"You have a nice place here. I have a notion to stop with you."
"You are always welcome to my house," I replied.
Then he said to the company, which consisted, I think, of seventy-three carriages:
"Some of you had better scatter round among the brethren."
About half the company did so. The rest, with the Prophet, stayed at my house. The next day the whole company went on to Tokerville, twenty miles from my residence. I went with them to that place. In the evening all went to St. George, and held a two days' meeting. At the close of the meeting the Prophet called me to the stand, and said:
"John, I will be in New Harmony on Wednesday next. I want you to notify the Saints, and have a bowery built, and prepare for my reception."
Brother Imday was President of that place, and was at the meeting. I traveled all night, and reported the orders of the Prophet to the people. Great preparations were made for his reception. A committee of arrangements was appointed, with a committee to wait on his Honor. Also an escort of fifteen Danites was selected to accompany this committee. They went out fifteen miles, where they met the Prophet and his followers and made a report of our proceedings. He thanked them, and said:
"I am going to stop with Brother John D.," as he often called me. "John, I am going to stop with you."
"You know you are always welcome," I said. Brigham drove to the center of the town and halted; then he said:
"John, where do you live?" I pointed across the field about half a mile.