June 3, 1834
While the Zion’s Camp marchers were encamped on the banks of the Illinois River, Joseph Smith visited a burial mound and examined a skeleton. He identified the man as a righteous Lamanite warrior who had been called Zelph.
Travels
June 4, 1834
Joseph Smith and the Zion’s Camp marchers went from Atlas, Illinois, to the banks of the Mississippi River, where it took two days to cross into Missouri because they had only one ferry.
June 7, 1834
The Zion's Camp march, led by Joseph Smith, encamped in the woods near a spring of water at Salt River.
June 8, 1834
Joseph Smith and the Zion's Camp brethren enjoyed preaching on the Sabbath and were joined later that day by the Prophet's brother Hyrum and Lyman Wight with a company of volunteers they had gathered from Michigan.
June 9, 1834
Joseph Smith and the Zion's Camp marchers remained at the Salt River for three days, resting themselves and reorganizing the camp.
June 13, 1834
On the Zion’s Camp march led by Joseph Smith, Heber C. Kimball’s horses got loose through the negligence of the guards, and he had to pursue the horses for ten miles.
June 14, 1834
Joseph Smith and the Zion's Camp marchers encamped in an unsafe and unpleasant situation in a ravine because it was the only place to get water for several miles.
June 16, 1834
Joseph Smith and the Zion's Camp marchers suffered from thirst and fatigue as they went from the Chariton to the Grand River.
June 17, 1834
The Zion's Camp marchers, led by Joseph Smith, experienced some divisions while trying to decide where to camp after crossing the Wakenda River.
June 18, 1834
On the Zion's Camp march, Joseph Smith was in poor health and had no provisions, but he managed to travel seventeen miles before eating.
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