and Encamped on the Bank of Rush Creek in Brother Burghates Burgharts field Brother Burghart offered me small
room for me & my company if we would clean it out so we went at it & cleaned it out & spread down our
Blankets we had but Just got it fiixed when the Brethren were attacked with the cholera in camp & they were brough
in & laid side & sid & it was but a short time untill their was near a Dozen laid open our beds as the
prophet had Declaired so it came to pass men fell in camp as though they were struck down
by the Destroying Angel and during the night some of the guard fell to the ground with their gun in hand
at the commencement Brother Joseph laid hands upon those who were seized with it cholera but He quickly
learned by experienced that when the great Jehovah Decreed a Destruction upon any people & made that known man
must not attemp to stay his hand for as soon as he laid hands upon the sick & rebuked the desease it instantly
seized him & came near slaying him. Early in the morning of the 25 the camp was seperated into small
bands & all that had teams was councelled to take them away And as I had a team I made preparations
to leave all were councilled to leave the ground except enough to take care of the sick As Brother Seth
Hitchcock of my company had the cholera we have him his choice of any men in our company to
satay to take care of him He made choice of Warran Ingels Harry Browns Brother in Law He
took his gun & things out of my waggon & went into the room & hung them up & wept because
he had to stop he felt as though he himself would die which afterwards proved to be the case. I rem[ov]ed
my waggon to Brother Lyman Wights with Milton Holmes & Heman Hyde & made it our home
with him we went However to Brother Lowerys House first & spent the first few days with him from there to
Lyman Wights. But while I was there a number of the Brethren among whom was Brigham Young Heber C.
Kimball Orson Pratt Luke Johnson G. A. Smith & others were in the camp of the sick, attending to the sick &
Burying the dead. see Heber C Kimballs Journal & Church History which gives an Account of the same
"The cholera continued its Ravages about 4 days about 68 of the saints suffered from this disease during
which time the following persons died 13 in number John S. Carter, Eber Wilcox, (Seth Hitchcock (from my
company) Erastus Rudd, Algernon Sidney Gilbert, Alfred Frisk, Edward Ives, Noah Johnson
Jesse B Lawson, Robert McCord, Elial Strong, Jesse Smith & Betsey Parrish. When the cholera first
attacked the Brethren John S. Carter was the first man to stretch out his hand to rebuke it & he was instantly
seized with it & the first man that Died about 6 oclok in the afternoon in about 30 minuts after Seth Hitchcock
died. it was impossible to obtain coffins but the Brethren roolled them up in our Blankets which we had spread
down & drew them half a mile & buried them on in the Bank of a small stream which empties into rush creek
the dead was drawn upon an ox stead, while some were diging the graves others stood & guarded
with gun in hand to keep off the Enemy. almost evry man in camp was afflicted with a camp distemper
or diarrhea except myself I was not troubled with it allt all not that I considered myself any better than my Brethren
who had died many of the Brethren were sick night unto death with it among whom were Orson Pratt J. B. Nobles
Z Coulton, G. A. Smith & many others but they practized bathing & baptizing in cold water which
they thought was very Benefitial to them Brother Ingles was attacked with the cholera & died and was
among the Last that were buried. I went down one night to take care of him but he had a watcher so I took
care of Zebedee Coultrin during the night as he had no one with him Brother Joseph was also afflicted
with it for several days. Brother Ingels had been my companion all the way from my home in
Richland while on the Journey after Brother Joseph got better He called the Saints together at Br
Lyman Wights & told them the cholera had been sent according to his prediction & nearly all had
suffered more or less & some 15 had died & he said to the Saints if you will now humble yourselves
before the Lord & covenant to keep his commandments from this time forth I promise you in the name

and Encamped on the Bank of Rush Creek in Brother Burgharts field Brother Burghart offered me small room for me & my company if we would clean it out so we went at it & cleaned it out & spread down our Blankets we had but Just got it fixed when the Brethren were attacked with the cholera in camp & they were brough in & laid side & sid & it was but a short time untill their was near a Dozen laid open our beds as the prophet had Declaired so it came to pass men fell in camp as though they were struck down by the Destroying Angel and during the night some of the guard fell to the ground with their gun in hand at the commencement Brother Joseph laid hands upon those who were seized with it cholera but He quickly learned by experienced that when the great Jehovah Decreed a Destruction upon any people & made that known man must not attemp to stay his hand for as soon as he laid hands upon the sick & rebuked the desease it instantly seized him & came near slaying him. Early in the morning of the 25 the camp was seperated into small bands & all that had teams was councelled to take them away And as I had a team I made preparations to leave all were councilled to leave the ground except enough to take care of the sick As Brother Seth Hitchcock of my company had the cholera we have him his choice of any men in our company to stay to take care of him He made choice of Warran Ingels Harry Browns Brother in Law He took his gun & things out of my waggon & went into the room & hung them up & wept because he had to stop he felt as though he himself would die which afterwards proved to be the case. I removed my waggon to Brother Lyman Wights with Milton Holmes & Heman Hyde & made it our home with him we went However to Brother Lowerys House first & spent the first few days with him from there to Lyman Wights. But while I was there a number of the Brethren among whom was Brigham Young Heber C. Kimball Orson Pratt Luke Johnson G. A. Smith & others were in the camp of the sick, attending to the sick & Burying the dead. see Heber C Kimballs Journal & Church History which gives an Account of the same "The cholera continued its Ravages about 4 days about 68 of the saints suffered from this disease during which time the following persons died 13 in number John S. Carter, Eber Wilcox, (Seth Hitchcock (from my company) Erastus Rudd, Algernon Sidney Gilbert, Alfred Frisk, Edward Ives, Noah Johnson Jesse B Lawson, Robert McCord, Elial Strong, Jesse Smith & Betsey Parrish. When the cholera first attacked the Brethren John S. Carter was the first man to stretch out his hand to rebuke it & he was instantly seized with it & the first man that Died about 6 oclok in the afternoon in about 30 minuts after Seth Hitchcock died. it was impossible to obtain coffins but the Brethren rolled them up in our Blankets which we had spread down & drew them half a mile & buried them on in the Bank of a small stream which empties into rush creek the dead was drawn upon an ox stead, while some were diging the graves others stood & guarded with gun in hand to keep off the Enemy. almost evry man in camp was afflicted with a camp distemper or diarrhea except myself I was not troubled with it at all not that I considered myself any better than my Brethren who had died many of the Brethren were sick night unto death with it among whom were Orson Pratt J. B. Nobles Z Coulton, G. A. Smith & many others but they practized bathing & baptizing in cold water which they thought was very Benefitial to them Brother Ingles was attacked with the cholera & died and was among the Last that were buried. I went down one night to take care of him but he had a watcher so I took care of Zebedee Coultrin during the night as he had no one with him Brother Joseph was also afflicted with it for several days. Brother Ingels had been my companion all the way from my home in Richland while on the Journey after Brother Joseph got better He called the Saints together at Br Lyman Wights & told them the cholera had been sent according to his prediction & nearly all had suffered more or less & some 15 had died & he said to the Saints if you will now humble yourselves before the Lord & covenant to keep his commandments from this time forth I promise you in the name