joseph smith took over the mormon leadership and began the westward trek.
joseph smith took over the mormon leadership and began the westward trek.
who took over the mormon leadership and began the westward trek?
joseph smith
brigham young's advance company for the westward trek of the saints began on april 17, 1847. green flake was assigned to the "fourteenth ten" of the pioneer company. green was not the only african-american in this first group of mormon pioneers. he was accompanied by hark lay and oscar crosby, both slaves. flake, lay, and crosby were good friends and had much in common. all three were baptized members of the church and had come from mississippi plantations. they often worked together and were engaged in such projects as establishing winter quarters, forging a trail along the platte river to ft. laramie, wyoming, and helping the company to pass through the rockies. green also had a particular task given only to him- he was to be brigham young's personal driver on the westward trek.
green flake
in another scene from "wagon master", which detailed a westward trek by a mormon wagon train, men and women in mormon garb are seen walking and riding through monument valley. the doctor and his wife are riding in the back of the major's wagon, driven by charlie. during the ride, the doctor reaches behind him to fill a cup from the "medicinal supply" barrel and shares a drink with charlie. upon arriving in fort mescalero, the major tells craven and his wife to "stay out of sight" and dips a bucket into the water trough. he is observed by kyle (ken curtis) and his brother quentin (chuck hayward) who shoots into the bucket. as the outraged major demands an explanation, kyle tells him that this is "our water" and quentin calls him "grandpa". the major angrily exclaims, "grandpa!", hits quentin over the head with the bucket and slaps kyle to the ground with the back of his hand. chastened, kyle tells him that "all this water belongs to us"…. "my pa…" the major says, "well then, shoulder up your sidekick and we'll go see your pa". as quentin, holding his aching head, attempts to stand up, the major kicks him in the posterior and shouts, "come on, get up, there!" reduced to helplessness, kyle whines accusingly at the major, "big bully".
the colter craven story