outrageous abuses. It was with the greatest
difficulty that many of them got out of the State, especially
the prominent men; for there were many men of that State at
that time, who acted as though they thought it no more harm
to shoot a "Mormon" than a mad dog. From this brief ex-
planation you will be able to understand why some of the
brethren thought we were not required to go back to Far West
to start from there upon our mission across the ocean to Europe.
Having determined to carry out the requirement of the
revelation, on the , I took into my wagon Brigham Young and Orson Pratt; and Father Cutler took
into his wagon John Taylor and George A. Smith, and we
started for Far West.
On the way we met John E. Page, who was going
with his family, to Quincy, Illinois. His wagon had turned
over, and when we met him he was trying to gather up a
barrel of soft soap with his hands. We helped him get up
his wagon. He drove down into the valley below, left his
wagon, and accompanied us on our way.
On the night of the , we arrived at Far West,
and spent the night at the home of Morris Phelps, who was
not there, however, himself; he, having been taken prisoner
by the mob, was still in prison.
On the morning of the , notwithstanding
the threats of our enemies that the revelation which was to be
LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.
issued a proclamation, in which all the Latter-day Saints were
required to leave that State or be exterminated. Far West
had been captured by the militia, who were really only an
organized mob; the citizens had been compelled to give up
their arms; all the leading men who could be got hold of had
been taken prisoners; the rest of the Saints—men women and
children—had to flee as best they could out of the State to
save their lives, leaving all their houses, lands and other property which they could not carry with them to be taken by the
mob. In fact they shot down the cattle and hogs of the
Saints wherever they could find them, and robbed them of
nearly everything they could lay their hands upon. Latterday Saints were treated with merciless cruelty and had to
endure the most outrageous abuses. It was with the greatest
difficulty that many of them got out of the State, especially
the prominent men; for there were many men of that State at
that time, who acted as though they thought it no more harm
to shoot a "Mormon" than a mad dog. From this brief explanation you will be able to understand why some of the
brethren thought we were not required to go back to Far West
to start from there upon our mission across the ocean to
Europe.
Having determined to carry out the requirement of the
revelation, on the , I took into my wagon
Brigham Young and Orson Pratt; and Father Cutler took
into his wagon John Taylor and George A. Smith, and we
started for Far West.
On the way we met John E. Page, who was going
with his family, to Quincy, Illinois. His wagon had turned
over, and when we met him he was trying to gather up a
barrel of soft soap with his hands. We helped him get up
his wagon. He drove down into the valley below, left his
wagon, and accompanied us on our way.
On the night of the , we arrived at Far West,
and spent the night at the home of Morris Phelps, who was
not there, however, himself; he, having been taken prisoner
by the mob, was still in prison.
On the morning of the , notwithstanding
the threats of our enemies that the revelation which was to be
