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| Zion's Camp
Chronology (May–June 1834) |
| In February, Parley P. Pratt and Lyman Wight report conditions in Jackson County. Volunteers are raised to "redeem Zion" in March and April, depart in May. Indiana §. Illinois §. Conceal identities §. Guardian angels §. Sham battle §. Generous non-Mormon §. Five elders preach appealing to different sects §. Zelph §. Scourge predicted §. Sympathetic magestrate §. Food shortage at Mississippi River §. Allred settlement at Salt River §. Women and children §. Sylvester Smith and the barking dog incident §. Hyrum and Lyman arrive with Michigan company §. Drill master §. Reorganization §. Provisions low §. Martin Harris handles snakes §. Clay County meeting §. Enemies drown §. Lyman Wight balks at order §. Food shortage §. Vigilantes gather §. Non-Mormon donates milk §. Fishing River threats §. Violent storm deters mob, kills one §. |
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| Endowment selections |
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June 23 Clay county. 15 are selected for
Kirtland endowment. |
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Minutes
of June 23, 1834 |
| Encampment |
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June 24th. Camp moves twenty miles and camps at Brother Burkett's, two and a half miles from Liberty, Clay County. |
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¶ Amasa Lyman (h) |
| Cholera |
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June 25 in the morning several brethren attacked by cholera, John Carter being the first. |
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¶ Amasa Lyman (h) |
| Decision to disband |
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June 25 Joseph writes Col. Thornton, and attorneys Doniphan
and Atchison, "to quiet the prejudices and fears of some part of the
citizens of this county, we have concluded that our company shall be immediately
dispersed, and continue so. till every effort for an adjustment of differences
between us and the people of Jackson has been made [506] on our part, that
would in any wise be required of us by disinterested men of republican
principle." |
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MH-A
Manuscript History of the Church (December 1805-August 30, 1834), 553 pages numbered from the "back" of Joseph's "large journal" (A-1), written June 11, 1839-Aug. 24, 1843. Selected Collections 1:1, Volume 1 // “Joseph Smith History, 1839” (first 93 pages), Early Mormon Documents 1:56-148; “History, 1839” (first 240 pages), Papers of Joseph Smith 1:265-386. Original, Church Archives, CR 100 102, Volume 1.
, 505–506. |
| Cholera |
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[June 26 (night)] [Amasa Lyman:] there
were some half dozen of the brethren stricken down, and all lying on the
floor in a small apartment. This was a scene that can be more easily imagined
than described, to see men stricken down in a moment, and in a short hour
the ruddy glow of health displaced by the pallor of death. … |
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¶ Amasa Lyman (h) |
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I passed the night with
the sufferers, in the morning, the company with which I was connected was
disbanded. Ere I left, I gave a parting look, breathed a hasty prayer, and
tore myself away from the scene of death. |
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June 26 cholera strikes early in the morning and continues
four days. Sixty-eight are stricken, of which thirteen or fourteen die. |
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¶ Heber's
Zion's Camp (2) |
| Public appeal |
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The high council in Zion issues
a public appeal for assistance,
warning if this violation of the constitutions prevails,
no one will be safe from religious persecution. |
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July 1834 Appeal |
| New target date 1836 |
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August 16 Joseph writes Lyman
Wight
that September 11, 1836 "is the appointed time for the redemption of
Zion." |
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Joseph
to Lyman Wight and others, August 16, 1834 in
PWJS
Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, rev. ed., compiled and edited by Dean C. Jessee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2002).
, 347–350.
" I, the Lord, will to retain a strong hold in the land
of Kirtland, for the space of five years, in the which I will not overthrow
the wicked, that thereby I may save some." ¶ D&C 64:21 (Sept. 11, 1831) |
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