[26]“Call”—The Mormons were a peculiarly close-knit harmonious group working cooperatively together. In order to make for efficiency in the social group, each one was expected to do voluntarily and with unquestioning obedience the part assigned by the leaders. Thus individuals were usually “called” to go on missions, to fill an office, to go as a colonist, to work on the temple or any other unusual problem. The “call,” at least in the early days, was practically a command.
[27]“Journal History,” January 17, 1851.
[28]Neff, History of Utah, pp. 302-310.
[29]Heap, Central Route to the Pacific, p. 95.
[30]Ibid., p. 99.
[31]Jules Remy and Julius Brenchley, A Journal of Salt Lake City: Being a Sketch of the History, Religion and Customs of the Mormons (London, 1861), 2 Vols.; Vol. II, p. 363.
[32]The party included J. D. Lee, Chapman Duncan, John Steele, C. Y. Webb, L. and William Barton, J. and Miles Anderson, B. Jones, Zadock Judd, R. H. Gillespie, J. H. Dunton.
[33]“L.D.S. Journal History.”
[34]Deseret News, August 7, 1852. See also “Journal of Priddy Meeks,” Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol. X, 1942, p. 187.
[35]“Journal History.”