CHAPTER LII

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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

## CHAPTER LVI .

The Pioneers Enter the Valley--Exploring and Colonizing--A Renewal of Covenants--Selection of Inheritances--Return of the Leaders to Winter Quarters

## CHAPTER LVII .

The First Presidency Reorganized--Heber Attains to "The Honor of the Three"--Second Journey to the Mountains--Sickness and Distress--Heber's Character as a Colonizer

## CHAPTER LVIII .

The Cricket Plague--Saved by the Gulls--Heber's Famous Prophecy--"States Goods" Sold in Great Salt Lake City Cheaper than in New York

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