CHAPTER 5 A Journey to Utah
Mormons: A religious group organized by Joseph Smith.
Persecution: Causing people to suffer because of their beliefs.
PERSECUTION
Exterminate: To get rid of completely; to wipe out. Governor Boggs of Missouri said that all the Mormons must move or be killed.
Zion: A gathering place for people who want to live in peace. The promised land.
Martyr: A person who suffers persecution or death because of religion or beliefs.
JOSEPH SMITH
Communal: A system of common ownership. Everyone shares what they have with one another.
COMMUNAL
Brigham Young: He led the Mormon pioneers west to Utah.
BRIGHAM YOUNG
Winter Quarters: A temporary community of log cabins in Nebraska.
WINTER QUARTERS
Advance Company: The first group of Mormons who helped others make the trek west. Three women were in this company.
EMIGRATION CANYON
ENTERING SALT LAKE VALLEY
Green Flake: African American member of the Advance Company.
GREEN FLAKE
Midwife: A women who helps women in childbirth.
Brooklyn: The ship that took Mormon immigrants from the east to west coast.
BROOKLYN
OXEN
MULES
Bill of Rights: The part of the Constitution that guarantees freedom of religion.
BILL OF RIGHTS
Mormon Battalion: Mormon soldiers who volunteered to fight in the war against Mexico.
MORMON BATTALION
MORMON TRAIL
CHIMNEY ROCK
FORT LARAMIE
INDEPENDENCE ROCK
DEVIL’S GATE
SOUTH PASS
FORT BRIDGER
ECHO CANYON
Handcart: A wagon pulled and pushed by men and women.
HANDCART
COVERED WAGONS
WAGON TRAIN