. . . I went to bid goodbye to my wife's relatives in Aarhus and vicinity and stayed with my brother-in-law Niels Peter Rasmussen in Linea Storegaard for a couple of weeks. Went back to Aarhus and on the 15th of October at midnight left on steamer for Copenhagen and had charge of the emigrants from Aarhus Conference. And on the 17th at midnight left Copenhagen. We was 9 returning missionaries with 103 emigrants from Denmark & Sweden. The Norwegians was to meet us in England where we arrived on the 20th. I felt quite unwell on that voyage as I catched a heavy cold at the harbor in Copenhagen. That night we was waiting there in the streets for 6 hours for the ship to get loaded and the wind was blowing very cold and after arriving in England was pretty sick for two or three days and the President, Apostle, George Teasdale administered to me twice and in his blessings he pronounced upon me he said that the latter part of my journey should be the happiest which was verified to the very letter and as I soon got well and enjoyed the journey very much.

On Saturday the 26th of October we left Liverpool on the steamer Wyoming. There was now 12 returning missionaries with 150 emigrants. For several days we had a heavy wind and much seasickness among the passengers, but I was not entirely well and never missed a meal at the table and in a meeting held on board for the missionaries I was appointed and unanimously sustained as provision agent for the company and a collection of money made from all the emigrants and turned over to me so that I could secure provisions as soon as we landed in New York.

Monday, the 4th of November - Late at night we anchored at New York Harbor and early the next morning we had the doctors on board and the passengers passed a quick examination after which we was landed and also done a business at the custom house in a hurry. After which we boarded the steamer "Wyanoke" for Norfolk in Virginia and proceeded from there through Bristol, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, crossed the Mississippi River, and proceeded to Kansas City. From there to Topeka City, passed Manhattan and was blockaded in [p.100] a heavy snowstorm 30 miles the other side of Pueblo for 16 hours. Our fires had went out and the passengers suffered from the cold. At Pueblo we was transferred onto the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and proceeded through Gunnisoni, Colorado, Grand Junction, Green River, and arrived at Provo Wednesday the 13th, and arrived home on Thursday, November 14, 1889 hearty and well and found my family the same. . . . [p.101]

BIB: Hansen, Charles Keilgaard. Record books (Ms 8904), fd. 1, pp. 100-01. (CHL).
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