<​11​> On the P.M. of Thursday October 11th. 1838 they travelled that day about twelve miles, and encamped in a grove of timber near the Road. That evening a woman, who [HC 3:159] had some short time before given birth to a child, in consequence of the exposure occasioned by the operations of the Mobs, and having to move her before her strength would admit, died, and was buried in the grove without a coffin— During our journey we were continually harassed and threatened by the Mob, who shot at us several times; whilst several of our brethren died from the fatigue and privations which they had to endure, and we had to inter them by the wayside, without a coffin, and under circumstances the most distressing we <​12​> arrived in on the Twelfth— [HC 3:160] No sooner had the brethren left than called the Mob together and made a speech to them that they must hasten to assist their friends in . The Land sales (he said) were coming on, and if they could get the mormons driven out, they could get all the lands entitled to pre-emptions, and that they must hasten to in order to accomplish their object; that if they would join and drive them out they could get all the Lands back again, as well as all the pay they had received for them, He assured the Mob that they had nothing to fear from the authorities in so doing, for they had now full proof that the authorities would not assist the Mormons and that they might as well take their property from them as not. His request was complied with, and accordingly the whole banditti started, taking with them their Cannon for . In the mean time was busily engaged in raising a mob in Platt and Clinton Counties, to aid in his effort to drive peaceable citizens from their homes and take their property

On my arrival in I was informed by of , that a company of mobbers eight hundred strong, were marching towards a Settlement of our people’s in . He ordered out one of the Officers to raise a force and march immediately to what he called Wight’s [HC 3:161] Town and defend our people from the attacks of the Mob, until he should raise the Militia in his, and the adjoining Counties to put them down. a small company of Militia who were on their route to , and who had passed through , he ordered back again, stating that they were not to be depended upon, as many of them were disposed to join the mob; and to use his own expression, were “damned rotten hearted.”

<​14​> Sunday 14 I preached to the brethren at from the saying of the Savior greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for the brethren, at the close I called upon all that would stand by me to meet me on the public square the next day—

There were seven cut off from the Church in England, this day, it was a general time of pruning in England. The powers of darkness raged, and it seemed as though Satan was fully determined to make an end of the work in that Kingdom, Elders and had as much as they could do for some time to see to the branches already planted without planting new years— ones

<​15​> Monday 15. The brethren assembled on the public square and formed a company of about one hundred, who took up a line of march for , and here let it [p. 836]