"EMIGRATION NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA. . . . The Humboldt, (Captain H. D. Boysen,) sailed on the 9th instant, with 323 souls on board, under the presidency of Elder H. C. Hansen . . ."
MS, 24:18 (May 3, 1862), p.283
"Wed. 9. [Apr. 1862] -- The ship Humboldt sailed from Hamburg, Germany, with 323 Scandinavian Saints, under the direction of Hans Christian Hansen. The company arrived at New York May 20th and at Florence about the 1st of June."
CC, p.67
". . . For several months, the preparation for this large emigration had been going on in the different conferences throughout Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The emigrating Saints from the Jutland Conferences in Denmark went direct to Hamburg, while most of those from the other conferences first gathered in Copenhagen and thence made their way to Hamburg in different companies. Thus the steamer 'Albion' sailed from Aalborg, April 6, 1862, with over 400 Saints from the Aalborg and Vendsyssel Conferences. Sailing southward, the ship took up the emigrating Saints from the Aarhus and Skive Conferences at Aarhus in the morning of the 7th, and at Fredericia later the same day they picked up the emigrating Saints from the Fredericia and Fyen Conferences at Fredericia; the ship reached Kiel in Holstein on the eve of the 7th. Here they were joined by a small contingent from Copenhagen, and the journey was then continued the same day (April 8th) to Altona and Hamburg; in the evening the emigrants went on board the ships 'Humboldt' and 'Franklin,' which were anchored in the Elbe.
On Wednesday, April 9th, the ship 'Humbolt,' Captain H. B. Boysen, sailed from Hamburg with 323 emigrating Saints, in care of Elder Hans C. Hansen, who now, after laboring as a missionary in Scandinavia, was returning to his home in Zion. After a successful voyage this company of emigrants arrived in New York May 20th, thence the journey westward was continued by railroad and steamboat to Florence, Nebraska, which was the outfitting place for the journey across the plains this year, and where the emigrants of that company arrived in the beginning of June. Fourteen persons died on sea and land up to the date of the company's arrival in the beginning of June. Fourteen persons died on sea and land up to the date of the company's arrival at Florence. . . .
. . . The emigrants who sailed across the Atlantic in the four ships mentioned [THE Humboldt, Franklin, Electric, and Athenia] came together in Florence from which place those who had not the means wherewith to equip themselves for the journey across the plains were assisted by the teams sent there from the Valley by the Church, while those who had means wherewith to help themselves were organized into two independent companies. One of these was placed in charge of Elder Christian A. Madsen and was composed of 264 persons, 40 wagons, 14 horses, 174 oxen, 99 cows, 37 heifers, 7 calves, 6 dogs and 10 chickens, and brought along 22 tents, 32 cooking stoves, 5 revolvers and 37 rifles. Hans C. Hansen was captain of the guard and Jens C. A. Weibye secretary for the company, which was divided into six divisions with the following brethren as captains: Soren Larsen, Jens C. A. Weibye, Niels Mortensen (Lynge), Thomas Lund, Lauritz Larsen and Christian H. Gron. The first mentioned had charge of five horse teams and the others eight ox teams each.
The other company, which also counted about 40 wagons, with its quota of persons, animals, etc., was in charge of Elder Ola N. Liljenquist, and Elder John Van Cott was placed as general leader of both companies, which broke camp at Florence, July 14, 1862. The first few days some difficulty was experienced, as the oxen, who were not used to Scandinavian orders and management, would often follow their own inclination to leave the road and run away with the wagons, but after some practice on the part of their inexperienced teamsters, the difficulty somewhat disappeared. The journey from Florence was via Elkhorn River, Loup Fork, Wood River, Willow Lake, Rattlesnake Creek, Fort Laramie, Upper Platte Bridge, Devil's Gate, South Pass, Green River, etc., to Salt Lake City, where the company safely arrived Sept. 23, 1862. . . ."
HSM, pp.162, 166-67
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