Mormon History, May 18, 1847

[Brigham Young Sermon] It was proposed by President Young, voted & carried '" that if any man should stop his team in the road without due causes thereby detaining the whole camp from proceeding, should be obliged to travel in the rear, of the hindmost wagon the whole day '" President Young also said that every captain, in travelling should remain with his 10 or if he was obliged to leave, to be gone 5, 10, or 20 min. or go 20 rods from the wagons, to appoint one to act in his stead during his absence, who should, in all cases do so implicitly obeyed as if he were the captain himself. -- Hershey, Nebraska [Horace K. Whitney Journal, Archives, Church History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah..]

[The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009)]

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