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About the middle of this winter, 1853, I made up my mind to sell out and fix and go to Salt Lake City and join the Mormons. So I went to work, sold out all I could and about the first of May, started for the Salt Lake. . . .

After this I got ready, started for Salt Lake, we had a very muddy time, the first part of the journey to Salt Lake. We travelled on till there were nine wagons and families joined us. When we got to the Lupe [Loup] Fork of the Platt[e] we stopped over a day to rest and so I and a young woman were baptized by Elder James Iverson in the Lupe Fork of the Platt[e] about the first of June 1854 and confirmed by the same. After this we got along well only we had some sickness. There were a great many things seen and done on this journey that would be interesting, but I only intend to write a brief account for I can't write all I would like to.

We arrived about August 1854 and my family and I came right along to Salt Lake County where we found Isaac Stuart and family.