<​April ◊ <​2​> <​April— 4​>​> They called on who was mad at their having reported the case to the . & said he <​he​> could have done all the business for you p[r]operly if they <​you​> had gone <​come​> to him <​me​>, & <​I​> would have sign[e]d the petiti[o]ns for all execpt [except] Joe [Joseph Smith Jr.]. & he was <​is​> not fit to live. I told <​bid​> Bro s. & to be of good cheer. for we shall be deliv[e]red, but no arm but God can deliver us now. Told the breth[re]n to be of good cheer & get them away as fast as possible. The brethn left on their retu[r]n to ,— where they arrived

<​50. men swore to kill Jo.​> <​5​> <​4​> Friday 5th Thursday the 5th <​4th​>. <​Friday— 5— & arriv[e]d at .​> This day a company of about 50 men in swore that they “would never eat or drink until they had murder[e]d Jo Smith.” Their Capt Wm Bowman Swore in the pres[e]nce of , swore that he “would never eat or drink, after he had seen Jo Smith, until he had murdered him.”— Also 8 men, , who was county Judg[e], Dr. Loffity <​θ​> (Turly 3.) <​men​>.

<​committee.​> “The committee met April 5, (F. 6) Land.”

<​6​> Saturday 6th. of April, evdintly [evidently] fearing a change of venue, or some movement on our part to escape his unhallowed persecution; (and most probably that expecting that we would be murder[e]d on the way) hurried myself & fellow prisoners off to , under a guard of about 10 men comma[n]ded by Samuel Tillery, Deputy Jailor of .— We were promised that we should go through , which was dire[c]tly on our route, which our fri[e]nds at that place knew, & were expect[i]ng us, but instead of fulfilli[n]g their promise they took us round the & out of the direct course 18 miles. far f[r]om habitations. where every oppo[r]tunity presented for a general massacre.

<​This ev[en]ing the committee met in council, prayer by . X. (F. 6) p[r]esent.​>

<​7​> Sunday. 7 we continu[e]d our Travels across the prairie. while the brethren at anxious for our welfare, gave a man $30 to convey to us a letter, <​to us from <​at​> ​> & retu[r]n an answer, from —

<​8​> Monday 8[th]. after a tedious jou[r]ney we arrived at in . for our long confinement, had enfeebled our bodily powers, we arriv[e]d at [p. 49]