7th & took the stage for the South
Country at 8 oclok this morning I spent the morning
in wattering I went to the at 11 oclock I met with
Elder Danea He had made a statement while
in to that when my life was preserved
on the night of the 5 day of July 1848 by moving my
carriage from an impression which I had to move
it, also to move my mules from an oak tree standing
beside the road, Both of which I done (see my Journal
of July 5 1848) He says that He had the impression &
urged me during the afternoon several times to do it
he also sayes that my mules were turned out & not at
the tree both of these statements are incorrect acor-
ding to my best knowledge & belief & recollection & the
account of my Journal, & testimony of my Journal
written next morning & testimony of my &
, both of which were present, I told
Brother Dana that I considered his statement not
true I havd no recollection of his saying any thing
about it untill I named it to him, and I knew I
moved my mules from the tree & tied them in a
Hickory grove whare I found them in the morning
He had been to the trouble of making a New Journal
whare he had detailed the account at great length
apparently to esstablish his version of the story But
I am of the impression that he has told the story so
often that He received a Revelation by which my life
was preserved that He either believes it to be true
or wishes to try to maintain what what He has stated
so often. He did not move the waggon in which he slep
himself and the tree fell in about 1 foot of it, I felt
thankful to the Lord for preserving my life & I wish
to give Brother Dana all the credit which belong to him
in the affair But I have No recollection of his saying
a word about it to me untill I named it to him
Neither has any one who was with me any recollection
of it this I told him & we parted both of firm in
our own belief I spent the afternoon in the office
