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. Alexander 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 Oliver Cowdery, 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 A. O. Smoot to a
ferry on the Tennessee river; 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 Sandy,
which we swam and spent the night at Thomas Frazer's

30th, we rode to ^preached at^ Mr. David Crider's, 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. Samuel West, 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 D. W. Patten and his
wife; he and bro. Parrish had been driven out of Benton into
Henry Co. and Elder Parrish had left for Kirtland

29th. We were visited by Elders T. B. Marsh
and E. H. Groves, from Caldwell Co. Mo. and

Sep. 2, We held a conference at Damon's creek
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. Alexander 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 Oliver Cowdery, 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 A. O. Smoot to a ferry on the Tennessee river; 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 Sandy, which we swam and spent the night at Thomas Frazer's

30th, we preached at Mr. David Crider's, , 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. Samuel West, died in 2 days afterwards, brother Smoot's recovered, the swine that eat of the horse flesh also died.

Augt. 11 I met with D. W. Patten and wife; he and bro. Parrish had been driven out of Benton into Henry Co. and Elder Parrish had left for Kirtland

29th. We were visited by Elders T. B. Marsh and E. H. Groves, from Caldwell Co. Mo.

Sep. 2, We held a conference at Damon's creek Callaway Co., Kentucky; several branches were represented, containing