followed by Elder Brown: during our preaching there was a hard snow
storm.

We arrived at Petty John Creek, in the Arkansas Territory, where
Mr. Alexander Akeman resided with a large family of sons and one
daughter, all of which who^m^ were settled around him, Mr Akeman, ^stet^ was a
member of the church ^he^ and a part of his family, were members of the
church in Jackson Co.; his wife died strong in the faith in Mo.; & his
whole family were mobbed, and some of his sons were whipped severely;
but he could not stand the persecution and the loss of his property,
he moved to Arkansas to get rid of Mormonism, had apostatized, and
was bitter against the work; when we called upon him, he opposed
us strongly, — spoke against the leaders of the church and the book of
Mormon, he had one son who received us, and had a little faith, I
had a ^the following^ dreamed the night before I ^we^ went there. concerning what we should
meet with, and what would transpire. " I dreamed that we were re-
quired to walk in a strai^gh^t narrow path, and while following the path
it lead to the door of a house, which was placed in a high wall which ^that^ we
could not get around; as I opened the door to go through, I saw the
room ^was^ filled with ^large serpents.^ snakes, I proceeded ^entered,^ and they all coiled up to jump
at me; as they made a spring to bite me, they all fell dead at my
feet, turned black, swelled up, burst open, took fire and were consumed
before my eyes.

We met with much opposition not only by ^from^ Mr. Akeman
but from ^&^ many in the neighborhood, Elder Brown wished to leave
the place immediately; I told him I should stay and see my dream
fulfilled. We staid in the neighborhood 25 days, during which time,
the Lord brought judgment upon those who threatened to mob ^& kill^ us;
many of them died suddenly, while we were there, and I was
warned three times by the Lord to go to Mr. Akeman and bear
testimony unto him of the truth of Mormonism and the wickedness
of his course in opposing it, and the last time I called upon him
he was filled with wrath against me, and when I left his house
he followed me in a rage, apparently with some evil intent; when I
had got a few rods from his door, he was nearly treading on my
heels, he ^&^ fell dead at my feet, as though he had been struck with

followed by Elder Brown: during our preaching there was a snow storm.

We arrived at Petty John Creek, in Arkansas, where Mr. Alexander Akeman resided with a large family of sons and one daughter, settled around him,, stet a part of his family were members of the church in Jackson Co.; his wife died strong in the faith in Mo.; his whole family were mobbed, and some of his sons were whipped severely; but he could not stand the persecution and the loss of his property, he moved to Arkansas to get rid of Mormonism, had apostatized, and was bitter against the work; when we called upon him, he opposed us strongly, — spoke against the leaders of the church and the book of Mormon, he had one son who received us, and had a little faith, I dreamed the night before . . that we were required to walk in a straight narrow path, and while following the path it led to the door of a house, which was placed in a high wall that we could not get around; as I opened the door to go through, I saw the room was filled with large serpents., I entered, and they all coiled up to jump at me; as they made a spring to bite me, they all fell dead at my feet, turned black, swelled up, burst open, took fire and were consumed before my eyes.

We met with much opposition from Mr. Akeman & many in the neighborhood, Elder Brown wished to leave the place immediately; I told him I should stay and see my dream fulfilled. We staid in the neighborhood 25 days, during which time, the Lord brought judgment upon those who threatened to mob & kill us; many of them died suddenly,, and I was warned three times by the Lord to go to Mr. Akeman and bear testimony unto him of the truth of Mormonism and the wickedness of his course in opposing it, and the last time I called upon him he was filled with wrath against me, and when I left his house he followed me in a rage, apparently with some evil intent; when I had got a few rods from his door, he was nearly treading on my heels, & fell dead at my feet, as though he had been struck with