It is well known that the Saints began their exodus from Nauvoo on February 4, 1846, in the midst of an extremely frigid winter. Actually, Brigham had intended to leave a day earlier. On February 3rd, after weeks of ordinance work in the temple, he told numerous Saints still waiting at the temple that they would have to wait until more temples were built in the West to receive their blessings, but he was going to get his wagons started and be off. He walked away from the temple expecting the crowds to disperse but they didn’t. Feeling unable to leave so many without such blessings, he returned and resumed his work in the House of the Lord. The exodus for hundreds of Saints would have to wait while Brigham and other authorities continued their temple work.
HC, 7:579
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