HISTORY
OF
WILFORD WOODRUFF.
-[FROM HIS OWN PEN.]-
—We called at the Har-
mony mission, and had an interview
with the President, a Presbyterian minister. Although it was near sun-
down, he would neither give us any-
thing to eat, nor lodge us, because we
were "Mormons." It was fifteen
miles to the nearest house, which was Jerrew's Indian trading house. We
asked the minister to direct us there.
He gave us directions, but the Spirit
said to me he was deceiving us. I
asked him three times, and he declared
he was telling us the truth. We
followed his directions, and we came
to the Osage river swamp, where we
were lost in the darkness of the night.
We followed the river, but as it is
very crooked, we made but little pro-
gress. After travelling through mud
and water for one hour, we concluded
to go out on the open prairie, and lie
down in the grass until morning; but
when we got out into the prairie, we
heard the Osage Indians' drum and
shout at the trading house, as they
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HISTORY
OF
WILFORD WOODRUFF.
[FROM HIS OWN PEN.]
—We called at the Harmony mission, and had an interview
with the President, a Presbyterian
minister. Although it was near sundown, he would neither give us anything to eat, nor lodge us, because we
were "Mormons." It was fifteen
miles to the nearest house, which was
Jerrew's Indian trading house. We
asked the minister to direct us there.
He gave us directions, but the Spirit
said to me he was deceiving us. I
asked him three times, and he declared
he was telling us the truth. We
followed his directions, and we came
to the Osage river swamp, where we
were lost in the darkness of the night.
We followed the river, but as it is
very crooked, we made but little progress. After travelling through mud
and water for one hour, we concluded
to go out on the open prairie, and lie
down in the grass until morning; but
when we got out into the prairie, we
heard the Osage Indians' drum and
shout at the trading house, as they
