hundred and thirty-five miles, to Little
Rock, begging our food by the way.
At Little Rock we took the military
road, having tied up our canoe, and
waded the great Mississippi swamp to
Memphis, Tenn., nearly one hundred
and seventy-five miles, most of the way
in mud and water knee deep. Brother
Brown took a steamer at Memphis and
returned to Kirtland, while I traveled
alone to middle Tennessee.

On my arrival at Memphis, I called
upon Mr. Jackson, who kept a public
house, and asked to stay over night.
When I said I was a preacher he ex-
pressed his belief that I was an impostor
and insisted that I should preach to a
congregation that he would gather to-
gether, and they should judge whether
I was a preacher or not. I spoke an
hour and a quarter to a crowded house,
and so many things were revealed con-
cerning themselves that I do not think
the same congregation will ever meet
again for the same purpose. I met with
Elders David Patten, and Warren Par-
rish, in middle Tennessee and labored
with them to the end of the year 1835.
Elder Parrish ordained me an Elder on
the twenty-eighth of June 1835. I was
ordained a Seventy and enrolled as a
member of the second quorum of Seven-
ties on the thirty-first day of May 1836,
by Elders David Patten and Warren
Parrish. I traveled and preached in
Tennessee from the twenty-seventh of
March 1835, until the twentieth of Sep-
tember 1836, at which time I was released
to return to Kirtland. I organized the
first company of Saints in the South to
go to Far West which numbered twenty-
two souls. While holding the office of
an Elder in Tennessee eleven months, I
traveled two thousand five hundred and
thirty-seven miles, held one hundred and
eighty-two meetings, baptized forty-
eight, ordained two Elders, two Priests,
three Teachers, eight Deacons and
blessed nineteen children. On the sec-
ond of October 1836, I started for Kirt-
land in company with A. O. Smoot and
Jesse Turpin, and arrived at Kirtland on
the twenty-fifth of October 1836, when I
had a happy meeting with the Prophet,
Apostles and Elders in the Temple of the
Lord. I spent the winter of 1836-7 in
Kirtland, and attended the school taught
by Prof. Haws, studying English and
Latin grammar. I was set apart as a
member of the first quorum of Seventies
on the third of January 1837. I attended
the meetings and received my washings
and anointings in the Kirtland Temple
in the spring of 1837. I then passed
through all the troubles and stirring
events of that period.

On the thirteenth of April, 1837, I was
joined in marriage with Miss Phebe W.
Carter, of Scarborough, Maine, at the
house of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The
ceremony was performed by President
Frederick G. Williams, and we were
blessed by the Patriarch, Father Joseph
Smith. Forty-eight days from this event,
on the thirty-first of May, I took the
parting hand of my wife and all my
friends in Kirtland and started upon a
mission to Fox Islands, in the Vine
Haven Bay, in the State of Maine. I was
accompanied by Elder Milton Holmes
and Jonathan H. Hale. On our journey
we crossed Lake Ontario and visited the
Saints, attended conference, administered
to the sick and evil spirits were subject
to us by the power of God. We continued
our journey, recrossed Lake Ontario and
visited Farmington, my native place, and
for the first time since I had joined the
Church visited my father's house. I
preached the Gospel to my relatives and
baptized my uncle Ozem Woodruff and
his wife Hannah and son John. This
was in fulfilment of a dream I had when
I was eight years old. On my return
from Fox Islands I baptized my father,
stepmother and only sister, also Dwight
Webster, a Methodist class leader, who
was boarding at my father's house. I
organized a small branch of the Church
of nine members, eight of whom were
my relatives. I preached to a large con-
gregation in the Methodist meeting
house at Farmington. My wife joined
me at Farmington and accompanied me
to Scarborough, Maine, and we visited
her father's house, it being my first visit.
I was kindly received.

On the nineteenth of August, 1837, I

hundred and thirty-five miles, to Little Rock, begging our food by the way. At Little Rock we took the military road, having tied up our canoe, and waded the great Mississippi swamp to Memphis, Tenn., nearly one hundred and seventy-five miles, most of the way in mud and water knee deep. Brother Brown took a steamer at Memphis and returned to Kirtland, while I traveled alone to middle Tennessee.

On my arrival at Memphis, I called upon Mr. Jackson, who kept a public house, and asked to stay over night. When I said I was a preacher he expressed his belief that I was an impostor and insisted that I should preach to a congregation that he would gather together, and they should judge whether I was a preacher or not. I spoke an hour and a quarter to a crowded house, and so many things were revealed concerning themselves that I do not think the same congregation will ever meet again for the same purpose. I met with Elders David Patten, and Warren Parrish, in middle Tennessee and labored with them to the end of the year 1835. Elder Parrish ordained me an Elder on the twenty-eighth of June 1835. I was ordained a Seventy and enrolled as a member of the second quorum of Seventies on the thirty-first day of May 1836, by Elders David Patten and Warren Parrish. I traveled and preached in Tennessee from the twenty-seventh of March 1835, until the twentieth of September 1836, at which time I was released to return to Kirtland. I organized the first company of Saints in the South to go to Far West which numbered twentytwo souls. While holding the office of an Elder in Tennessee eleven months, I traveled two thousand five hundred and thirty-seven miles, held one hundred and eighty-two meetings, baptized fortyeight, ordained two Elders, two Priests, three Teachers, eight Deacons and blessed nineteen children. On the second of October 1836, I started for Kirtland in company with A. O. Smoot and Jesse Turpin, and arrived at Kirtland on the twenty-fifth of October 1836, when I had a happy meeting with the Prophet, Apostles and Elders in the Temple of the Lord. I spent the winter of 1836-7 in Kirtland, and attended the school taught by Prof. Haws, studying English and Latin grammar. I was set apart as a member of the first quorum of Seventies on the third of January 1837. I attended the meetings and received my washings and anointings in the Kirtland Temple in the spring of 1837. I then passed through all the troubles and stirring events of that period.

On the thirteenth of April, 1837, I was joined in marriage with Miss Phebe W. Carter, of Scarborough, Maine, at the house of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The ceremony was performed by President Frederick G. Williams, and we were blessed by the Patriarch, Father Joseph Smith. Forty-eight days from this event, on the thirty-first of May, I took the parting hand of my wife and all my friends in Kirtland and started upon a mission to Fox Islands, in the Vine Haven Bay, in the State of Maine. I was accompanied by Elder Milton Holmes and Jonathan H. Hale. On our journey we crossed Lake Ontario and visited the Saints, attended conference, administered to the sick and evil spirits were subject to us by the power of God. We continued our journey, recrossed Lake Ontario and visited Farmington, my native place, and for the first time since I had joined the Church visited my father's house. I preached the Gospel to my relatives and baptized my uncle Ozem Woodruff and his wife Hannah and son John. This was in fulfilment of a dream I had when I was eight years old. On my return from Fox Islands I baptized my father, stepmother and only sister, also Dwight Webster, a Methodist class leader, who was boarding at my father's house. I organized a small branch of the Church of nine members, eight of whom were my relatives. I preached to a large congregation in the Methodist meeting house at Farmington. My wife joined me at Farmington and accompanied me to Scarborough, Maine, and we visited her father's house, it being my first visit. I was kindly received.

On the nineteenth of August, 1837, I