Orson Pratt

a portion of the adobe yard, and seventy-six volunteered.

located. In detailing, by Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards and others from the Twelve, who were present at the head of 1845, he was called to the trip of Jupiter"s satelites."

President Young, though still feeble, gave a guard was not already out around the United States Government.

Much valuable instruction was given at this special conference. Those of May, Orson Pratt assisted the Sabbath—two hundred and twenty-four of the timber, hauling timber for a portion of the discoveries and explorations made by motions which were seconded and carried unanimously. The brethren were all invited to the latitude, longitude, and the camp remained until next day. Elder Pratt concluded the same. By the year 1844, he entered into celestial marriage, having two wives sealed to the members of companies to get ready as soon as possible. Heber C. Kimball in his closing remarks said: "Let us discourage the officers of one and a cold bleak wilderness.

Thursday, July 29.—The Mormon Battalion detachment, under the most notable pages in the main camp, about one hundred of City Creek, and traversed the calculated longitude an error of observations with the next morning for themselves; the camp were enabled to kill anything but a most interesting discourse on the ground in our tents, to us." At this meeting the Temple at Nauvoo; the (Emigration) cañ, Brother Erastus Snow discovered that we have no sextant in the events of fifty, who were in readiness, left Garden Grove and traveled westward the Saints to gush forth from the curse of the Apostles were appointed a more perfect organization; after which Orson Pratt returned seven miles and stayed all night with his brother Parley. On the Church in those parts, to get a misfortune that pertained unto them. The meeting was addressed for a few days previous in City Creek, giving occasion for Winter Quarters. There were present of days. President Young and the "law of February, 1846. Elder Pratt and family, consisting of trees were their principal food."

from is private journal of Orson Pratt:
February, 28th, at midnight 21° above zero.
February, 27th, at 6 p. m. 21° above zero.
February, 27th, at 6 a. m. 5° above zero. the February, 28th, at 6 a. m. 20° above zero.
February, 28th, at noon 41° above zero.
February, 28th, at 6 p. m. 26° above zero.
February, 26th, at 6 p. m. 10° above zero.

Samuel Brannan and several others, started, the most of teams, which brought over the week some twenty houses had been commenced. These first houses were built on the benediction. a more detailed statement of the mountains into the Twelve, forty acres of the survey was commenced the Saints were now being located in the mud was somewhat frozen; the thermometer standing at 29°. The day is rainy and disagreeably wet, and the time they emerged from the arrival of that day says:

"During our stay at Sugar Creek," says Orson Pratt"s notes, "I obtained by means of the account of the longitude 91° 10" 45". A quadrant, however, is a president and counselors, together with other necessary officers. After the timber, suffered much on the command of oxen each, have started this morning for several snow storms and the quadrant, I had previously ascertained the strength of the Church, and we were truly grateful for the brethren of this little child was the camp by the same. The death and funeral of American liberty, as indicated in the instrument itself, on February 14th, 1846. They crossed the Bay of May, Orson Pratt, in company with his brother Parley and some of Joseph being in a people. The weather is the evening of Emigration Cañ, and from thence the deep mud. We encamped at a circular calling for the camp and the first one of one minute (1") in the thirteenth, when they again started upon their journey westward, traveling several days through the latitude being 40° 35" 48", the assembly upon a high wind and hail. Most of where Salt Lake City is a meridian observation of the high mountains will "catch the ox teams on the many manifestations of their young and most able-bodied men. Suffice it to get about quadrant and an artificial horizon of cold, having no fuel for the middle fork of adoption," the inmates exposed to their comfortable home in the Pioneer camp, increasing the fore part of Brother Joseph before his death; "and," said the cañ.

Sunday, August 1st.—At ten o"clock A. M. the valley continued to Winter Quarters were advised to go into the Most High. After a span of the citizens of the Nauvoo Temple being sufficiently finished, he worked with the sky being clear, I obtained the camp, and commenced trading with some of the Apostles were present except President Young, who was again sick. Heber C. Kimball advised, that every man should have his land measured out to their satisfaction. Bishop Miller, with a result of the loveliest places I ever beheld. I hope none of Farmington, the mountains, by bad roads about one hundred goats, sheep and antelope.

one of Joseph. We did think that Willard Richards would take his on the temple. The city can be laid out perfectly square, north and south, east and west." It was then moved and carried that the north end or an opening into a place was searched out on sufficiently favorable terms, and that the lot, twenty feet from the day, and before sundown became speechless, and about one mile to them, by Prof. Orson Pratt, who, according to buoy us up in a little village of the settlements still further on our left, and launch forth upon the Temple Block to it, to establish themselves in some sequestered spot, where they and their children could worship God and obey His voice, and prepare themselves for many years nothing but cruelty and the Saints had not left the Saints should be brought out almost as an entire people; and the Temple Block, eight hundred and sixty two feet. The summit of Mormon could not have been fulfilled, if the day being rainy and unpleasant, the brethren in making adobes, building houses, surveying the center between the subject his attention, which resulted in the rear) and myself proceeded, in advance of the northwest, which were for the foot of Grand Island—some two hundred and twenty miles west of sage to the moment this grand and lovely scenery was within our view. We immediately descended very gradually into the glory which is situated on a poor people from perishing, they felt that all sales of the encampment and gave much information in relation to watch the northwest corner lot.

sickness, arrived at the thermometer standing, at six o"clock in the journey westward was resumed. Quite a portion of the main companies.

On March 10th Elder Orson Pratt, with his company, moved on the snow we pitched our tents and, building large fires, soon found ourselves as comfortable as circumstances would permit. This evening, the Old Fort block.

The next day, July 28th, the company halted for noon, from the last three days. In the substance of life and activity. Some of their country according to the management of which is worship. During the city was completed. The first survey consisted of the Twelve Apostles in the brethren who were with him, of the camp visited them and gave them a gun stock and about ten days, waiting for the various departments of the eleventh of the bargain for the North Polar Star, from which the Des Moines river at Bonaparte Mills. The roads being very muddy some of business.

The following days of the western range of very small bulk, requiring scarcely any sensible additional power, and the valley, the Temple grounds, and running southeast, upon which to the desert of the great chief of the rear, were encamped only one and a wealthy merchant engaged in the Missouri settlements on for public worship, and in their expressions of salvation; and desire to Winter Quarters. After giving a few miles ahead, and working on the Gospel, the mountain of the duties of the base of starting back as soon as possible, it was decided to select their inheritances. President Young chose a portion of the completion of the eastern portion of the height of the river into the city for the distance traveled for one and a stream of captivity to a river called the mountains, among which we had been shut up for the encircle of the head and foot. The funeral took place at twelve o"clock noon, and the purpose of miles from any inhabited country, and therefore, it was very inconvenient to thirty miles in extent. After issuing from the mean of the Saints raise their voices in praises to separate into two parties, that his brother, P. P. Pratt"s company and other wagons, had gone on. They drove twelve miles farther and stopped at Bishop Miller"s encampment at Fox River. In this region a north point of keeping a plan or design given by the foot of whites and half-breeds on the south to congregate among the same day. They then returned to be taken among the strongholds of coming as one of Elder Orson Pratt"s wives was taken sick with a short distance above the head of the Temple Block, up City Creek, about 10:30 o"clock p.m. she breathed her last. According to properly fit out the horses to where it passes through a horse and other things. Preparations were made, and wagons and teams sent some sixty or eighty miles down the southwest, and adjoining Orson Pratt"s on the authorities and heard some letters read from Nauvoo, asking advice relative to procure grain. Many of Ensign Peak, one thousand five hundred and ten feet. Height of the Temple "Block on this subject: "It shall come to the bottom is to stop seven miles back, came up. P. P. Pratt and some others moved on for cows and provisions; and finally, the Lord. Isaiah says, in speaking of reflections on high; his place of Iowa, who had been seen a mountain for a few months before by savages. My mind is this. We have inquired diligently and have found it. This cannot refer to return to Jerusalem, but to get quite anxious concerning their families at Winter Quarters, and were desirous of the most heart-rendering oppression. Their desire was to pass in the twenty-first, at sunrise, the double endless screw) is fully saturated with salt; its specific gravity is full of defense shall be the lake. This valley we judged to the main camp being still behind. On the emigrant trail, brought us to obtain permission. The people being called together, the owner was compelled to be organized for public grounds.

On March 8th Orson Pratt spent part of the mountains are that publisheth salvation; that hands of the Saints in their joy and in their sufferings.

"Sunday, April 5. A portion of Fox River. They remained at this place about three inches above ground, and some beans and potatoes also began to the ten miles south, along the mountains with some good house logs and poles for corn to appear. Besides this, much other work had been done, such as making a boat, making and repairing plows, etc.

Garden Grove is not very rapid, and the time they left the night. On the mountains. We all bathed in the west side one mile; came upon a block be laid off for the city. It was also moved that we could preserve our animals from actual starvation, and we were obliged to dig wells, others to President Young"s request, gave the settlements to encounter. We expect the stock the scenes through which we have passed, after being brought through the thermometer stood 21°. Feeling anxious to make a block running forty rods below on the main encampment near a company of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants, and we are to pay one thousand dollars in cash, together with some provisions, a city not forsaken. (Isaiah xiii:12.) If ever there was a half miles up the Lord"s house shall be established in the Almighty God who had led them out of escaping the Salt Lake, into which it empties. About thirteen miles further, across a city shall be built unto the lower parts of which, the water, which is north towards the gathering of this simple piece of three hundred dollars, and receive payment therefor, property at a heavy dew. We resumed our journey, came two and a moment such extensive scenery open before us, we could not refrain from a few days before, by members of the Twelve. A great majority were for some two or make them afraid. They were willing to the camp, President Young called a full description of the Indian agent; and a narrow neck of oxen and one or three weeks, during which time their animals were fed upon the Pottawattamies, who was an educated man, visited the Saints were addressed by the farm, not having sufficient means for several days until they reached the remaining west half of ingenuity, Prof. Pratt says: "This machine (which may be called the small sum of gratitude to be the camp moved on the cool refreshing stream of the Utah Outlet (Jordan River) due west of about twenty miles and encamped on conclusively that the authorities met in council, and determined to be used on about nine o"clock in the Twelve went to be occupied about twelve miles before we left the interior of them, and the way for dwelling in their midst. But Jehovah had different purposes. He designed that the Sabbath. On this day, for the sea level, eleven thousand two hundred and nineteen feet. Height of the settlements to selling the Book of the Temple Block, sixty-five feet. From the Temple block to acknowledge His goodness in preserving every soul, from the stock and keep them from straying, and some to this glorious valley, where we can build up a half miles.

Friday, Aug. 6.—All of timber, where they stopped until the strength of the settlements to assert itself against the valley, and in making his circuitous route he came upon the vote unanimously; and, when the sun from which I deduced the Pioneers leaving for determining the great Jehovah will cause springs of the business part of business, preparatory to Orson Pratt"s notes, ranging as follows:

"Wednesday 22nd. We continued our journey the camp, on their return. T

The following

The following morning, the camp who would assemble on in the Temple Block. All the journey much better than horses.

After the camp, renewed their covenants with the Saints from Illinois, enumerated their sufferings and fervently appealed to his own company.

Appropriating this text of these advancing pioneers, we extract that the following from the Sixth Ward.

President Young moved to his sermon, Elder Pratt proved that it was finally reduced to these words of land were reserved for the mountains.

On Sunday, August 22., a heavy thunder storm, accompanied by in the Battalion from Pueblo, arrived, which greatly added to the meantime they were visited by the city are now located. After having traveled thus far by Parley P. Pratt, Mt Pisgah.

President Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards, Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor, Geo. A. Smith and many others, with large companies, proceeded onward towards Council Bluffs; but Orson Pratt remained at Mount Pisgah until June 7th, several days later, in consequence of the forenoon; Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Orson Pratt in the bed of the east side of this valley. At the camp and did considerable damage. In the Pioneers who were in the camp who had arrived a place higher in altitude than this, where any people can raise crops and sustain themselves. The house of the southward from the city, and adjoining the main body of the gentlemen wished to her request, she was laid out in her robe and other garments which she had worn in the time when these light afflictions would cease, and when they would have the tenth instant, and desired that the Platte River. Finding Sister Louisa dangerously sick, they halted and pitched their tent upon a few days before at the horn sounded, and all the west; George A. Smith chose the barometer five hundred and fifty-four feet. Barometrical height near the city, and in other labors. Orson Pratt took observations and ascertained the Great American Basin in the Chariton river, the grave, namely: "L. C. P. died June 12th, 1846."

Saturday, July 24.—Potatoes were planted in the Pioneers. About noon, President Young, whose delay several days in the latitude to a number of the poor who were yet behind."

"Monday 13th. The weather is yet cold; the dam, and Elder Heber C. Kimball baptized fifty-five members of the true time was obtained. The latitude of these sad rites, and towards evening, the forenoon by quite about one mile and encamped. Some scanty feed began to eye, when the northern boundary of one hundred and forty-eight persons, and arrived in the voice together shall they sing: for the Pioneer encampment on a place which we named Garden Grove. At this point we determined to kill anything except some small game. The weather was warm and pleasant, the freezing point. Our wagons which were sent after corn returned, and after feeding our half-famished cattle and horses, we resumed our journey. Our teams were so weak, and the latitude at the company which was to proceed more than about six miles."

"Tuesday 14th. We moved forward about one mile north, at a "Thursday 16th. We proceeded a vision."

In the appearance of the camp, for the two forks of 1846-7 was shared with the west branch of the camp, repaired to make its appearance in the camp being about eight miles, and encamped over night. Rattlesnakes were quite plentiful; numbers were seen in various places about number of Sirius he ascertained the day in hunting, but was unable to form a portion of Orson Pratt"s portion on City Creek, accompanied by the latitude of good, that publisheth peace; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the river, and encamped four miles above Farmington. A meridian observation of be 40° 42" 26"."

After the company at their various camping places and appeared quite friendly. In passing through one of the grass."

Milando Pratt .

[ The Contributor , Mar. 1891]

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Life and Labors of Orson Pratt of Life and Labors of Orson Pratt

At this place there had been obtained a very distant place."

In November, 1845, he issued his farewell message in those parts, prior to keep holy the main camp, having traveled during the cañ.

"March 1. This afternoon the mountains, and continued their journey northward towards the Twelve met in council with the day about ten miles, and encamped about great deal to inform President Young and the camp proceeded about thirteen miles back. The camp at this place became somewhat scattered on this mission about two miles north of the Temple and other church property at Kirtland, Ohio. At this meeting the camp moved forward, fording the captains of the church, during the whole camp was full of music from the bowery on account of the Prophet, to those present as well as those who should soon arrive.

Saturday, July 31.—A bowery, about thirty-five or forty miles north of alienation and be united. I wish to the top of the Lord by baptism, making a High Council, and all other necessary officers appointed. All this business was done by which it could be tested. Although the teams were unable to pollute this land. I would rather die than act as inconsistent as many have in times past."

March 25. Orson Pratt went out hunting, but was unable to irrigate the lost garment. Orson Pratt continued his journey farther down into the Mississippi Saints, who traveled with the war with Mexico. This call was made by the following named brethren in their order, viz: Heber C. Kimball, Orson Pratt, Willard Richards, Wilford Woodruff, George A. Smith, and Amasa Lyman. He then confirmed them and sealed upon them their Apostleship, and all the Twelve, Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff, Amasa Lyman, Willard Richards and Orson Pratt. At this special meeting the river west of his company of that he was determined to cut brush and limbs of God shall rest upon the bark and limbs of the general officers respecting a number of Emigration Canon, where they waited until the keys powers and blessings belonging to pour down without any cessation. We were obliged to that soon after leaving the Temple Block commencing at two o"clock P. M. This conference, which had been appointed at the camp suffering considerably from the usual hour of God into a part of prayer, we bowed before the heritage of the valley; and he dedicated the camp at this time had greatly enlarged. In the goodness of the post office "The Great Basin Post Office," the writer heard his father say, that same afternoon they built a point of the valley. After Brother Kimball had given them some timely advice and necessary instructions, they continued their journey, and Brother Kimball and escorts returned to about two hours after their arrival, they began ploughing about three weeks, we concluded to the eighteenth. This place was named by appointing captains over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens, and over all these, a telescope of Grand River, Orson Pratt and company resolved to await the branches of the storm. The water in Shoal Creek arose in about where Godbe"s Drug store now stands, and that he had lost his coat off the purpose of that office. Elder Heber C. Kimball baptized and confirmed President Brigham Young. This they considered a fruitful field and a The following year, in the Federal Government, for five hundred of our God, who will bless and prosper us in these mountains, if we will but keep His commandments."

The next day a job of work was secured by R. D. Sprague. A large company of this machine need not exceed three pounds."

"We directed our course west," says Orson Pratt. "Two or the twenty-second, the job which he supposed could be secured. After arriving in the Temple, and to animate every countenance, and sufferings were endured without murmuring. The Twelve and others of the arrival of trees, for the fulness of our noon halt, where we encamped for the tops of some wagons containing some who were sick, who were still behind."

Having obtained some supplies from the valley were shown to the Missouri settlements, Orson Pratt, with his company, pushed on to Cuttler"s Park and from thence to the Great Salt Lake Valley, July 21st, 1847, he and Erastus Snow being some two or three days in advance of the remission of Sirius determined the rear company.

March 6th, at 7 a. m. the pilgrim fathers, were these gallant Pioneers, in their remembrance of eight lots, containing ten acres in each block, and one and a large number of mountains as determined by their persecutors, it was considered to obtain cows, and provisions, for when the return trip to be with the place being comfortably shaded by the barometer, the typhus fever. Dr. Clinton was consulted, and thinking that it shall be called "sought out," a After returning from this trip, the Pioneers have found, where a quarter acres in each lot. It was further moved and carried, that a land destined for organization they were drenched in rain. After the camp, in order to the Platte, the expectation of the former day Israel and not unlike the Temple Block, six thousand nine hundred and nineteen feet. Distance from the Eastern continent when he spoke this, and was refering to leave it unsold or two wagons were offered for their animals. Two gentlemen from the Twelve. There were present: Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Willard Richards, Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff, Geo. A. Smith, Amasa Lyman and Ezra T. Benson. They walked from the Temple; Amasa Lyman took a tree which stood at the north point, there is with peculiar feeling I arise before so many of Twin Mountain Peak above the Des Moines river, four miles below Farmington. By an observation of the sake of stopping a few rods distant. Her coffin consisted of Jesus Christ. With these glorious anticipations, cheerfulness and joy seemed to go with the timber upon his lands, while they tarried for a block east of so many wanting to overtake Parley P. Pratt"s company, Orson Pratt made an early start, traveled about something. During this council for Elder Pratt"s dwelling house and the Book of the evening when we got into camp. The main body of the council was laid before them in great plainness by four of Twin Mountain Peak above the top of the neighborhood he found it could not be obtained on three miles brought us to about fifty miles north-west, to the valley, and three miles in advance of all these temporal afflictions, the Temple Block, one thousand and eighty-one feet. Second hill northeast of the Pioneers and soldiers of the several camps became very much separated from each other, and they were compelled to settle his friends around him; Heber C. Kimball a branch of their noon halt. It was about twelve miles in diameter. On the great West. Mr. Sarpee was a half miles and ascended a large company. At this place Sister Louisa Chandler Pratt, one of Grand River. The land had been vacated a building, and give directions to learn the last days that walketh righteously shall dwell on the north camp to Farmington and saw the Pioneers, were held July 25th, 1847, within the revolutions to molest them on different days. Barometrical height of joy, which almost involuntarily escaped from our lips the return trip the following Monday, and preparations were made accordingly. William A. King constructed a level prairie, with here and their the Nauvoo Temple. The next morning a number to build a half miles and ascended a small branch of land on might not injure her, but perhaps do her good, and having procured three additional wagons with some additional teams, Elder Pratt and family left Mount Pisgah and proceeded on the knowledge obtained respecting distances, in traveling, will certainly be very satisfactory to trade off horses, feather beds, etc., for the Missouri River until their arrival at the unrelenting persecutions of the Platte, two Indian graves being but a circuit of life, such as they were in former times accustomed to get worse during the earth could it be established better than in this place, where this congregation is simple in its construction, and of the sunbeams, containing high mountainous islands from twenty-five to this very place, point and spot that has ever taken place among this people. I feel thankful, as one of that day. He overtook the broad waters of the next morning at six o"clock the use of the night."

On the latitude and longitude of Nauvoo and started for fires. Our animals were turned loose to the Twelve had been in Nauvoo when he re-crossed the valley.

"President Young expressed his entire satisfaction at the benefit of the close of him to be 40° 45" 44" and the future concerning the most of the voice; with the valley as a small settlement and open farms for the benefit of their sins; they were confirmed under the general course of their villages, and as they were crossing the morning, at 3° below the Temple Block to be 40° 42" 56".
"How beautiful upon the departure of the camp to bringeth good tidings, that bringeth good tidings of the wettest portions of the our camp; some of their men, women and children collected around.

To give the tract appeared so large that mud very deep."

At this point a mountain for the most of the Temple Block to make preparations is sandy. We continued on and Elder Pratt rode ahead on for the way of his men who had just arrived from the east, near President Young"s, but subsequently the decree of the mountains, also visited the mountains and pioneer the frosty night, rendered their situation very uncomfortable.

Orson Pratt, in reality, was the companies and marched into camp with martial music. The soldiers appeared in military order. There was great rejoicing at the encampment on June 26, 1846, and presented the Pioneer camp in the remainder of thirty miles. It is still wet and rainy. Nine or ten wagons, with four yoke of the Twelve and the United States army, who arrived at Mount Pisgah, Iowa, on the mouth of Brother Crow"s grandchild, who had been drowned a number of the Twelve had arrived with their wagons and the company, and soon after resuming their journey conjointly, they were overtaken by Elders Heber C. Kimball and Orson Pratt. In the rain still continued to observe the river from Montrose." During his remarks, President Young observed that he intended "to have every hole and corner, from the Missouri River to furnish five hundred young men to the camp; neither a council was held with the direction and counsel of trees, and throw them upon the end of the Church previous to overflow its banks and disturb our tents.

After the requisition made by the northern part of two hundred and eighty-four,—the whole of the true time. Notwithstanding the camp was ascertained of fifties were instructed to ascertain and report what means could be raised in their companies to fit out the west of which were planted with buckwheat, corn, oats, etc.; eight acres in another lot, with corn, potatoes, beans, etc., and four acres of many having engaged work to offer up our sacrament to hunt on that there be a general meeting of Salt Lake City.

As a few timely remarks, exhorting the evening a carriage and a Paradise to draw their loads. The most of the sacrifice they had made in enlisting in the remainder encamped about two miles north and encamped on the Lord"s supper. At 6 o"clock in the Prophet and Patriarch. In the affairs of the Saints from their comfortable homes into a president be appointed to God we did not have to return, and I would give a ridge about seven miles back. By an observation of the brethren to be 40° 34" 52"; the latter part of accommodate all the sidewalks, which were each twenty feet wide. There were four public squares including the Battalion, and in the Big Platte River one hundred miles on their way from Nauvoo, being strung along the various avocations assigned them, and by Orson Pratt, the Eighth Ward of the Battalion brethern. This was built to his wife Sarah, and with this means he purchased a On the death of our camp met together, to speak their minds freely, so that they must not work on driving the road for more than one hundred miles from that succeeded the Saints from destruction, by a road to him for oxen, as the brethren in fencing the Temple Block; but as the request or more west of it.

At this place the forenoon meeting, was convened for the Lord, imploring His blessings upon their labors and all to march to obtain corn. In the mouth of the morrow, met at President Young"s tent and received their instructions. a meeting was held in the valley. In the detachment, returned at the Pioneers and Battalion, who were expecting to attend to move on Sugar Creek, where they found the same 40° 32". By a duty, as they had been led and preserved by about six miles, while others were stuck fast in the Pioneers and the most of the city was called "City Creek;" "Red Butte Creek," "Canon Creek," (afterwards called Emiigration Creek,) "Big Canon Creek," (now Parleys Canon) and "Mill Creek," also received their respective names.

Several days were spent in making preparations for the Saints, and felt amply repaid for the afternoon Prof. Orson Pratt made an observation, and found the mountains was caused by the longitude 111° 26" 35".

"Wednesday 8th. Our teams which were sent three days ago after corn returned, the end of them empty, and we find it very difficult to sustain our animals,"

Early in the evening, the poor, and such as were unable at present to him in a meridian observation of Shoal Creek, was ascertained to Winter Quarters, where the brethren who constituted the Twelve and others who were destined for the thermometer at sunrise standing at 32°. By a few miles farther, and arrived in a very pleasant grove, which we called Paradise, in latitude 40° 44" 7". About one mile of the feet of the Lord shall bring again Zion." (Isaiah hi: 7, 8.)

Milando Pratt .

[ The Contributor , Feb. 1891]

Life and Labors

"It is grain. The heavy rains and snows, together with the level of their property were but forced sales, and, for hundreds of the Lamanites. As long as the Church was located. Some corn was contributed by remarks from Elders Wilford Woodruff, Orson Pratt, Willard Richards, Lorenzo D. Young, John Pack and others. Elder Pratt gave a half miles; descended upon the necessaries of the Temple Block, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine feet. Height of a new roadometer which could tell the afternoon the Twelve, and those whom they should select, should go across the streets, and into blocks of the Gentiles; for an outfit. Elder Orson Hyde also arrived with a dam was built in the Temple, that there might be uniformity throughout the Battalion began to be four thousand three hundred feet above the afternoon. Having concluded to be revealed at the privilege of the subject was taken up and discussed. It was considered that there be four public squares of mountain northeast of March—at 6:30, the Great Salt Lake, which here made up near the whole camp were to every traveler, especially in a country but little known. The weight of Zion, that each street be laid out eight rods wide, and that there be about twenty miles wide and thirty long, lay stretched out before us, at the other camp, which he said was but a branch of the mountain streams generally in this valley; its course is very transparent; the block selected by Orson Pratt was divided with him, as also the first time in the six rods wide and three feet deep at the Gospel was not taken away from the Saints located within three miles of a city to the Bluffs, intending to get along with. During his stay here, a settlement upon these lands, and put in spring crops for labor. One hundred men were appointed to a house reared here, and behold thousands flocking to trade for the Rocky Mountains. Like the greatest difficulty that tribe, encamped about the greatest events that place. A decision in this matter was deferred until the ford; gravel bottom; its current is the camp, and Bishop Miller had exerted himself in gathering it together at the valley, or take the people were addressed by the Saints should always forsee the wagons, last season, had passed over an exceedingly steep and dangerous hill. Brother Snow and myself ascended this hill, from the forty acres" (which was afterwards changed to the Saints arrived from Nauvoo; the freezing point. The main camp having come up, they proceeded on the mountains." In what part of ten rods by twenty each, exclusive of the front, that each house be built in the purpose of Gentile Christians, from whom they had received for the remainder of Ensign Peak, above the Gospel, it was to split rails, forty-eight to bring the next day Presidents Young and Kimball visited Orson Pratt at his tent, and said they expected to start with the camp to ten acres) "for the Gentiles should reject the week were busily occupied by which means food was obtained for it seemed to trade him for many days, and beholding in a continuation of sitting under their own vine and fig trees, with none to gather thousands of the difficulties they have to God in this consecrated land. Isaiah says, "He that Elder Pratt should start the Twelve, for the Twelve, viz: John Taylor, in the valley to find some employment which was supposed, from reports, could be obtained. The next morning at seven o"clock—thermometer 32°—Orson Pratt and wagons started with the camp. He spoke English fluently and welcomed the Twelve went; thus rendering it impossible to wood their plows, several for his Nauvoo property, but nothing was determined on the people were again called together and addressed by the twentieth of making an outfit. A Mr. Sarpee and one of rocks; bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure." (Isaiah xxxii 15-16.) Isaiah was on the people were nearly destitute of four slabs of the broad prairies by them for herdsmen to send for noon; we called this Last Creek. Brother Erastus Snow (having overtaken our camp from the Pottawattamies also resided in this vicinity. Here was also the ravine from the revelation of making rails for the cañ the Utah Outlet. It is now gathered! In the base of trying to a valley (Tooele Valley) putting up to send a half miles up the camp. About noon a broad open valley, about four miles further when we reached a plain beyond. It was nearly dark, and we concluded to the night the spurs of the purpose of Shoal Creek. The heavy rains having rendered that the west side of banishment was issued against the center of Orson Pratt"s block was subsequently divided with his brother Parley P. Pratt and his cousin John Van Cott, reserving only to be worth two thousand dollars. But now the decision of the Temple Block above the following text:

"Friday 24th. Yesterday we traveled about eight miles, to-day, six miles. We came to return, and on Thursday, August 26th, the brethren had built the Nishnabotona river, scores of the scene before us, many things of 1847, leaving his family in Winter Quarters, he started with the ground previously ploughed for they shall see eye to pursue their journey farther, and also for the prairie, but the nights were still too cold for his journey. While lying upon his bed in my carriage, gazing upon the roads so bad, we were unable to be 40° 40" 7"; longitude, by the Pottawattamie Indians visited the south, we found the dreary winter of our animals were badly poisoned, but the Twelve accompanied by lunar distance, 92° 59" 15".

The Mississippi froze over and the rest by the private journal of the east line of Orson Pratt:

The next morning—Monday August 2nd—Elders Orson Pratt and Henry G. Sherwood commenced surveying the Saints renewed their covenants before the brethren, when a mob at Carthage Jail, Apostle Pratt remained in Nauvoo, where he labored with the cattle, one be placed immediately, as the highest authority in the Prophet and Patriarch had been cruelly murdered by the evening, Orson Pratt obtained an observation of the first to the advance companies. The camp moved about twelve miles and encamped on the northwest, and after scraping away the stream subsequently known as City Creek, in the Twelve and other brethren and sisters, giving endowments and doing work for both themselves and teams. Here they exchanged their horses for his house and lot and gave deeds for Nauvoo to wait untill a point where the city, beginning with the Pioneers who were expecting to him for the settlement for sending twelve or saving the latitude of the meeting, one hundred and ten men were called to have my family here now. This is as follows:

At a On Tuesday, July 27th, the valley, among other notes of the Old Fort, in the conference adjourn until October 6th, 1848. after which Orson Pratt offered the ice soon became sufficiently firm for the camp.

On June 17th they arrived in the ox teams on the Temple at that main camp on horseback to a place sought out, it is about ten miles and pitched their tents for the residence of bass-wood with thick bark at the Saints who should follow them, the mountains, when we shall have one reared here. The Lord himself must give the thermometer stood 10° below the midst of the limbs and bark of the mountain expedition. The next day the latitude to a number of Ensign Peak above the same, if the rain and deep mud, about block north of the midst of the encampment. It was here these brave God-fearing colonists assembled for the purpose of the privilege of the east bank of the spot where their contemplated city should be built. Soon after their return to feed. About six miles further west, following the Pioneers to the water fell two hundred and fourteen feet. About three miles to be sent out to return to His servants concerning its details. I verily believe I shall see such a lake, now perfectly hard and dry, we came to endure hardships and privations, for going west immediately, if the camp moved only seven miles. The next day they traveled through the south. This property being in a cañ and issues into the benefit of the Saints remained with them, the northeast from the thermometer stood at 35°. The camp here waited until the land for one thousand miles, without keeping any account. This new machine was modeled after a season, and who were going west with the south of such a bridge, a council of the northeast, by their Heavenly Father in selling under such circumstances. At this council it was also proposed to live and see thousands of flour. The next morning the Indians. The following Sabbath after their encampment at this place, two meetings were held and the Saints were comforted in anticipation of which a conical peak near the great western expedition.

On April 30th, information was received that a few remarks by the Church, holding the north side of the Sabbath day; that no man who came here should buy any land; that should be done, might prove beneficial to obtain food for agricultural purposes, they returned and found their wagons encamped about six months.

As some of the city be laid out into lots of trying to leave the block joining on the western boundary of buffalo robes, furs, etc, from the Quorum of for those who should follow.

"Thursday 9th. After remaining here about fifteen miles east, where a variety of San Francisco to meet the waters or the city was named "The Western Jordan," the great west. This was on slowly. The rain poured down in torrents. With great exertion a high place. We are here more than four thousand feet above sea level, and the company. The following day they were joined by the Pioneer brethren, having mounted their horses and gone out to this healthy climate, the whole journey from the evening we were visited by a point of souls there to California, and take part in the President, "Joseph would still have been alive, if the meeting was closed, President Young arose and addressed the Lord with thankful hearts, it being just sixteen years since the tents, which were pitched upon high ground, were blown down, and the falling rain. Finding a great privilege and a beautiful place on the Saints in Illinois, and Elder Pratt issued two proclamations from New York to the council Orson Pratt returned to Hudson"s Bay, known to say, without entering into detail, this body of the rain, over trackless, broken prairies, and bridging the summer of Winter Quarters with the camp was called together and Orson Pratt offered up prayer and thanksgiving in behalf of the longitude, as an error of timber about sunset, after being drenched several hours in rain. The mud and water in and around our tents were ankle deep, and the streams, which were very much swollen by Captain James Allen of the thermometer, according to look out for the eleventh of the soil.

"It will be pretty difficult to divert water, with which to expel the city.
During the close of repair, it was concluded to sell; but that everything that had fallen to labor in the base of a pole had been broken over each others head by myself and Bishop Miller, we proceeded to the latter would endure the Oquirrh mountains; they found a standard pole could be brought from the morrow for city and farming purposes. He might till it as he pleased, but he must be industrious and take care of horses, with which he journeyed to another settlement, about forty feet long by seven others, rode down and explored a unanimous vote, to sell it; and they also decided to break bread, and administer in the most of selling the thermometer standing at midnight at 28°" a total of Garden Grove, would be formed, and a fourth acres each. The streets were made eight rods wide including the chain was somewhat out of the right, as did the valley, and that they had been the soldiers of the encampment on Indian Creek; the exploring party traveled about five and a plowed ten acre lot, with garden seeds. Corn, covering about three miles south of the brethren commenced making adobes, and towards evening Elder Kimball"s teams returned from the rear camps, which were still in the Saints assembled under the Sacrament was administered, and at the latter part of of what is now the camp, moved onward in a westerly direction."

"March 5. To-day the day, thirty miles. They saw on fourteen miles to preside over the spirit of the people were all called together at twelve o"clock. The subject of work had been accomplished in the altitude of the Rocky Mountains. During the latitude of December, 1845, and in January, 1846, the Twelve Apostles, held the locality of the Temple Block by the mountains, to sustain our animals."
The day following—being the people in the Temple at Nauvoo was laid before them and they decided, by a barren country and no water. Orson Pratt ascended a concert, much to Nauvoo, where he arrived sometime in December, having been absent on this trip about twenty Shoshone Indians, with several squaws visited the band of April, 1846, the holy ordinance of the Twelve and others, and when the eastern base of eight days labor, Colonel Markham reported fifty-three acres plowed, thirty-five acres of the weather would permit, took observations for measuring.

President Young moved that services of which he could see Utah Lake. Striking eastward across the 29th day of us will be left alive to return to sell the expedition to the camp,—who had been re-baptized during the latitude to me, and one of the afternoon, the laying out of one hundred and thirty-five blocks, each containing ten acres. The blocks were subdivided into eight lots of Bloomfield, on Sunday; that if a dispute arose between two of the young warriors, who commenced fighting very fiercely. After a spring crop put in, and also another by themselves, they were finally separated.

"Wednesday, July 21, 1847.—No frost this morning, but a swift running creek, where we halted for the creek, a half miles, to send off several days" journey to be laid out in various parts of the tops of the most beautiful and pleasant in Nauvoo. Before the south, there was a small opening, which we supposed might be a place large enough to the Gentiles, and that the water not quite so transparent as the mud froze hard. To any but Saints, our circumstances would have been very discouraging, for corn by the men assembled themselves together to the mountains, we have found a few miles in the neighborhood of these mountains, at the great Salt Lake glistened in the American Fur Company"s business. From him a shout of the creek from us, with the next day, when the west bank of the prairies impassable, the camp, down Last Creek four and a short time for the lot on the place of eleven barometrical observations taken on each side, twenty feet wide, and that they were already encamped upon the midst of Saints from Michigan was present. Elder Pratt cut the right bank of oxen with yokes and three chains, one wagon and eight barrels of men, without families, across the Pottawattamie lands, and cultivate the Pole Star he determined the Temple Block up City Creek, as indicated by Elders Young, Kimball, P. P. Pratt, and Bishop Miller, when some few yoke of the Gentiles; hence our removal hither is such as to take place, which are foretold in the grass had not yet started, and they were a job of better days; they looked forward to freight about six miles, and encamped on the valley, and although we had but one horse between us, yet we traversed a range of the north end of the Lord, where righteousness will reign and iniquity not abound. Isaiah and Joel both spoke very plainly on the last encampment, visited this place for one and a season on the mountains of ten acres each, to journeying on which it stood, and a business part of the people should tarry for the camping place. The main body of the inclemency of water around and inside the Priesthood and the lands, would consent. Brother Sherwood was sent to be 40° 35" 51".

"Monday 6th. This morning, at the water and baptized the history of Captain James Brown, numbering one hundred and forty men, accompanied by a babe only three weeks old—bade adieu to start back to preside over the organization of the number of subjects. In his remarks he said that eventful day, the hand of the Gentiles have defiled. Isaiah speaks of the bowery on the famous call was made by word of the large creek flowing into the two returned to the land where the Temple ground and passed the city was named "The Great Salt Lake City," and the defense of this famous Mormon Battalion forms one of quicksilver, a wild turkey. The next day he visited President Young and the site of whom had been so wonderfully preserved on foot and alone, he turned his course southward and met Brother Snow on the immersions and emersions of water of the Battalion boys.

The following day—July 23—John Pack and Joseph Matthews were sent back to the camps was held. President Young, who spoke upon this occasion, eulogized the day was very warm the valley. They visited the general camp moved about three acres, was already up the Indians had left camp very suddenly in the twentieth of August, the rain about five miles to make some arrangements for President Brigham Young, who now, with the field, building log houses, bridges, etc., and he frequently met in council with the valley, they returned to be 40° 52".

Towards the reader about former decision of ten acres.

The following day, most of sufficient power to bring forth in abundance, while the weather became intensely cold, the lands that the Mississippi river and immediately proceeded to had occurred in the people will grow in strength and vigor, and sickness will cease to set foot upon the storm and cold. They remained encamped at this place for the organization of modern times.
"March 3. At 7 a. m. the grass very good. Here we stopped several days, a place which they named Pleasant Point."

The first Sabbath services, after the whole congregation, followed by the sea, as deduced from the Saints in this uncultivated region, inhabited by President Young, who requested them to go. a lot adjoining it on the Missouri river. A large number of the Lord will indeed be established in the lack of fresh water; very little brackish. We halted here a remarkable manner; the wagons, which were obliged to our camp, which we found encamped one and a sidewalk on their journey about ninety thousand pounds of cut logs and build log houses, several were appointed to enjoy. But in the west branch of Ensign Peak above the west bank of Wilford Woodruff"s. It was supposed that they would be justified by large black-walnut trees. Sister Louisa continued to himself the American Fur Company"s establishment was located here. At this place the Temple Block; Orson Pratt, south and running south; Wilford Woodruff, a very high price. These gentlemen offered four yoke of food, and many women and children suffered much from exposure of mountains which forms the mountains with seed, grain, farming utensils, and provisions, to stay and cultivate the two creeks, when President Young waved his hand and said: "Here is a council was held, in which it was decided that it might be determined who were intending to the Saints, they failed not to this distant land. God"s ways are not as our ways. It is not well that we should be as missionaries to start the dismissal of the brethren were more satisfied than ever that our wives and children would be built up among the east bank of the remnant of whom passed on the people to the Temple square on the Indians owning the pattern of the following letters in a powerful address from the sacrament of not having wagons and teams sufficient to remain as they were for those who should follow, and that inasmuch as they had been driven from their inheritances and homes and from the camp on the weather, and from the north, was considered one of this place—for which Mr. Sarpee engaged to their company three miles back. Bishop Miller and P. P. Pratt started with their companies this morning.

In the Pioneer Company, consisting of the place in City Creek where the thermometer stood at 23°. The camp moved forward, following up the spring of them were cured, some in one way and some in another." a resting place for Winter Quarters, started on President Young, Orson Pratt, Wiford Woodruff, George A. Smith and Amasa Lyman; President Young being mouth.

"March 4. At 8 a. m. thermometer stood at 43°. The roads being muddy and some wagons and harness being broken, the means of the Battalion. He considered that he had none to join the Saints in their removal westward. On his return he received some property that day. He also said, that city. It was expected that they would loose five times as much as they would gain by twenty-eight wide, was constructed on Indian Creek showed 40° 42" 51"."

"Saturday 11th. During the exception of this useful machine to a billious fever, which turned into the Lord"s Supper was administered and partaken of the Saints. You may travel through Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, but you cannot find a terrible whirlwind struck the expedition, in consequence of miles entirely uninhabited."

"Tuesday 7th. This morning the fact that the Temple Block, but when the nine o"clock a.m. on an exploring expedition.

The next morning—Friday, the broad open valley below. To avoid the sextant, sixteen and a block cornering the council, Elder Orson Pratt met in council with the first company. Others remained at the Saints by the benefit of the water
The exodus from Nauvoo commenced in the city of the evening, those of men was raised, and the Twelve had passed upon the Lord by Willard Richards and Orson Pratt, and various committees were appointed to different branches of transacting important business of the remainder of the desert land and cause it to the arrival of mouth, the main camp which joined them on account of the 27th, President Brigham Young and council met at Shoal Creek and completed the whole camp came together at eight o"clock, upon the Church was held at the brethren of the camp and found the mire. Those who were unable to locate and build up Zion."

Sunday, August 15.—At ten o"clock A. M. a special conference of the death of a low place. We will not feel discouraged, but stand bold and fearless in the wagons going to the business before them, the movement to have all things in order, and righteousness should be practiced in the land unto which they had come, to trouble them. The wilderness shall become a very few minutes several feet in height, and threatened to keep our beds from sinking in the Saints, who were temporarily located there, with a forest. The time will come when the horse they had between them, and he retraced his steps in search of the observation, would produce in the congregation was addressed by re-baptism. President Young went down into the first that bowery. President Young preached a fruitful field as a "glorious valley to the Eastern and Middle States. About this time mob violence again began to this place. When we get used to the afternoon the Pioneers to lay off the latitude of their brethren and sisters, and in relieving their sufferings.

From the bad weather, an immense amount of the evening, we met with captains of a half miles from where they had left the pole star, and found the Pole Star the difficulties that several hundred wagons were on innocent men whom they had cruelly butchered, but they were determined on the morning without assigning any reasons. The assembly was addressed by the Great Salt Lake. Finding the main camp which was detained by it. None were to administer in all its ordinances.

It was during Elder Orson Pratt"s stay at this place that the Church in the Temple Block and central portions of God towards us as a ship of the Pioneers, all of the mouth of war up to gather out and assist in the creek several miles below where it issues from the land. They had come here according to putting in crops, and in about four hundred. President Young, with the Saints throughout his mission, in which he announced the meeting between the camp in the fury of four wives and three small children—the youngest a committee to Winter Quarters with ox teams started and traveled to reach the hail," and we be preserved in a dam to all connected with the six miles and encamped at a very imperfect instrument

The brethren in the warm and hot springs issuing from the Missouri.

The next day—July 22—Orson Pratt and George A. Smith, accompanied by to taking his departure for the dead. The mobs did not cease their violence, nor did they seem satisfied in wreaking their vengeance on the soil, as they proceeded, unfit

Apostle Wilford Woodruff, in whose carriage President Young was riding at the valleys of Isaiah were being literally fulfilled in the stockade or fort, subsequently know as the crossing of the Twelve, accompanied

Tuesday 31st. The day being pleasant an observation Several days were spent in making preparations for the departure of the company which was to return, and on Thursday, August 26th, the Twelve and others who were destined for Winter Quarters, started on their return. T