He wrote in his journal: “In performing the mission of soliciting means from the Saints who, after having been robbed and plundered, had performed a journey of more than one thousand miles, and just located in an unwatered, desolate recess of the great ‘American Desert,’ I found myself inducted into an uphill business.
Isinulat niya sa kanyang journal: “Sa pagtupad sa misyon ng paghingi ng donasyon mula sa mga Banal na naglakbay nang mahigit isang libong milya, matapos silang pagnakawan at looban [ng mga mang-uusig], at mailagay sa isang tuyot at mapanglaw na lugar sa malaking ‘Disyerto ng Amerika,’ naging bahagi ako ng isang mahirap na gawain.LDS LDS