Following is a complete list of Elder Pratt’s company of missionaries to the Indians, with some other details.
Southern Indian Mission: P.P. Pratt, President.
1. P.P. Pratt
2. J.D. Brown
3. Ira Hatch
4. Rufus C. Allen
5. Isaac Riddle
6. Wm. Henefer
7. Augustus Hardy
8. Sam F. Abroad
9. Robert M. Dickson
10. Hyrum Burgess
11. David Lewis
12. Lorenzo Roundy
13. Jacob Hamblin
14. Elnathan Eldridge
15. Robert Richie
16. Samuel Knight
17. Charles H. Haskell
18. Amos G. Hornton
19. Richard Robison
20. Sylvanus Collett
21. Prime Coleman
22. John Sott
23. John Murdock Jun.
24. Stephen Mott
25. Benj. Korell
25 men. Started on 14 and 15 April 1854 in good spirits.
Monday 10 April 1854
Sixteen of these Brethren were set apart, to this mission, this evening, in the Council House, under the hands of Orson Hyde, P.P. Pratt, W. Woodruff, Lo. Snow, E.T. Benson, & Erastus Snow, of the Twelve; the remainder of the missionaries to meet on Wedy. evening at P.P. Pratt, & join us on the road.
J.D. Brown was appointed Clerk & Recorder.
Rufus C. Allen as Captain.
David Lewis as 1st Lieutenant.
Samuel F. Abroad as 2nd Lt.
J.D. Brown, Clk.
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apr. 14, 1854, 2]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Wednesday, April 19. Elder P.P. Pratt accompanied by about 15 brethren had started from G.S.L. City for the purpose of building a new fort at Harmony, Iron Co., Utah.
[History of Brigham Young, 1854:34]
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apr. 19, 1854, 1]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]
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Letter From Bishop Elias H. Blackburn
Provo, April 20, 1854
…Br. P.P. Pratt’s company passed here for their destination on the Rio Virgin, on Monday last, all in good health and spirits….
[Deseret News, May 14, 1854]
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Apr. 20, 1854, 1]
[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, July 2006]