The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 97

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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 97: July 4, 1935HE wind never ceases to blow. And as it cuts across the wide expanse of grass-covered plain, it lifts bits of sand that sting the faces of those who trudge beside the wagons. They a1e strangers in this country. In Britain they we1e shopkeepers and craftsmen and teachers. Some of them were public officials and men of Splendid training. They were good neighbours with comfortable homes. But when they hearkened to a new message they were driven out. Then at Nauvoo they raised a temple and built a smiling city where the Mississippi makes a broad bend on its way to the sea. Now they are outcasts, poor and hated, on their way to a refuge in the hills.The wind catches the dust as it is lifted by the large, slow-turn ing wheels of the wagons. The ruts have been worn deep, and the soil that pools in them is dry and ground to a powder. The wheels are beginning to creak, and unless they can soon be soaked, they may fall apart.The last wagon has reached the crest of the hill. Extending o¿' toward the river and the setting sun is a long, winding line of white canvas stretched over oak bows, white canvas hyphenated by the greyish-brown of trudging oxen. One by one the wagons are lined beside each other to form a fort. Who knows but what the Indians may attack tonight?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.