| 462 according to the pattern at New Portage. While at Salt River General Wight marched the camp on the prairie, inspected our firelocks, ordered a discharge of the same at target by platoons, drilled us about half a day, and returned to the bank of the river."-Times and Seasons, vol. 6, pp. 1075, 1076, 1088.
Lyman Wight gives a detailed account of the travels of Hyrum Smith and himself from Kirtland to this place; from; which we learn that they visited branches of the church at Florence, Ohio; Pontiac, Michigan; Huron County, Michigan; and a branch called the "Ritchey branch," in Illinois (locality not given); as well as various neighborhoods where were scattered members; obtaining some means and several volunteers for the expedition; among whom we find the names of Charles Rich, Samuel Bent, Elijah Fordham, Osmon Houghton, Lyman Curtis, Mecham Curtis, Waldo Littlefield, Josiah Littlefield, Lyman Littlefield, David Dort, James Dunn, George Fordham. By union of these two companies there were over two hundred in the Camp.
The list of the names of the company as published by Andrew Jenson in his "Historical Record," volume 8, page 940, is here given:-
MEMBERS OF ZION'S CAMP.
Aldrich, Hazen Bent, Samuel Cherry, William
Allen, Joseph Blackman, Hiram Chidester, John M.
Allred, Isaac Booth, Lorenzo Childs, Alden
Allred, James, Captain Brooks, George W. Childs, Nathaniel
Allred, Martin, Captain Brown, Albert Childs, Stephen
Andrus, Milo Brown, Harry Colborn, Thomas
Angell, Solomon Brown, Samuel Colby, Alanson
Avery, Allen A. Brownell, John Cole, Zera S.
Babbitt, Almon W Buchanan, Peter Coltrin, Zebedee
Badlam, Alexander Burdick, Alden Coon, Libeus T.
Baker, Samuel Burgess, Harrison Cowan, Horace
Baldwin, Nathan B. Byur, David Curtis, Lyman
Barber, Elam Cahoon, William F. Curtis, Mecham
Barlow, Israel Carpenter, John Denton, Solomon W.
Barnes, Lorenzo D. Carter, John S. Doff, Peter
Barney, Edson Cathcart, Daniel Dort, David D.
Barney, Royal Champlin Alonzo Duncan, John
Benner, Henry Chapman, Jacob Dunn, James
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