Br Jonathan H. Hale comes along with a shovel on his back & says how do you do Brother Woodruff & in fact I
saw so many of my old friends I hardly knew who to go home with first finally I concluded to go & spend the night
with Brother Hale & we had an interesting time together in talking about our travels together upon the Islands of the
sea & also Br Hale gave me an account of his sufferings & those of his family & all the Saints in Moissouri during
the past winter for they have suffered much from the inhaditants of Missouri who have turned mob with Governour
Bogs at their head they came upon the Saints from time to time in battle aray they shot the Saints down
like wi[l]d beasts & butchered others in cool blood & nocked the brains out of some after they [had] taken them prisioners
the soldiers shot down the cattle cows & hogs of the Saints for the purpose of destroying them. The Saints
at times stood in thieir own defence & some of their enemies fell befor them & In consequence of which the
Governour Issued orders for the final extermination of the Saints out of the state & sent a general after his own heart
to execut his orders forthwith & this is the cause of there leeving the state & coming to Quincy. the whole city
far west had to surrender to the melitia the Presidency with about 60 others was cast into prision & cha
ins. they are all delivered excepting eleven persons the mob used ever[y] exertion to take the life of Joseph
& others but through the mercy of God there lives were in the hands of God & not there enemies. Elder
David W. Patten one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
chosen to bear the keys of this last kingdom was one of the marters of the persecution in Missouri
in the winter of 1838 he sealed his testimony with his Blood. He died strong in that faith that he
had boldly declared through the U. S. A. for the last 7 years of his life &c. Distance 20 m[iles]

March 17, 1839 ~ Sunday

17^th Sunday I held a counscil in the morning with Elders B. Young & J. Taylor of the Twelve we then met with
the C[h]urch in Quincy. B. Young took the lead of the meeting & gave much important instruction there
was a Letter read from the committy in Far West praying the Brethren in Quincy to send teams & money
for the removing of fifty families of poor Saints from far west to Quincy there was a contribution
taken up for the purpose about $50 dollars & a number of teams to go. We then communed together &
the meeting closed & a council followed. I was called upon to state to the conuncil the procedings of the
conference in Springfield & after laying before them the procedings of that conference the council of

Br Jonathan H. Hale comes along with a shovel on his back & says how do you do Brother Woodruff & in fact I saw so many of my old friends I hardly knew who to go home with first finally I concluded to go & spent the night with Brother Hale & we had an interesting time together in talking about our travels together upon the Islands of the sea & also Br Hale gave me an account of his sufferings & those of his family & all the saints in Missouri during the past winter for they have suffered much from the inhaditants of Missouri who have turned mob with Governour Bogs at their head they came upon the saints from time to time in battle aray they shot the saints down like wild beasts & butchered others in cool blood & nocked the brains out of some after they had taken them prisioners the soldiers shot down the cattle cows & hogs of the saints for the purpose of destroying them. The Saints at times stood in their own defence & some of their enemies fell befor them & in consequence of which the Governour issued orders for the final extermination of the saints out of the state & sent a general after his own heart to execute his orders forthwith & this is the cause of there leeving the state & coming to Quincy. the whole city far west had to surrender to the melitia the Presidency with about 60 others was cast into prision & cha ins, they are all delivered excepting eleven persons the mob used every exertion to take the life of Joseph & others but through the mercy of God there lives were in the hands of God & not there enemies. Elder David W. Patten one of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints chosen to bear the keys of this last kingdom was one of the marters of the persecution in Missouri in the winter of 1838 he sealed his testimony with his Blood. He died strong in that faith that he had boldly declared through the U.S.A. for the last 7 years of his life &c. Distance 20 m.

March 17, 1839 ~ Sunday

17th Sunday I held a council in the morning with Elders B. Young & J. Taylor of the Twelve we then met with the church in Quincy. B. Young took the lead of the meeting & gave much important instruction there was a Letter read from the committy in Far West praying the Brethren in Quincy to send teams & money for the removing of fifty families of poor saints from far west to Quincy there was a contribution taken up for the purpose about $50 dollars & a number of teams to go. We then communed together & the meeting closed & a council followed. I was called upon to state to the council the procedings of the conference in Springfield & after laying before them the procedings of that conference the council of