Extraordinary Success—Very Cold Weather—Scenes of Suffering—Our Excessive Labors—A General Conference—Farewell Meeting—Affection Manifested for us—Elder Russell's Labors—Elder Goodson a Barrier.
Our Lodgings—Wants Supplied by Liberality of Saints—Journey to Liverpool—Contrast Between Arrival and Departure—Return Voyage—Meeting with Elders and Saints at New York—Arrival at Kirtland.
Removal to Missouri—Sickness—Kindness of the Saints at Far West—Build a House, and then Have to Abandon it—Battle of Crooked River—Death and Final Testimony of Apostle David W. Patten—Corner Stone of Temple at Far West Laid—Removal to Illinois.
Far West Besieged—Joseph Smith and Brethren Betrayed by Apostates—Atrocities of Mob—Conversation with W. E. M'Lellin—Extermination Speech of General Clark.
Perils of the People—Cheerfulness of the Saints amidst their Troubles—Visit our Brethren in Prison—Apostles Ordained—Mock Distribution of State Appropriation—Letter from Joseph Smith and Brethren in Prison—Indifference of State Officials to our Appeals—Word of the Lord to me.