Excerpt from The Mormon Battalion: Its History and Achievements At this point Mr. Little seems to have taken up the matter personally and directly with the President, and under date of June lst addressed an Appeal to him. In it Mr Little expresses confidence in the President, else he would not have left his home to ask favors of him for his people (i. E., the Mormons). He gave an account of himself and his forefathers, who fought in the bat tles of the Revolution of his own character, vouched for by his letters of introduction from men of high standing; and then avers that the people he represents are of as high character as himself. I come to you, he said, fully believing that you will not suffer me to depart without rendering me some pecuniary assistance. Our brethren in the west are compelled to go [west]; and we in the eastern country are determined to go and live, and, if necessary, to suffer and die with them. Our determinations are fixed and cannot be changed. From twelve to fifteen thousand have already left Nauvoo for California, and many others are making ready to go. Some have gone around Cape Horn, and I trust before this time have landed at the Bay of San Francisco. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.