as he could each jump. I told him not to be frightened as we were travellers
& friends & did not wish to hurt him but wished to stop with him him
over night, when he came to his senses we as he gave us permission to
stop with him till morning if we would take the bare floor as he did then
we excepted, we asked for something to eat as we had walked 60 miles with[out] eating a
morsel of food. He said he had nothing for us said that hed had got to kill
game for his breakfast in the morning. He said the cause of his fright was he
he had shot a large panther dead a few nights before standing in his door, & he thought
his mate had lit upon him. We lay down upon the bear floor & we were
glad of this place as it soon began to rain & rained hard through the night
we arose in the morning & went on in the rain 12 miles to a Mr Conners
who was also in the Jackson County mob who gave us a breakfast but damned
us while we were eating because we were mormons & when we had finished a
hearty breakfast we thanked him very politely for it and went our way and left him swareing
^We did feel thankful for it for we had walked 72 miles without any thing food but very little^
^see page apart 2 page 11^
We continued travelling preaching by the way without stoping ownly over night, ^or on the^ ^Sabbath^ untill
we got to Petty John Creek in the Arkansas Territory. Here Mr Allexander
Akeman resided with a large family of sons & one daughter all of which we
settelled around him Mr Akeman was a member of the Church in Jackson
County & a part of his family, his wife died strong in the faith in Missouri,
his whole family was mobed some of his sons were whiped severly. But he could
not stand the persecution & the loss of his property. He moved to Arkansas
to get rid of mormonism had apostitised & was bitter against the work, when
we called upon him he opposed us strongly, spoke against the leaders of the Church
& the Book of Mormon. He had one son who received us & had a little
faith I had a dream the night before I went there what we should meet with
& what would transpire. ^relate the dream^ When we met with opposition not ownly by Mr Akeman
but from many in the neighborhood Elder Brown wished to leave the place immediately
& continue his journey I told him I should stay & see my dream fulfilled
we staid in the neighborhood 25 days during which time the Lord brought judgment
upon those who had threatened to mob us & take our lives many of them died suddenly
while we were there and I was warned three times of the Lord to go with Mr
Akeman & bear testimony unto him of the truth of Mormonism & the wickedness
of his course in opposing it & the last time I called upon ^him^ he was filled with wrath
against me & when I left his house he followed me in a rage apparently with some
evil intent when a few rod I had got a few rods from his door he was nearly
treading upon my heels he fell dead at my feet as though he had been
struck with a thunder bolt ^lightning^. He immediately began to swell & turned black

as he could each jump. I told him not to be frightened as we were travellers & friends & 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 then we excepted, we asked for something to eat as we had walked 60 miles without eating a morsel of food. He said he had nothing for us said that he had got to kill game for his breakfast in the morning. He said the cause of his fright was he he had shot a large panther dead a few nights before standing in his door, & he thought his mate had lit upon him. We lay down upon the bear floor & we were glad of this place as it soon began to rain & rained through the night we arose in the morning & went on in the rain 12 miles to a Mr Conners who was also in the Jackson County mob who gave us a breakfast but damned us while we were eating because we were mormons & when we had finished a hearty breakfast we thanked him very politely for it and went our way and left him swareing We did feel thankful for it for we had walked 72 miles without food see page apart 2 page 11 We continued travelling preaching by the way without stoping ownly over night, or on the Sabbath untill we got to Petty John Creek in the Arkansas Territory. Here Mr Allexander Akeman resided with a large family of sons & one daughter all of which we settelled around him Mr Akeman was a member of the Church in Jackson County & a part of his family, his wife died strong in the faith in Missouri, his whole family was mobed some of his sons were whiped severly. But he could not stand the persecution & the loss of his property. He moved to Arkansas to get rid of mormonism had apostitised & was bitter against the work, when we called upon him he opposed us strongly, spoke against the leaders of the Church & the Book of Mormon. He had one son who received us & had a little faith I had a dream the night before I went there what we should meet with & what would transpire. relate the dream When we met with opposition not ownly by Mr Akeman but from many in the neighborhood Elder Brown wished to leave the place immediately & continue his journey I told him I should stay & see my dream fulfilled we staid in the neighborhood 25 days during which time the Lord brought judgment upon those who had threatened to mob us & take our lives many of them died suddenly while we were there and I was warned three times of the Lord to go with Mr Akeman & bear testimony unto him of the truth of Mormonism & the wickedness of his course in opposing it & the last time I called upon him he was filled with wrath against me & 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 upon my heels he fell dead at my feet as though he had been struck with lightning. He immediately began to swell & turned black