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their efforts en route as recruiting officers. It was an army of the Lord; they would not be known as Mormons, which was a name they hated; moreover, they would be incognito; and the better to accom- plish all these purposes, three days before they started, Sidney E-igdon proposed in conference that the name by which hereafter they would call themselves should be The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which proposal was adopted.^^ On the way the breth-

wagoners. 20 wagons accompanied them, and they had fire-arms and all sorts of munitions of war of the most portable kind for self-defence. Smucker's Hist. Mor., 95; Times and Seasons, vi. 1074. On June 3d, when in camp on the Illinois Pdver, Smith had a mound opened and took out a skeleton, between whose ribs an arrow was sticking. A revelation followed, in which the prophet was informed that the bones were those of a white Lamanite, a warrior named Zclph, who serveti under the great prophet Omandagus. Times and Seasons, vi. 107G; Smucker's Hist. Mor., 95-6; Bemy's Journey, i. 297; Ferris' Utah and the Mormons, 83-4. June 4th to 6th was occupied in crossing the Mis- sissippi, there being but one boat. The company now consisted of 205 men and 25 wagons, with 2 or 3 horses each. The company camped on Piush Creek, Clay co., on June 23d, and on the night of the '24th the cholera broke out among them, causing several deaths. On the 25th Smith broke iip his command, and the men were scattered among their neighbors. Times and Seasons, vi. 1076, 1088, 1 105-6; Deseret News, Oct. 19, 1864. Up to June 22d, Smith had travelled incognito, apparently fearing assassination. Times and Seaso7u^, vi. 1 104. A list of the members of Zion's camp will be found in Deseret Neivs, Oct. 19, 1864, and those living in 1876 in Id., Apr. 26, 1876. Smith disbanded his forces in obedience to a revelation. Doctrine and Covenants, 345-9. As the prophet approached Missouri he selected a body-guard of 20 men, appointing his brother Hyrum as theii captain, and another brother, George, his armor-bearer. He also appointed a general, who daily inspected the army and drilled them. Smuckcr's Hist. Mor. , 99. On April 10, 1834, the presi- dent was again petitioned from Liberty, Mo. (a petition had been sent on in October 1833) ; the persecutions were recounted, it was related that an unavail- ing appeal had been made to the state executive, and it was asked that they be restored to the lands in Jackson co. they had purchased from the U. S. For text of con-espondcnce, etc., see Times and Seasons, vi. 1041-2, 1056-9, 1071-8, 1088-92, 1103, 1107-9, 1120-4. On the march Pratt still acted as recruiting officer, and visited the churches in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, obtaining men and money which he forwarded to the main body from time to time. Pratt's Autobiog., 122-3. The band finally numbered 205 in all. Utah Pioneers, 33d Annirersary, 17. The march to Clay co.. Mo., occupied 46 days, 9 of Avhich were spent in camp. During the existence of the body 2 deserted because they could not fight the mob, and one left with- out a discharge; the rest remained faithful. Deseret News, Oct. 19, 1864. Further details of the march will be found iu Mackay's Mormons, 80-5; Kidder's Mormonism, 111-10; Howe's Mormonism Unveiled, 156-03. Camji- bell and others who threatened to attack Smith were drowned by the up- setting of a boat whilst attempting to cross the Missouri. Campbell's vow, and what became of it. Smncker's Hist. Mor., 100. When the prophet re- turned to Kirtland, in August, the council met and proceeded to investigate charges against Smith and others on this march. Deseret News, Nov. 15 and 29, 1851.

•'^ The society never styled themselves Mormons; it is a name popularly at- tached to them. The true name is Latter-day Saints. Pratt's Persecution, 2L