29 I spent the day in the office in the fore part of the day I
attended the meeting in the Social Hall President Young spoke
in the power of God & expressed his feelings upon the subject
of our present position & the feelings of the world against
us it did my soul good to hear him He was followed by
H. C Kimball & D. H Wells who spoke to the edifycation
of the people He was followed by W. Woodruff who said
that He had faith in the doctrin taught by President Young
for the rising generation to go on foot instead of Hors back
I said that I knew the good of it by experience I traveled
1200 miles on foot & averaged 40 miles a day then waided the
Missisippi swamp from Little Rock Ark to Memphis Tenn
200 miles & ownly 16 miles out of water one day walked
60 miles & while on the Journey walked 72 miles without eating
& when I got to Eagle Creek with Parish I believed I could
have killed any horse I ever saw walking to have followed
it. How will it be here should we have to go to the mountains
we might ride our Horses to the mountains then we would
have to leave them for we would have to go to many places
whare our Horses could not go there is another thing I want
to speak of we know how things have been in Nauvoo
Joseph & Hiram the leaders of the people were killed if that
cotime ever comes again when the Leaders of this people
are called for I am opposed to thare being given up
I do not care what the consequences are for if any have
got to die let it be some of the rest of us who are not of
as much consequences as they are but I want them
to live to lead Israel as long as their is any body to lead
let us obey council in all things & if necessary go into
the mountains & we will increase untill the wicked
will say let us not go against Zion to Battle for her
sons are terrible & we cannot stand. There was a good
spirit pervaded the whole meeting. J. V. Long reported the
speeches of the Presidency.
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Phelps said that the man the who was [at] Clay County Court House who said He would kill Jo Smith & if the Turkey Buzzards did not eat out his eyes they should cut out his own. Phelps stood within a few feet of him while going home the boat sunk He was drowned floated upon some flood wood the Buzzards eat out his eyes & his flesh Phelps saw his body after this was done & a man said He had fulfilled his own Prophesy.
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