CHAPTER LI.
The Exodus—Heber's Prophecy Fulfilled—Evacuation of Nauvoo—The
Camp of Israel on Sugar Creek—Brigham and Heber Lead the Church
Westward—Arrival at the Missouri River
CHAPTER LII.
Destination of the Saints—The Call for the Mormon Battalion Heroic
Response of the Exiles—Brigham, Heber and Willard as Recruiting
Sergeants—Departure of the Battalion—The Camp of Israel Goes into
Winter Quarters—The Fall of Nauvoo
CHAPTER LIII.
The Word and Will of the Lord Concerning the Camp of Israel—The
Pioneers Start for the Rocky Mountains—Names of the
Heroes—Incidents of the Journey West
CHAPTER LIV.
Arrival at Grand Island—The Pioneer Buffalo Hunt—Heber Kills his
First Bison—The Spirit of Levity Rebuked—The Pioneers Reach Fort
Laramie
CHAPTER LV.
The Pioneers Cross the Platte—Governor Boggs and the
Missourians—Col. Bridger—"A Thousand Dollars for a Bushel of
Wheat"—The Pioneers' First Glimpse of the Valley of the Great Salt
Lake