faith, had but just got out of hearing before I was accused from the stand by
who would be big of beging the mission of Br Joseph who to passify me gave
his consent and that I run away from Nauvoo to get rid of fighting and that he
could chase me all over Nauvoo with a plug of tobacco. I acknowlege I am afraid
of tobacco but should have no fear of the person for I believe he was to lazy to
have chased me all over Nauvoo, he pitched into me largely on many occations
but I care very little about the whole. I did not so much wonder at this having
been with him for four weeks after the death of Br Joseph and I do not recolect
of hearing him use the pronoun we when speaking of the twelve for the first time
but got the pronoun I so comploetely to perpection that I consider^e^d myself out
all together. I soon learnt that I was cut off from the church but never learnt
what it was for, after learning this I found I had no where to go but to my
beloved Br Joseph and to the Saviour with the former I have had many com-
munications face to face without a dimning vail between, and received many
good instructions this has been to me fully satisfactory, and as I am a litt[l]e
timid about meeting men ^with^ such dangerous we^a^pons I have kept one steady
course doing what I considered my duty according to my ordinations. I will
now proceed to answer your questions according to the best of my recolection, as to
Military or civil offices I could have had as much as I pleased when I was young
if I had aspired after it therefore I never went higher than corporal, sergent, Cap,
and so on, after the county Coldwell was set off I consented to run for Col, of which
I received a unanimous voice, at Nauvoo I receeved 2 commissions one of Brig.
Gen, and one of Brevt, Maj. Gen. I have held the office of Chief Justice since I have
been in Texas in Glaspie County where the other inhabitants ware duble that of
the mormons this comprises about all the civil offices of my life.

As to church offices I have nentioned two in my journal first an Elder
and then a high preaiest. In Jackson Co while the mob was raging tareir down
chimbles, tairing open the store there was much said concerning who should go
up to Independence and put a stop to the unholy work, and it was agreed
that I should take the lead and go up. I did so with 50 men and put a
stop to their unohallowed performancces. Br Patredge oberved that I was the
man for such a work and put his hands on me and ordained me to stand

faith, had but just got out of hearing before I was accused from the stand by who would be big of beging the mission of Br Joseph who to passify me gave his consent and that I run away from Nauvoo to get rid of fighting and that he could chase me all over Nauvoo with a plug of tobacco. I acknowlege I am afraid of tobacco but should have no fear of the person for I believe he was to lazy to have chased me all over Nauvoo, he pitched into me largely on many occations but I care very little about the whole. I did not so much wonder at this having been with him for four weeks after the death of Br Joseph and I do not recolect of hearing him use the pronoun we when speaking of the twelve for the first time but got the pronoun I so completly to perpection that I considered myself out all together. I soon learnt that I was cut off from the church but never learnt what it was for, after learning this I found I had no where to go but to my beloved Br Joseph and to the Saviour with the former I have had many communications face to face without a dimning vail between, and received many good instructions this has been to me fully satisfactory, and as I am a little timid about meeting men with such dangerous weapons I have kept one steady course doing what I considered my duty according to my ordinations. I will now proceed to answer your questions according to the best of my recolection, as to Military or civil offices I could have had as much as I pleased when I was young if I had aspired after it therefore I never went higher than corporal, sergent, Cap, and so on, after the county Coldwell was set off I consented to run for Col, of which I received a unanimous voice, at Nauvoo I receeved 2 commissions one of Brig. Gen, and one of Brevt, Maj. Gen. I have held the office of Chief Justice since I have been in Texas in Glaspie County where the other inhabitants ware duble that of the mormons this comprises about all the civil offices of my life.

As to church offices I have nentioned two in my journal first an Elder and then a high priest. In Jackson Co while the mob was raging tair down chimbles, tairing open the store there was much said concerning who should go up to Independence and put a stop to the unholy work, and it was agreed that I should take the lead and go up. I did so with 50 men and put a stop to their unhallowed performances. Br Patredge oberved that I was the man for such a work and put his hands on me and ordained me to stand