. . . We left Aalborg on the 6th day of April 1862 with a large company of emigrating Saints on a steamer which was to take us to Kiel and on the route we stopped at the Aarkus and Fredericia to take on board the emigrating Saints from those conferences. It was my first voyage and caused me, like many others, a fore taste of seasickness. On our landing in Kiel we were sent on a train to Altona or Hamburg where we got on board the sailing vessel Franklin with Elder C. A. Madsen as our leader. There were a larger number of Saints emigrating from Denmark that season than has ever been before or since. We sailed directly from Hamburg to New York, and were divided up on four sailing vessels. We were detained in the harbor for several days waiting for favorable wind to go down the river Elven, [Elbe] but had at last to be hauled out by a steamer. We were in the neighborhood of four hundred Saints on board. [p. 27] Quite a number of them being young people. We were organized into four districts, with a president for each district and meetings for prayer were held in each district morning and evening. After a few days we got over our seasickness and a part of the time was spent by the young people in music, and dancing. Our food was prepared in a large kitchen and rations were issued to each mass according to their number. The food was of an inferior quality or else our appetites were greatly demoralized. The bread consisted of dry cakes, brought with us from Hamburg which lasted until we landed in New York. We called them "ciks." The water also was very poor. A few extra things could be got for those who were sick. I enjoyed good health and to me the trip was a pleasure. There was one feature which made the trip very trying and disagreeable to some of the Saints. A few days after we had started, the measles [p. 28] broke out among the children. Many died, and hath to be buried in a watery grave. Sister Kjer and her daughter who I had promised to assist, and with whom I traveled was sick much of the time. I assisted them as well as I could, and they were well satisfied with my treatment. We landed at Castle Garden, New York, on the 30th day of May and continued our road westward partly by train and partly by steamer until we reached Florence, Nebraska, which was the outfitting place for the season, where we arrived in the early part of June. Here we laid in camp six weeks, waiting for the church trains to arrive. . . [p.29]

. . . About the 15th of July the church trains commenced to arrive, they had four yoke of oxen on each wagon, soon after their arrival they were loaded partly with iron and other heavy merchandise, and twelve persons to each wagon with their baggage provisions and tent, we traveled in Captain John Murdoe's [p.30] company, who started from camp on the 24th of July. . . [p.31]

. . . . We arrived in Salt Lake City in the latter part of September and our hearts swelled with gratitude to God for his kind protection over us, both on land and sea, until we had safely landed in that beautiful city of the Saints. . . . [p.32]

BIB: Christensen, Hans. Autobiography (formerly in Msd 2050). pp.27-32 (CHL)
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