. . . We left Liverpool in January 1850 on board of the ship Argo. Jetter Clinton presided over the company, we were eight weeks and three days on the ship from Liverpool to New Orleans; some sickness and two deaths on the passage. I was sick with the cholera, my wife had poor health all the way, Milo Jr. was sick we thought that he would die, but the blessings of the Lord brought us through. We came up the Mississippi River on board the steamer "Uncle Sam" Captain Van Dosen, master. We landed at Kanesville early in May; was organized in the first company of Saints early in June. I was chosen captain over 55 wagons. We had a good time on the plains, arrived in Salt Lake City [-] the last day of August having but one death on the journey that of a stranger going to California. I baptized 15 persons on the journey. . . . [p.6]

BIB: Andrus, Milo. Autobiography (Ms 8620 reel 8 #26), p. 6. (CHL)
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