Saints on the way between Nauvoo and Council Bluffs.

Topics.--1. From Nauvoo to Garden Grove. 2. Garden Grove and Mount
Pisgah. 3. Winter Quarters.

Questions and Review.--1. What might this last move of the Saints be
likened to? 2. After leaving Nauvoo where was the first stopping place? 3.
When did the camp start west? 4. What hindered the traveling? 5. How was
the camp organized? 6. What did the Saints do for amusement? 7. Where were
Garden Grove and Mount Pisgah? 8. What was the object in making these
settlements? 9. What prevented a band of pioneers from going to the
mountains that summer? 10. Where was Winter Quarters? 11. Describe the
place. 12. About how many people were traveling across Iowa that summer?




CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE MORMON BATTALION.


During the summer of 1846 the United States was at war with the republic of
Mexico. A number of battles had been fought in Texas. What is now
California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona belonged to Mexico, and as President
Polk desired to get this large district of country for the United States,
he sent soldiers westward to the Pacific ocean.

The "Mormon" people traveling from Nauvoo had asked President Polk for
assistance in their journey to the west. They said they wanted to remain