burton, with Elder Joseph A. Stratton,
for New York. We had an exceedingly
rough passage of forty-three days. It
was said to be the roughest passage
known up to that time. We had seven
hurricanes and fourteen gales and lost
the second mate overboard.

Arrived at New York on the sixth of
March, 1846. My wife and daughter
had gone on board ship at Liverpool
with a company of Saints, on her jour-
ney to Nauvoo, via New Orleans. I left
New York and visited my father's home
in Farmington, Conn., and notified them
to be prepared to accompany me to
Nauvoo. I also visited Ezra Carter and
family, my father-in-law at Scarborough,
Maine, and I took my daughter Phebe,
who had been left there and returned to
Connecticut. My father, stepmother,
and cousin, Betsey Cosset, accompanied
me to Nauvoo, where I again met my
wife, who had arrived safely from Liver-
pool.

I attended the dedication of the
Nauvoo Temple with Orson Hyde, on
the twentieth day of April, 1846, whilst
the most of the Twelve and many of the
Saints, led by President Brigham Young,
had crossed the Mississippi river and
were traveling west.

I crossed the Mississippi river with my
family for the last time on the nineteenth
of May, 1846, and started west to over-
take the main camp. We arrived at
Mount Pisgah, where there was a large
body of the Saints, on the fifteenth of
June. I here found Elder Lorenzo
Snow, apparently at the point of death,
and administered to him. On the twenty-
fifth of June I was met by Captain Allen,
who had come to visit the camp of the
Saints to raise a Battalion to go to
war with Mexico. I directed him to
the portion of the camp where President
Young was, and he immediately raised
the Mormon Battalion of five hundred
men. I consented for every teamster I
had to go to make up the number,
as did others. We formed our encamp-
ment for the winter on the west side of
the Missouri river, which we named
Winter Quarters. On the fifteenth of
October I met with a very severe acci-
dent. An oak tree fell upon me and
broke my breast bone and several ribs,
which came near killing me; but through
the administration of the Elders and the
blessings of God, I was preserved. In
the Spring of 1847 I accompanied Presi-
dent Young with some of the Twelve
and the pioneer camp of one hundred
and forty-three persons in crossing the
plains to the Great Salt Lake Valley,
where we built a Fort, laid out the site
of Salt Lake City and Temple Block
and returned to Winter Quarters the
same season. -[The history of which
has been frequently published.]-

In the spring of 1848, I took my wife
and children, by appointment, and went
east to Boston to gather up all the
Saints in the New England States, and
take them to the Rocky Mountains. I
labored in this capacity until the spring
of 1850, and sent out several companies.
I visited all the branches of the Church
in New England and New Brunswick,
and organized the last company and led
them myself from Boston to St. Louis,
Council Bluffs, and on to Salt Lake City,
arriving in October, 1850, at which time
I settled my family, including my father,
in the City of Salt Lake, where I have
spent the past thirty-eight years of my
life, attending to the duties of my calling
as an Apostle, in the building and dedi-
cation of temples, administering in the
ordinances of the Gospel therein, and
preaching to the Saints and providing
for my family. I have been deeply inter-
ested in the redemption of my dead.
Through my own labors and the assistance
of my friends I have been enabled to
give endowments to some three thousand
of my dead relatives of my father's and
mother's house. Among other labors I
have officiated as a member of the Utah
Legislature for twenty-two sessions,
twenty of which were in the Legislative
Council.

I have traveled to Idaho, Colorado,
New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and
California. Since my arrival in the
valley of Salt Lake, eleven Apostles and
two Presidents of the Church have de-
parted this life and passed behind the
vail. On the death of President John

burton, with Elder Joseph A. Stratton, for New York. We had an exceedingly rough passage of forty-three days. It was said to be the roughest passage known up to that time. We had seven hurricanes and fourteen gales and lost the second mate overboard.

Arrived at New York on the sixth of March, 1846. My wife and daughter had gone on board ship at Liverpool with a company of Saints, on her journey to Nauvoo, via New Orleans. I left New York and visited my father's home in Farmington, Conn., and notified them to be prepared to accompany me to Nauvoo. I also visited Ezra Carter and family, my father-in-law at Scarborough, Maine, and I took my daughter Phebe, who had been left there and returned to Connecticut. My father, stepmother, and cousin, Betsey Cosset, accompanied me to Nauvoo, where I again met my wife, who had arrived safely from Liverpool.

I attended the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple with Orson Hyde, on the twentieth day of April, 1846, whilst the most of the Twelve and many of the Saints, led by President Brigham Young, had crossed the Mississippi river and were traveling west.

I crossed the Mississippi river with my family for the last time on the nineteenth of May, 1846, and started west to overtake the main camp. We arrived at Mount Pisgah, where there was a large body of the Saints, on the fifteenth of June. I here found Elder Lorenzo Snow, apparently at the point of death, and administered to him. On the twentyfifth of June I was met by Captain Allen, who had come to visit the camp of the Saints to raise a Battalion to go to war with Mexico. I directed him to the portion of the camp where President Young was, and he immediately raised the Mormon Battalion of five hundred men. I consented for every teamster I had to go to make up the number, as did others. We formed our encampment for the winter on the west side of the Missouri river, which we named Winter Quarters. On the fifteenth of October I met with a very severe accident. An oak tree fell upon me and broke my breast bone and several ribs, which came near killing me; but through the administration of the Elders and the blessings of God, I was preserved. In the Spring of 1847 I accompanied President Young with some of the Twelve and the pioneer camp of one hundred and forty-three persons in crossing the plains to the Great Salt Lake Valley, where we built a Fort, laid out the site of Salt Lake City and Temple Block and returned to Winter Quarters the same season. [The history of which has been frequently published.]

In the spring of 1848, I took my wife and children, by appointment, and went east to Boston to gather up all the Saints in the New England States, and take them to the Rocky Mountains. I labored in this capacity until the spring of 1850, and sent out several companies. I visited all the branches of the Church in New England and New Brunswick, and organized the last company and led them myself from Boston to St. Louis, Council Bluffs, and on to Salt Lake City, arriving in October, 1850, at which time I settled my family, including my father, in the City of Salt Lake, where I have spent the past thirty-eight years of my life, attending to the duties of my calling as an Apostle, in the building and dedication of temples, administering in the ordinances of the Gospel therein, and preaching to the Saints and providing for my family. I have been deeply interested in the redemption of my dead. Through my own labors and the assistance of my friends I have been enabled to give endowments to some three thousand of my dead relatives of my father's and mother's house. Among other labors I have officiated as a member of the Utah Legislature for twenty-two sessions, twenty of which were in the Legislative Council.

I have traveled to Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California. Since my arrival in the valley of Salt Lake, eleven Apostles and two Presidents of the Church have departed this life and passed behind the vail. On the death of President John