ever, in company with Nathanial Thomas, who had sold his
property and had money, I went to the mainland and pur-
chased ten new wagons, ten sets of harness and twenty horses.
When I got everything prepared for the company to start, I
left the affairs with Brother Thomas, and went on ahead of
the company to Scarboro, to prepare my own family for the
journey.
The outfit which I purchased for the company cost about
$2,000.00.
Before leaving Brother Thomas, I counselled him in regard
to the course to pursue, and charged him not to be later than
the 1st of September in starting from the mainland.
I arrived at Father Carter's on the , and
waited with great anxiety for the arrival of the company from
the islands, but instead of reaching there by the 1st of Sep-
tember they did not arrive till the ; and when
they did arrive the wagon covers were all flying in the breeze.
It took a good day's work to nail down the covers, paint the
wagons and get prepared for the journey.
CHAPTER XVII.
START UPON OUR JOURNEY—A HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKING—
SICKNESS—SEVERE WEATHER—MY WIFE AND CHILD
STRICKEN—A TRYING EXPERIENCE—MY WIFE CONTINUES
TO FAIL—HER SPIRIT LEAVES HER BODY—RESTORED
BY THE POWER OF GOD—HER SPIRIT'S EXPERIENCE
WHILE SEPARATED FROM THE BODY—DEATH OF MY
BROTHER--ARRIVAL AT ROCHESTER—REMOVAL TO QUINCY.
ON the afternoon of the , we took leave of
Father Carter and family, and started upon our journey of
2,000 miles at this late season of the year, taking my wife
with a suckling babe at her breast with me, to lead a company
of fifty-three souls from Maine to Illinois, and to spend nearly
LEAVES FROM MY JOURNAL.
ever, in company with Nathanial Thomas, who had sold his
property and had money, I went to the mainland and purchased ten new wagons, ten sets of harness and twenty horses.
When I got everything prepared for the company to start, I
left the affairs with Brother Thomas, and went on ahead of
the company to Scarboro, to prepare my own family for the
journey.
The outfit which I purchased for the company cost about
$2,000.00.
Before leaving Brother Thomas, I counselled him in regard
to the course to pursue, and charged him not to be later than
the 1st of September in starting from the mainland.
I arrived at Father Carter's on the , and
waited with great anxiety for the arrival of the company from
the islands, but instead of reaching there by the 1st of September they did not arrive till the ; and when
they did arrive the wagon covers were all flying in the breeze.
It took a good day's work to nail down the covers, paint the
wagons and get prepared for the journey.
CHAPTER XVII.
START UPON OUR JOURNEY—A HAZARDOUS UNDERTAKING—
SICKNESS—SEVERE WEATHER—MY WIFE AND CHILD
STRICKEN—A TRYING EXPERIENCE—MY WIFE CONTINUES
TO FAIL—HER SPIRIT LEAVES HER BODY—RESTORED
BY THE POWER OF GOD—HER SPIRIT'S EXPERIENCE
WHILE SEPARATED FROM THE BODY—DEATH OF MY
BROTHER--ARRIVAL AT ROCHESTER—REMOVAL TO
QUINCY.
ON the afternoon of the , we took leave of
Father Carter and family, and started upon our journey of
2,000 miles at this late season of the year, taking my wife
with a suckling babe at her breast with me, to lead a company
of fifty-three souls from Maine to Illinois, and to spend nearly
