Table of Contents
Join government troops against rebellion
Wife and I baptized into church
Desire to immigrate, but restrained by parents......................................................................... 5
Description of dream during winter......................................................................................... 6
Father tries to convince me to remain..................................................................................... 7
Leave during night due to danger............................................................................................ 8
Pick up Methodist minister on route to Nauvoo...................................................................... 9
Discussion of Mormonism
Trouble with member also immigrating.................................................................................. 10
Family decides to remain behind........................................................................................... 11
Arrive at Nauvoo
Fellow traveler starts to desert me........................................................................................ 12
Have hay stolen from me during day
Hear speech of Joseph Smith............................................................................................... 13
Sick with chills and fever
Agree to purchase city block for wagon and horses.............................................................. 14
Settle board bill
Build shelter despite illness................................................................................................... 15
Healed through administration
Difficulty finding work during winter
Old neighbor spreads lies concerning me.............................................................................. 16
Move in with family for winter
Ordained an elder; organized into Nauvoo Legion................................................................ 17
Woman drowned while being baptized for health
Arrival of Vermont Saints..................................................................................................... 18
Adopt child after death of mother
First learn of celestial marriage............................................................................................. 19
Persecution and destruction of Nauvoo Expositor................................................................. 20
Joseph Smith talks of church going west
Begins trip West but returns................................................................................................. 21
Martyrdom of Joseph Smith................................................................................................. 22
Willard Richard’s actions after martyrdom
Meetings to prevent vengeance............................................................................................ 23
View remains of Prophet and patriarch
Remain on guard duty for two weeks................................................................................... 24
Work at several jobs
Discussion on Mormonism with employer............................................................................. 25
Employer becomes abusive concerning church
Quit despite raise in wages................................................................................................... 26
Meeting to choose successor to Joseph Smith...................................................................... 27
Work for Willard Richards................................................................................................... 28
Placed in charge of group of guards
Push completion of temple................................................................................................... 29
Many afflicted with devils
Sicknesses during period...................................................................................................... 30
Baptized for health several times........................................................................................... 31
Learn of death of mother
Too sick to receive endowments.......................................................................................... 33
Refuse to sell property for poor price................................................................................... 34
Total loss since leaving Canada
Leave Nauvoo May, 1846................................................................................................... 35
Join George Miller group
Counseled to return to families............................................................................................. 36
Politics in Iowa during 1848................................................................................................. 37
Hear hypocritical speech by minister
Refuse to vote due to political confusion............................................................................... 38
News from Salt Lake concerning crickets............................................................................. 39
Dream concerning affairs during winter................................................................................. 40
Settle dispute between man and wife
Learn of burning of Nauvoo Temple..................................................................................... 41
Wife breaks into store to get drunken husband................................................................ 42-43
Wife given gifts for courage
Sick with measles
Leave for Salt Lake City...................................................................................................... 43
Ruse to secure whiskey on plains......................................................................................... 44
Warned by apostates of cholera
Called as Captain of first fifty............................................................................................... 46
Description of Winter Quarters............................................................................................ 47
Organization of camp........................................................................................................... 48
Composition of train....................................................................................................... 48-49
Meeting concerning organization
Post office on trail................................................................................................................ 50
Dissention by families having to travel last
Stock stampede during night................................................................................................ 51
Third stampede injures three men
Decision to separate until cattle have settled
Dogs killed to reduce stampedes.......................................................................................... 52
Spend day looking for ford over Loop Fork
Meeting to unite company again due to Indian country.......................................................... 53
Decision to travel separately
Arrive in Salt Lake City....................................................................................................... 54
Abridged History of Salmon River Mission
Purpose and personnel of mission......................................................................................... 55
Arrive at Fort Hall............................................................................................................... 56
Three Indians baptized......................................................................................................... 57
Welcomed to Salmon River by Bannock chief
Begin exploring area............................................................................................................ 58
Arrive at selected location
Description of Salmon River and area................................................................................... 59
Begin work on fort
Sickness in camp
Blackfeet steal horses from Nez Pearace.............................................................................. 60
Difficulty between two missionaries
Re-baptism of all missionaries
Begin building houses........................................................................................................... 61
Sickness continues; accidents
Bannock leave for buffalo hunt............................................................................................. 62
Man accused of trading guns with Indian
Horse stealing
Build fort wall...................................................................................................................... 63
Grasshoppers cause trouble
Fort named fort Limhi.......................................................................................................... 64
Trip back from mission................................................................................................... 65-66
Items of history
First settlement of Mound Fort, 1848
Arrive in Mound Fort, 1849................................................................................................. 67
Indians camp near during winter
Military company organized
Trouble with Indians............................................................................................................ 68
Indian troubles settled after troops arrive.............................................................................. 69
Weber County organized into a stake
Appointed captain of cavalry
Indians steal horses.............................................................................................................. 70
First settlement of Weber County
Memories of early history of Weber County......................................................................... 71
Move to high ground due to flood
Emigrant problems
Difficulty getting grain milled................................................................................................. 73
Lorin Farr builds flour mill
Relations with Shoshone Indians
Refuse to help man who killed Indian chief............................................................................ 74
Indian trouble due to death
Council with Indians............................................................................................................. 75
Trip to Salt Lake for advice of Brigham Young
Expedition sent north to stop trouble.................................................................................... 76
Consolidation of settlements due to Indian trouble................................................................. 77
