sister Emma Smith who had taken up her abode for a season
with her children at the house of sister Cleaveland

Sister Smith had passed through a scene of
severe affliction since I last saw her and even at this time
Joseph her husband was in prison with other of the Saints

^We^ I took dinner with sister Emma and afterwards
we rode to Quincy a distance of 4 miles

Here an interesting scene was met. I first called
at the house occupied by Father and Mother Smith the
parents of Joseph and also by his brothers Samuel and Carlos
and their families.

The street was the next scene and here
I met on every hand the Saints with whom I had been
formerly acquainted. There were Petty, Alexander, Smoot,
and their families from the South; and there were Brigham
Young, John Taylor, J. P. Green and most all the other
Kirtland Saints. Soon brother Jonathan Hale came
along with a shovel on his back and gave me a "How
do you do brother Woodruff?"

I saw so many old friends that I hardly
knew who to go home with first. Finally I concluded
to go home and spend the night with Brother Jonathan

We had an interesting time together in talking
over our travels upon the Islands of the sea. He also gave
me an account of the sufferings of himself and family and
of the sufferings of the Saints in Missouri during the
past winter.

The inhabitants of Missouri had become
transformed into a State mob with Governor Bogg at
their head. They came from time to time upon the
Saints in battle array. Our people were shot down by
them like wild beast others were butchered in cold blood
and some had their brains knocked out after they were taken
prisoners. The soldiers also shot down the cattle cows
and hogs of the Saints for the mere purpose of destroying
them.

At times the Saints stood in their own defence
and some of their enemies fell before them. In consequence
of this the Governor of Missouri issued orders for the

sister Emma Smith who had taken up her abode for a season with her children at the house of sister Cleaveland

Sister Smith had passed through a scene of severe affliction since I last saw her and even at this time Joseph her husband was in prison with other of the Saints

We I took dinner with sister Emma and afterwards we rode to Quincy a distance of 4 miles

Here an interesting scene was met. I first called at the house occupied by Father and Mother Smith the parents of Joseph and also by his brothers Samuel and Carlos and their families.

The street was the next scene and here I met on every hand the Saints with whom I had been formerly acquainted. There were Petty, Alexander, Smoot, and their families from the South; and there were Brigham Young, John Taylor, J. P. Green and most all the other Kirtland Saints. Soon brother Jonathan Hale came along with a shovel on his back and gave me a "How do you do brother Woodruff?"

I saw so many old friends that I hardly knew who to go home with first. Finally I concluded to go home and spend the night with Brother Jonathan

We had an interesting time together in talking over our travels upon the Islands of the sea. He also gave me an account of the sufferings of himself and family and of the sufferings of the Saints in Missouri during the past winter.

The inhabitants of Missouri had become transformed into a State mob with Governor Bogg at their head. They came from time to time upon the Saints in battle array. Our people were shot down by them like wild beast others were butchered in cold blood and some had their brains knocked out after they were taken prisoners. The soldiers also shot down the cattle cows and hogs of the Saints for the mere purpose of destroying them.

At times the Saints stood in their own defence and some of their enemies fell before them. In consequence of this the Governor of Missouri issued orders for the