![]() 4, 1846, because of rumors and threats, the first wagons ferried across the Mississippi River from Nauvoo, Illinois and the Mormon exodus began. Our pioneers are instructed to proceed West until they find a good place to make a crop, in some good valley in the neighborhood of the Rocky Mountains. embrace this opportunity to inform you, that we intend to send out into the Western country from this place, some time in the early part of the month of March, a company of pioneers. ![]() On January 20, 1846, the Nauvoo, High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, issued this statement. Tom Perry Special Collections Lee Library, Brigham Young University Introduction Scott Duvall, Assistant University Librarian L.
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