130. Samuel Miles, in Nauvoo, and in the Mormon Battalion, and Sutter's Fort when Gold was discovered.
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS BLOG # 128, ABOUT SAMUEL MILES JR., NAUVOO, AND HIS TIME IN THE MORMON BATTALION AND IN CALIFORNIA AT SUTTER'S FORT WHERE GOLD WAS DISCOVERED! We moved to Nauvoo in the fall of 1839. Then we bought a lot on the hill of the upper part of the city and a short distance to the south of the Temple site. We built a small log house on our lot and were prepared for winter. My brother Ira who was married to Mary K. Bent before we moved from Missouri and my brother Joel made their homes in Nauvoo. Father by working at his trade (a tailor) was able to build a comfortable house the following year after we settled in the city. I attended school and became well advanced in my studies. Facilities for acquiring education were quite limited. The saints were struggling to make homes and raise something to live on. Many were prostrated with sickness, the fever, and ague so prevalent in this section. We then moved into our new house. I taught a prima