and three young dogs, he lay stretched out upon the bare
floor with his feet to a small fire, there was no door to the
house, but a ragged quilt hung up in the door way; it was
past 11 o'clock at night. I turned away the quilt, looked into
the house, every thing was in sound sleep, I ^&^ spoke three
times; no one stirred, not even a dog. I walked in and laid
my hands upon the man's shoulders, and spoke to him; the moment
he felt the weight of my hand, he leaped to his feet, and commenced
running around the room, leaping as high as he could each jump.
I told him not to be frightened, as we were travellers and friends
and did not wish to hurt him, but wished to stop with him
over night; when he came to his senses, he gave us permission to
stop with him till morning, if we would take the bare floor,
as he did, we asked for something to eat, as we had walked 60
miles without a morsel of food; he replied, he had nothing for us,
and assured us he had to kill game for his breakfast in the
morning. He informed us that the reason of his fright, was ^ in
consequence of his having shot a large panther dead a few nights
previous standing in his door, and he thought his mate had
lit upon him. We lay down upon the floor, and we were
glad of this place as it soon began to rain, and rained
through the night.
In the morning we arose, and went on in the rain 12
miles to a Mr. , who was also in the mob;
he gave us breakfast, but damned us while we were eating because
we were Mormons, when we had finished f a hearty breakfast, we thanked
him very politely, and went on our way leaving him swearing; we
felt thankful for breakfast, for we had walked 72 miles without
eating food. We continued travelging, preaching by the way, without ^taught from house to house^
stopping, only over night. as we journeyed.
Jan. 24, I preached at Mr. in .
Missouri, the first time we had found a congregation during our
journey, that we could converse, and preach to, in safety, and the first
time that I had ever attempted to preach ^as a missionary.^ to a congregation in the
capacity of a Priest or missionary, I had great liberty and was
and three young dogs, he lay stretched out upon the bare
floor with his feet to a small fire, there was no door to the
house, but a ragged quilt hung up in the door way; it was
past 11 o'clock at night. I turned away the quilt, looked into
the house, every thing was in sound sleep, & spoke three
times; no one stirred, not even a dog. I walked in and laid
my hands upon the man's shoulders, and spoke to him; the moment
he felt the weight of my hand, he leaped to his feet, and commenced
running around the room, leaping as high as he could each jump.
I told him not to be frightened, as we were travellers and friends
and did not wish to hurt him, but wished to stop with him
over night; when he came to his senses, he gave us permission to
stop with him till morning, if we would take the bare floor,
as he did, we asked for something to eat, as we had walked 60
miles without a morsel of food; he replied, he had nothing for us,
and assured us he had to kill game for his breakfast in the
morning. He informed us that the reason of his fright, was in
consequence of his having shot a large panther a few nights
previous standing in his door, and he thought his mate had
lit upon him. We lay down upon the floor, and we were
glad of this place as it soon began to rain and rained
through the night.
In the morning we arose, and went on in the rain 12
miles to a Mr. , who was also in the mob;
he gave us breakfast, but damned us while we were eating because
we were Mormons, when we had finished a hearty breakfast, we thanked
him very politely, and went on our way leaving him swearing; we
felt thankful for breakfast, for we had walked 72 miles without
eating food. We taught from house to house
as we journeyed.
Jan. 24, I preached at Mr. in .
Missouri, the first time we had found a congregation
we could preach to, in safety, and the first
time that I had ever attempted to preach as a missionary.
, I had great liberty and was