D&C 42:64, dated February 9, 1831, speaks of forthcoming secret combinations and the need to warn the people in the east "to flee to the west."
Section 42:64, Doctrine and Covenants, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed August 2, 2024
64 And even now, let him that goeth to the east teach them that shall be converted to flee to the west, and this in consequence of that which is coming on the earth, and of secret combinations.