Called on a Mission to Great Britain—Prepare to Depart—Start Without Purse or Scrip—Journey to Salt Lake City—Set Apart for the Mission —Begin the Journey Eastward—Organization of the Company—My Post as Chaplain—Overtaken by Apostles A. M. Lyman and C. C. Rich—Traveling Through the Mountains—Snowstorms and Wind—Forage is Scarce—Meetings with the Indians—Captain Reynolds' Exploring Party—Army Deserters in our Camp—Mail from Home—Emigrants Westward Bound—Dissatisfaction In Camp—Feeling about Apostles Lyman and Rich—I Resign as Captain, but am Elected again, and Finally Resume Command—Mail Robbery—More Disagreeable Storms—Meet a Handcart Company and Apostle George Q. Cannon—Reach the Missouri River—Visit my Father and his Family—Go to St. Joseph, Missouri—My first View of a Railway Train—At my old Home in Brown County, Illinois—Journey Eastward by Rail—Arrive in New York for the First Time—Find Friends.
Visit Various Places of Interest in New York and Vicinity—Arrival of the Great Eastern—Preach at Williamsburg—New York's Celebration of the Fourth—My Thirty-second Birthday—Secure Passports and Ocean Passage—Crowded in the Steerage—Foggy and wet Weather—View of the Irish Coast—Fleet of British Warships—Land in Liverpool—Assigned to Birmingham Conference—In Birmingham—Listen to an Anti-Mormon Lecture—Visiting from House to House as a Mormon Missionary—Places of Interest—Transferred to Nottingham Conference—Preaching and Visiting—Mission Travels—Go to London—See Notable Places—News of my Daughter's Death—Birth of Another Daughter—Return to Nottingham.
Again at Missionary Labors—Baptisms—Become Quite Ill—Appointed President of the Nottingham District, Embracing three Conferences—Visited by Apostles A. M. Lyman, C. C. Rich and Others—Settling Differences among Church Members—Attend a Phrenological Lecture—Get a Chart—Go to Liverpool—In Conference at Nottingham—My Pastorate Enlarged—Witness a Military Review—More Baptisms—Visit Sheffield—Fixing my Name—Poverty in Nottingham—Invited to take a Trip to Paris—Go to London—Have to give up the Visit to France—In Poor Health—Return to Nottingham—See Professor Blondin.
Prolonged Illness—Attend to my Duties with Difficulty—Letter Telling of the Battle of Bulls Run—Witness an Execution by Hanging—Visit from George Q. Cannon, Joseph F. Smith and Others—Death of the Prince Consort—Go to Birmingham—Conference of the Priesthood In the British Mission—Large Meeting In Odd Fellows' Hall, Birmingham—Again at Nottingham—Visit Liverpool—Consult a Physician, but get little Relief—See the Liverpool Grand National Races—Depravity Among Poorer Classes in Liverpool—Again at Nottingham—Released to Return Home—Bid the People Farewell—Display of their Affection for me—Report of my Labors Published in the Millennial Star—On Board Ship—Placed in Charge of the Company—Sail for America—Driven by Headwinds along the Coasts of the Isle of Man, Wales, Ireland and Scotland—Severe Seasickness—Get to Sea—Slow Voyage—Deaths and Burials at sea—Land at New York—Guest of Hon. W. H. Hooper—Journey to Florence, Nebraska—Captain and Guide of Independent Company—Reach Salt hake City—Report to President Young—Again at Home.
Remove from Ogden to Salt Lake City at the Request of President Young—Necessity for Preaching among the Saints—In the Employ of President Young—On Another Mission, this time in Utah—-Preaching and Lecturing—Build a House—Go to the Canyon to get Finishing Lumber—Shot in Mistake for a Bear—My Wound very Serious—Taken to Wanship to Receive Care—My Family Notified and Surgical Assistance Obtained—Moved to my Home—In Bed Nine Months—Two Surgical Operations—Grow Stronger—Employed at the Warm Springs—Dr. Robinson—Abscesses in my Wounded Limb—Out of Employment—Go to the California line to Examine a Gold Prospect—Perilous Journey—Indians on the Warpath—Remarkable experience with a Band of Savages—Gift of Speaking their Language—Unable to work the Gold Claim Because of Lack of Water—Return to Salt Lake City—Go to the Gold Discoveries on the Sweetwater—Discover a Placer claim—An Attempt to Rob me of It—Bush for a Mine—Hold the Claim—Assailed by Hostile Indians—A Race for Life—Three Men Killed—We Abandon Camp—Suffer with my Lame Limb—Lose the Mining Claim—Hauling Coal and Produce—Almost Die—Confined to Bed for Months—Amputation of my limb to save my Life—Recovery—Attend to my Nursery—Advent of the Railway—Traveling and Preaching—A Slight Sunstroke.