man that will sell milk. I could
have let you had more if I had
known that you were coming"; and
he further said; "You have many ene-
mies about here and you may meet
with some trouble and it is a dam'd
shame that every man can't come
up and enjoy his religion and
everything else without being molested."
It was near noon when we fin-
ished our breakfast and we passed
on in fine spirits determined to go
through and meet the brethren in
Clay County. We travelled but a short
distance when one wagon broke down
and the wheels ran off from others
and there seemed to be many things to
hinder our progress although we strove
with all diligence to speed our way
forward. This evening we camped
on an elevated piece of land be-
tween Little Fishing and Big Fishing
Rivers which was(?) formed by seven
small streams or branches. As we hal-
ted and were making preparations
for the night, five men armed with
guns, two of whom had swords rode
into our camp and told us we should

man that will sell milk. I could have let you had more if I had known that you were coming"; and he further said; "You have many enemies about here and you may meet with some trouble and it is a dam'd shame that every man can't come up and enjoy his religion and everything else without being molested." It was near noon when we finished our breakfast and we passed on in fine spirits determined to go through and meet the brethren in Clay County. We travelled but a short distance when one wagon broke down and the wheels ran off from others and there seemed to be many things to hinder our progress although we strove with all diligence to speed our way forward. This evening we camped on an elevated piece of land between Little Fishing and Big Fishing Rivers which was(?) formed by seven small streams or branches. As we halted and were making preparations for the night, five men armed with guns, two of whom had swords rode into our camp and told us we should