[26]“Call”—The Mormons were a peculiarly close-knit harmonious group working cooperatively together. In order to make for efficiency in the social group, each one was expected to do voluntarily and with unquestioning obedience the part assigned by the leaders. Thus individuals were usually “called” to go on missions, to fill an office, to go as a colonist, to work on the temple or any other unusual problem. The “call,” at least in the early days, was practically a command. [27]“Journal History,” January 17, 1851. [28]Neff, _History of Utah_, pp. 302-310. [29]Heap, _Central Route to the Pacific_, p. 95. [30]_Ibid._, p. 99. [31]Jules Remy and Julius Brenchley, _A Journal of Salt Lake City: Being a Sketch of the History, Religion and Customs of the Mormons_ (London, 1861), 2 Vols.; Vol. II, p. 363. [32]The party included J. D. Lee, Chapman Duncan, John Steele, C. Y. Webb, L. and William Barton, J. and Miles Anderson, B. Jones, Zadock Judd, R. H. Gillespie, J. H. Dunton. [33]“L.D.S. Journal History.” [34]_Deseret News_, August 7, 1852. See also “Journal of Priddy Meeks,” _Utah Historical Quarterly_, Vol. X, 1942, p. 187. [35]“Journal History.” [36]The missionaries included the following: Rufus C. Allen, Pres.; Clark Ames, S. F. Atwood, T. D. Brown, clerk, Hyrum Burgess, Prime T. Coleman, Jacob Hamblin, Elnathan Eldridge, Augustus P. Hardy, Thales H. Haskell, William Henefer, Ira Hatch, Benjamin Knell, Samuel Knight, David Lewis, John Lott, John R. Murdock, Robert Richie, Isaac Riddle, Richard Robinson, Lorenzo W. Roundy, and Amos G. Thornton. [37]The original missionaries to the Virgin and Santa Clara Valleys in 1854, as reported in “Journal History,” were: Jacob Hamblin, Samuel Knight, Ira Hatch, Richard Robinson, Amos G. Thornton, Prime T. Coleman, Benjamin Knell, Thales Haskell, Robert Dixon, Isaac Riddle, Robert Ritchie, David Tullis. Probably several others should be added to this list: Rufus Allen, A. P. Hardy, Nephi Johnson, William Henefer, Ira Hatch and perhaps others. [38]“Journal History,” letter of Richard Robinson, July 13, 1854. [39]Neff, _op. cit._, pp. 290-292. [40]Cf. Juanita Brooks, ed., “Diary of Thales Haskell,” _Utah Historical Quarterly_, Vol. XII, No. 1 and 2, pp. 70-98. [41]Remy and Brenchley, _op. cit._, Vol. II, p. 388. [42]Neff, _op. cit._, p. 291. [43]_Ibid._, p. 292. [44]Original MS in possession of Lovina A. J. Farnsworth, Kanab, Utah. [45]Interview at Kanab, Utah, August 11, 1931. [46]James G. Bleak, “Annals of the Southern Utah Mission” (Ms. in files of Utah State Historical Society). [47]“Journal History,” October 7, 1861. [48]The scouting party included Apostles George Albert Smith and Erastus Snow, Dr. James M. Whitmore, Horace S. Eldridge, Robert J. Golding and Isaac Stewart. [49]Joseph Black, “Journal,” in possession of his son, Peter Black, Delta, Utah.