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History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

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CHAPTER VIII.<br />

EXPULSION FROM NAUVOO,<br />

1845-1846.<br />

A Bust City—Meeting in the Temple—Sacrifice <strong>of</strong> Property—Detachments<br />

Move Forward—A Singular Exodus—The First Encampment<br />

—Cool Proposal from Brother Brannan—The Journey—Courage<br />

and Good Cheer—Swelling <strong>of</strong> their Numbers—The Remnant <strong>of</strong><br />

the Saints in Nauvoo—Attitude <strong>of</strong> the Gentiles—The Mormons<br />

Attacked—Continued Hostilities—The Final Departures—The<br />

Poor Camp—A Deserted City.<br />

The holy city now presented an exciting scene.<br />

Men were making ready their merchandise, and families<br />

preparing to vacate their homes. Hundreds were<br />

making tents and wagon covers out <strong>of</strong> cloth bought<br />

companies were<br />

with anything they happened to have ;<br />

organized and numbered, each <strong>of</strong> which had its own<br />

wagon-shop, wheelwrights, carpenters, and cabinetmakers,<br />

who were all busily employed. 1 Green timber<br />

was prepared for spokes and felloes, some kiln-dried,<br />

and some boiled in salt and water. At the Nauvoo<br />

house shops were established as well as at the mason's<br />

hall and arsenal. Iron was brought from different<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> the country, and blacksmiths were at work<br />

night and day. 2<br />

Some three years previous, the prophet Joseph had<br />

ordered that there should not be another general con-<br />

1 Parley Pratt's calculation for an outfit <strong>of</strong> every family <strong>of</strong> 5 persons was<br />

1 good wagon, 3 yoke cattle, 2 cows, 2 beef cattle, 3 sheep, 1,000 lbs flour,<br />

20 lbs sugar, 1 rille and ammunition, a tent and tent-poles, from 10 to 20 lbs<br />

seed to a family, from 25 to 100 lbs tools for farming, and a few other items,<br />

the cost being about §250, provided they had nothing else but bedding and<br />

cooking utensils. Hist. B. <strong>Young</strong>, MS. , 125.<br />

2 In December the drying-house <strong>of</strong> emigrating company no. 18 was burned<br />

to the ground, consuming §300 worth <strong>of</strong> wagon timber. Id., MS., Dec. 1S45.<br />

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