any kind of doctrine, no matter how false, the
people will swallow it down, but let a stranger come
and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which will save
the people, as Mr. Woodruff has done, and the people
are afraid of him.
Mr. invited me home, bought a book
of Mormon, and was soon baptized, and several others followed
his example.
I.SD July 14, I wrote a letter to , and
sent him a list of subscribers, and o for the Messenger and
advocate, and a detail of my mission in the South.
18th, I rode in company with to a
ferry on the ; there ferryman was absent, we
were offered the use of the boat, & ferried ourselves, but
not being much used to the business, and loosing one oar
in the river, and having to row with one ^a^ broken oar, we
landed a great distance below the usual place with a
high circulation of blood and blistered hands, but our horses
leapt the bank and we went on our way to the ,
which we swam and spent the night at
30th, we rode to ^preached at^ Mr. , and preached
at his house, also on Sunday the 31st, ^where^ we were threatened
with ^by^ a mob; I baptized Mr. Crider amid the scoffs of
the rabble, they did not mob us, but ^who^ went in the night
and poisoned both of our horses, the one which I rode
belonging to bro. , which died in 2 days afterwards,
brother Smoot's recovedred, the hogs ^swine^ which ^that^ eat of the horse
flesh also died.
Augt. 11 I met with and his
; he and bro. had been driven out of into
and Elder Parrish had left for
29th. We were visited by Elders
and , from Mo. and
Sep. 2, We held a conference at
Callaway Co., Kentucky; several branches were represented, containing
any kind of doctrine, no matter how false, the
people will swallow it down, but let a stranger come
and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which will save
the people, as Mr. Woodruff has done, and the people
are afraid of him.
Mr. invited me home, bought a book
of Mormon, and was soon baptized, and several others followed
his example.
I.SD July 14, I wrote a letter to , and
sent him a list of subscribers, for the Messenger and
advocate, and a detail of my mission in the South.
18th, I rode in company with to a
ferry on the ; the ferryman was absent, we
were offered the use of the boat, & ferried ourselves, but
not being much used to the business, and losing one oar
in the river, and having to row with a broken oar, we
landed a great distance below the usual place with a
high circulation of blood and blistered hands, but our horses
leapt the bank and we went on our way to the ,
which we swam and spent the night at
30th, we preached at Mr. ,
, also on Sunday the 31st, where we were threatened
by a mob; I baptized Mr. Crider amid the scoffs of
the rabble,, who went in the night
and poisoned both of our horses, the one which I rode
belonging to bro. , died in 2 days afterwards,
brother Smoot's recovered, the swine that eat of the horse
flesh also died.
Augt. 11 I met with and
; he and bro. had been driven out of into
and Elder Parrish had left for
29th. We were visited by Elders
and , from Mo.
Sep. 2, We held a conference at
Callaway Co., Kentucky; several branches were represented, containing