river, as far as our vision could extend, and the
scenery was truly delightful. On the tops of the
mounds were stones which personated the
apperance of three altars, one above the other, accord-
ing to the ancient order, and the remains of bones
were shown over the surface of the ground.
Wilford Woodruff says, "this mound was con-
sidered three hundred feet above the Illinois
river, we had a shovel and a hoe with us,
and while we were desending the mound, the
Prophet Joseph stopped suddenly and pointed
to the ground and said. "Brotherin dig in there."
And when we had dug one foot we uncovered the
skeleton of a man, which was entire, and in a
good state of perservation, and between his ribs
in the back bone was found the stone point
of a lamanitish arrow, whiched produced his
death. Milton Homes took the arrow out of
the back bone, also one of the thigh bones which
had been broken, and took it to camp, and
put it into my wagon; and at noon while
resting in camp, the Prophet Joseph, while
lying in his wagon, was rap[p]ed in vision,
and the history of this man whoes body we
discovered, was shown unto him. His name
was Zelph he was a white lamanite, a large
thick set man, and a man of God. The

river, as far as our vision could extend, and the scenery was truly delightful. On the tops of the mounds were stones which personated the apperance of three altars, one above the other, according to the ancient order, and the remains of bones were shown over the surface of the ground. Wilford Woodruff says, "this mound was considered three hundred feet above the Illinois river, we had a shovel and a hoe with us, and while we were desending the mound, the Prophet Joseph stopped suddenly and pointed to the ground and said. "Brotherin dig in there." And when we had dug one foot we uncovered the skeleton of a man, which was entire, and in a good state of perservation, and between his ribs in the back bone was found the stone point of a lamanitish arrow, whiched produced his death. Milton Homes took the arrow out of the back bone, also one of the thigh bones which had been broken, and took it to camp, and put it into my wagon; and at noon while resting in camp, the Prophet Joseph, while lying in his wagon, was rapped in vision, and the history of this man whoes body we discovered, was shown unto him. His name was Zelph he was a white lamanite, a large thick set man, and a man of God. The