. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . hurch, paying their own expenses, or collectingthe money for their sustenance from their missionaries usually travel in pairs, and preach,for tiie most part, in ignorant communities. It isestimated that about 100,000 immigrants have gone toUtah under their leadership. The organization of themissionary force is very complete and ei
. Ocean to ocean on horseback; being the story of a tour in the saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with especial reference to the early history and development of cities and towns along the route; and regions traversed beyond the Mississippi .. . hurch, paying their own expenses, or collectingthe money for their sustenance from their missionaries usually travel in pairs, and preach,for tiie most part, in ignorant communities. It isestimated that about 100,000 immigrants have gone toUtah under their leadership. The organization of themissionary force is very complete and eifective. Theimmigrants, though for the most part ignorant, arealways able-bodied, and are usually industrious, frugal,and obedient to discipline. The average yearly immi-gration is about 2,000 persons. Mormon ism has lately spread into the State ofNevada, and into Montana, Idaho, Wyoming andArizona. The sect was founded by Joseph Smith at Manches-ter, New York, in 1830. Smith was born December23, 1805, at Sharon, Vermont. When only fifteenyears old he began to have alleged visions, in one ofwhich, he asserts, the angel Moroni appeared to himthree times and told him that the Bible of the WesternContinent—a supplement to the New Testament—was. AMONG THE MOllMONS, 497 buried in a certain spot near Manchester. Four yearsafter this event he visited tlie spot indicated by theangel, and asserts that he had deliveied into his chargeby another angel a stone box, in which was a volume,six inches thick, made of thin gold plates, eight incheslong by seven broad, and fastened together by tlireegold rings. The plates were said to be covered withsmall writing in the Egyptian character, and wereaccom})anied by a i)air oi su[)ernatural spectacles, con-sisting of two crystals set in a silver bow and called Urim and Ihummim.^ By aid of these the mysticcharacters could be read. Joseph Smith, l)eing liimselfunable to read or write fluently, employed an amanu-ensis to whom he dictated a translat
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