Could Brigham Young even PREDICT the weather?
Motivated to join their fellow Church members in Utah but lacking funds for full ox or horse teams, nearly 3,000 Mormon pioneers from England, Wales, Scotland and Scandinavia made the journey from Iowa or Nebraska to Utah in ten handcart companies.The trek was disastrous for two of the companies, which started their journey dangerously late and were caught by heavy snow and severe temperatures in central Wyoming. Despite a dramatic rescue effort, more than 210 of the 980 pioneers in these two companies died along the way. John Chislett, a survivor, wrote, "Many a father pulled his cart, with his little children on it, until the day preceding his death."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon_handcart_pioneers
Sure looks mighty bad on a PROPHET's resume'!
Ol' BY managed, all by hisself, to KILL more MORMONs than the 'Extermination Order' EVER did!
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