was to accompany us and he was appointed our Com

On the next day we continued our journey travelled
15 miles and camped in a beautiful medow

Fill up the interval from October 9 to Nov 2
with the journey and casualities of camp life including
a severe attack of something like the colera upon myself
and the sickness of several children one of whom afterwards
died.

At this date our company began to seperate
Elder M. Holmes took steam boat at Buffalo for Fairport
and after another day's travel brother Cyrus Sterrett and
his family and brother Wahitley and family returned to the
city of Buffalo to spend the winter as the expence was
so great it was thought we could not all get to Zion. So
they stoped to labour and brother Thomas let them have
a span of horses and a waggon to help them up in
the Spring.

Here it should be observed that in the very
starting of this company Nathaniel Thomas had cheerfully
steped forward to the assistance of the poor and invested
about 1000 dollars for waggons horses tents &c to fit out
this company while others who possessed this world's goods
also, drew back and did not go with the poor lest they
should be under the necessity of assisting.

Journing onward to the 143th and we
were at Painsville where the Saints had been much persecuted
From this place the next day brother Townsend walked
to Kirtland to see brother Milton Holmes

We rested on the 15th on account of rain
but journeyed to Mantauway on the following day and
spent the night at the Inn of Lewis Turner. Elders Holmes
and Townsend were with us again but Milton had made
up his mind not to go any further with us but to tarry
in Kirtland or in the regions around until the Spring

While at Kirtland brother Holmes had seen
several letters from Far West representing that there was
great trouble among the Saints caused by the inhabitants of
Missouri coming against them with armed force.

Next day, we left brother M. Holmes and

was to accompany us and he was appointed our Com

On the next day we continued our journey travelled 15 miles and camped in a beautiful medow

Fill up the interval from October 9 to Nov 2 with the journey and casualities of camp life including a severe attack of something like the colera upon myself and the sickness of several children one of whom afterwards died.

At this date our company began to seperate Elder M. Holmes took steam boat at Buffalo for Fairport and after another day's travel brother Cyrus Sterrett and his family and brother Whitley and family returned to the city of Buffalo to spend the winter as the expence was so great it was thought we could not all get to Zion. So they stoped to labour and brother Thomas let them have a span of horses and a waggon to help them up in the Spring.

Here it should be observed that in the very starting of this company Nathaniel Thomas had cheerfully steped forward to the assistance of the poor and invested about 1000 dollars for waggons horses tents &c to fit out this company while others who possessed this world's goods also, drew back and did not go with the poor lest they should be under the necessity of assisting.

Journing onward to the 13th and we were at Painsville where the Saints had been much persecuted From this place the next day brother Townsend walked to Kirtland to see brother Milton Holmes

We rested on the 15th on account of rain but journeyed to Mantanway on the following day and spent the night at the Inn of Lewis Turner. Elders Holmes and Townsend were with us again but Milton had made up his mind not to go any further with us but to tarry in Kirtland or in the regions around until the Spring

While at Kirtland brother Holmes had seen several letters from Far West representing that there was great trouble among the Saints caused by the inhabitants of Missouri coming against them with armed force.

Next day, we left brother M. Holmes and