May 5th. having gathered and prepared clothing and other necessaries to carry to our Brothren and Sisters who had been robbed and plundered of nearly all their effects; and having provided for ourselvelves <​ourselves​> horses and waggons, and firearms, and all sorts of munition of war of the most portable kind for self defence, as our enemies were thick on every hand, I started with the remainder of the company, from Kirtland, for Missouri, (note 20 page 16)# and on the 6th. we arrived, and joined our brethren who had gone before, at New Portage, about 50 miles distance