Church, consisting of nine members,
eight of whom were relatives. I or-
dained Dwight Webster a Priest, and
administered the sacrament.

July 3—I started for the State of
Maine, and arrived at father Carter's,
in Scarborough, on the 6th.

—14—My wife was delivered of a
daughter at her father's house; we
named her Sarah Emma.

22—I wrote to Thomas B. Marsh,
an account of my labors upon Fox
Islands and the eastern country.

—30—I left Scarborough and re-
turned to the islands. I preached
several times to large congregations in
the Methodist meeting-house, in East
Thomastown, and in the town hall in
Camden, before crossing to the islands,
where I arrived August 7th.

August 9—I received a letter from
Thomas B. Marsh, informing me of
my appointment to fill the place, in
the Quorum of the Twelve, of one
who had fallen, and I was requested
to come to Far West as soon as possi-
ble, to prepare for a mission to Eng-
land in the sprlng. I immediately
visited all the Saints upon both islands,
and earnestly exhorted them to sell
their property and prepare to accom-
pany me to Missouri. Several im-
mediately sold, but many were poor.
Brother Nathaniel Thomas said he
would furnish means to help off all
the poor Saints who desired to go,
and for this purpose went with me to
the main land on the 13th, and I
assisted him in purchasing two thou-
sand dollars worth of horses, harness,
wagons and tents for the company.
He paid about $1,500 of the expenses
himself, $1,000 of which went to fur-
nish conveyance for the poor. After
purchasing the outfit for the company,
I urged the importance of their start-
ing as soon as possible, not later than
the 1st of September.

August 19—I left the town of
Camden, where we had prepared our
outfit, and returned to Scarborough
to prepare my family for the journey,
expecting to see the company in a few
days; but here I remained in great
suspense until October 1st, when
Elder Townsend went to meet the
company. They arrived in Scar-
borough on the 3rd, with their wagon
covers flying.

The company stopped at the house
of sister Sarah B. Foss. We nailed
down the covers and painted them,
which made them waterproof.

—4—We started upon our journey.
My child was in the first stages of the
whooping-cough. Our company con-
sisted of fifty-three persons; we had
ten wagons, with a pair of horses to
each. We had before us, at this late
period, a gloomy land journey of two
thousand miles, from Maine to Mis-
souri. We continued to travel through
rain, mud, cold, frost and snow, until
we arrived in Rochester, Sangamon
county, Illinois, Dec. 19th, where I
stopped and settled my family and
company for the winter, being unable
to proceed further. My wife had
passed through a severe course of the
brain fever while upon the journey;
her sufferings had been very great.
Her spirit had left her body twice to
all human appearance, and only been
called back through the prayer of
faith and the power of God. Our
child had also been very sick, and I
had become so thoroughly chilled
through my whole system, in crossing
the bleak prairies, that it was two
months after I stopped, before I got
sufficiently warmed to feel natural.

Brother Thomas buried one child,
and nearly all the company had been
sick through exposure; some of them
had stopped by the way.

I spent the winter laboring with my
hands for the support of my family.

March 8, 1839—I attended a Con-
ference at Springfield, Illinois.

—13—I took my family and started
for Quincy, where I arrived on the
16th. I dined with Emma Smith, at
Judge Cleveland's. I then went on
to the bank of the river near Quincy,
and saw a great many of the Saints,
old and young, lying in the mud and
water, in a rain storm, without tent
or covering, which suffering was
caused by the unhallowed persecution
of the State of Missouri. The sight
filled my eyes with tears, while my
heart was made glad at the cheerful-
ness of the Saints in the midst of their
affliction.

—17 (Sunday)—I had an interview
with President Brigham Young and
John Taylor. We held a meeting
with the Saints; $50 and a number

Church, consisting of nine members, eight of whom were relatives. I ordained Dwight Webster a Priest, and administered the sacrament.

July 3—I started for the State of Maine, and arrived at father Carter's, in Scarborough, on the 6th.

—14—My wife was delivered of a daughter at her father's house; we named her Sarah Emma.

22—I wrote to Thomas B. Marsh, an account of my labors upon Fox Islands and the eastern country.

—30—I left Scarborough and returned to the islands. I preached several times to large congregations in the Methodist meeting-house, in East Thomastown, and in the town hall in Camden, before crossing to the islands, where I arrived August 7th.

August 9—I received a letter from Thomas B. Marsh, informing me of my appointment to fill the place, in the Quorum of the Twelve, of one who had fallen, and I was requested to come to Far West as soon as possible, to prepare for a mission to England in the sprlng. I immediately visited all the Saints upon both islands, and earnestly exhorted them to sell their property and prepare to accompany me to Missouri. Several immediately sold, but many were poor. Brother Nathaniel Thomas said he would furnish means to help off all the poor Saints who desired to go, and for this purpose went with me to the main land on the 13th, and I assisted him in purchasing two thousand dollars worth of horses, harness, wagons and tents for the company. He paid about $1,500 of the expenses himself, $1,000 of which went to furnish conveyance for the poor. After purchasing the outfit for the company, I urged the importance of their starting as soon as possible, not later than the 1st of September.

August 19—I left the town of Camden, where we had prepared our outfit, and returned to Scarborough to prepare my family for the journey, expecting to see the company in a few days; but here I remained in great suspense until October 1st, when Elder Townsend went to meet the company. They arrived in Scarborough on the 3rd, with their wagon covers flying.

The company stopped at the house of sister Sarah B. Foss. We nailed down the covers and painted them, which made them waterproof.

—4—We started upon our journey. My child was in the first stages of the whooping-cough. Our company consisted of fifty-three persons; we had ten wagons, with a pair of horses to each. We had before us, at this late period, a gloomy land journey of two thousand miles, from Maine to Missouri. We continued to travel through rain, mud, cold, frost and snow, until we arrived in Rochester, Sangamon county, Illinois, Dec. 19th, where I stopped and settled my family and company for the winter, being unable to proceed further. My wife had passed through a severe course of the brain fever while upon the journey; her sufferings had been very great. Her spirit had left her body twice to all human appearance, and only been called back through the prayer of faith and the power of God. Our child had also been very sick, and I had become so thoroughly chilled through my whole system, in crossing the bleak prairies, that it was two months after I stopped, before I got sufficiently warmed to feel natural.

Brother Thomas buried one child, and nearly all the company had been sick through exposure; some of them had stopped by the way.

I spent the winter laboring with my hands for the support of my family.

March 8, 1839—I attended a Conference at Springfield, Illinois.

—13—I took my family and started for Quincy, where I arrived on the 16th. I dined with Emma Smith, at Judge Cleveland's. I then went on to the bank of the river near Quincy, and saw a great many of the Saints, old and young, lying in the mud and water, in a rain storm, without tent or covering, which suffering was caused by the unhallowed persecution of the State of Missouri. The sight filled my eyes with tears, while my heart was made glad at the cheerfulness of the Saints in the midst of their affliction.

—17 (Sunday)—I had an interview with President Brigham Young and John Taylor. We held a meeting with the Saints; $50 and a number