while passing through the village of Middlebury, the people tried
to count them; but the Lord miltiplied ^them^ in the eyes of the people,
so that those wtho numbered them said there were four hundred of them.
On the , Brother Joseph organized the camp, which consisted
of about one hundred and thrity men. On the following day we continu
ed our journey. We pitched our tents at night and had prayeres night
and morning. The Prophet told us every day what we should do.
We were nearly all young men, gathered from all parts of the
country, and stranger to each other; but we got acquainted very
soon and had a happy time together.
It was a great shcool to us to led by a Prophet of God a
thousand mile through cities, towns, villages, and through the
wilderness.
When personstood ^stood^ by to count us they could not tell how many
we numbered; some said five hundred, others one thousand.
Many were astonished as we passed through their towns. On lady
ran to her door pushed lhere spectacles to the top of her head, rais-
ed ^her^ hands, and exclaimed—"What under heavens has broken loose?
She stood in that position the last I saw of her.
The published history of Zion's Camp gives an account of the
bones of a man which we dug out of a mound. His name was Zelph.
The Lord showed the Prophet the history of the man in a vision.
The arrow, by which he was killed, was found among his bones.
One of his thigh bones was broken by a stone slung in battle.
That bone was put into my wagon, and I carried it to Clay county,
Missouri, and buried it in the earth.
The Lord delivered Israel in the days of Moses by dividing
the Red Sea, so they went over dry shod. When their enemies tried
to do the same, the water closed upon them and they were dtowned.
The Lord delivered Zion's Camp from their enemies on the , by piling up the waters in Fishing River forty feet
in one night, so our enemies could not cross. He also sent a great h
hail storm which broke them up and sent them seeking for shelter.
The camp of Zion arrived at Brother Burk's in Clay County,
Missouri, on the , land we pitched our tents on
the premises. He told some of the brethren of my company that he had
a spare room that some of us might ocupy if we would clean it.
Our company accepted the offer, and fearing some other company
