Young expressed similar concerns in the 11 January council meeting. (See Council of Fifty, “Record,” 11 Jan. 1846.)
Smith was on a tour of eastern cities attempting to establish his own church. Within a month after the departure of Young and most of the other apostles from Nauvoo, Smith returned to the city and preached to the remaining Latter-day Saints. (William Smith, Testimony, Independence, MO, 30 Jan. 1892, p. 186, question 343, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ Independence, Missouri, et al. [C.C.W.D. Mo. 1894], typescript, Testimonies and Depositions, CHL; Almon Babbitt and Joseph L. Heywood, Nauvoo, IL, to Brigham Young, “Camp of Israel,” 11 Mar. 1846, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL.)
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v. Church of Christ of Independence, Missouri, et al. (C.C.W.D. Mo. 1894). Typescript. Testimonies and Depositions, 1892. Typescript. CHL.
Brigham Young Office Files, 1832–1878. CHL. CR 1234 1.