Despite warnings about deteriorating relations between Mormons and other Missouri inhabitants , the company pushed ahead to their intended destination , arriving at church headquarters in Far West , Missouri on 2 October . From there they made their way to Adam-ondi-Ahman — the primary Mormon settlement in Daviess County , Missouri — by 4 October . Unfortunately , the company reached Missouri during the 1838 Mormon War . As such , they were only able to settle the region for a few weeks before they were forced to relocate to Far West after Joseph Smith and other Church leaders surrendered in early November . They were forced to leave Missouri altogether on the order of Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs the following February . Other members of the Kirtland Camp who made their way into Missouri behind the main company would become victims of the Haun 's Mill massacre on 30 October 1838
Haun 's Mill massacre
Haun's Mill massacre
Kirtland Camp