Latter Day Saints
Symptoms of Death--No Hopes of Living--Ponca Manner of Burying the Dead--Dread of Having my Body Mangled by the Wolves--Decide to Bargain with the Indians to Cut up my Body and Take it to my Friends--Happy Assurance that I should Live, etc.
I thought it easy enough for a "Mormon" to be a preacher. I considered it no wonder that Brother Jedediah M. Grant was such a splendid speaker. I never afterwards expected to ha...
27. CHAPTER II.It was the good fortune of Elder Grant to be the first to open the door of salvation to the people of South-Western Virginia, upon whom he made an impression that time does not...
18. CHAPTER III.Two hours before the Indians left for their winter hunting ground a few of the chiefs came to Bishop Miller to smoke the pipe of peace with him and our camp. This pipe of peace...
22. CHAPTER VII.The lodges, during our stay on the Upper Forks of the Running Water River, were made comfortably warm by banking up dry sod three feet high around them. Inside of the lodges, th...
24. CHAPTER IX.Soon after Christmas we had a visit from a party of Brules. The chief of this nation was a fine-looking man, about sixty years of age. He has died since then. His name was _Wah-...
26. CHAPTER I.REPUTATION AS A READY SPEAKER--PUTTING HIM TO THE TEST--SERMON FROM A BLANK TEXT--ENTHUSIASM AT THE CLOSE OF IT--A COLLECTION PROPOSED--THE MINISTER OBJECTS TO PASSING THE HAT--...
21. CHAPTER VI.I suffered much pain at times with the sores that covered my right side, from my face all the way down to my ankle; but, strange to say, the swelling on my knee, which would inc...
17. CHAPTER II.Brother James Emmett, one of our party, understood a little of the Sioux language, and one of the Ponca chiefs could converse in this language. Brother Emmett was asked to find...
25. CHAPTER X.CHOSEN TO GO AS ENVOY TO THE CAMP OF THE SAINTS--A SOLITARY JOURNEY--SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF WOLVES--PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE--HAPPY SIGHT, A YOKE OF OXEN--TEARS OF JOY--MEET...
23. CHAPTER VIII.SYMPTOMS OF DEATH--NO HOPES OF LIVING--PONCA MANNER OF BURYING THE DEAD--DREAD OF HAVING MY BODY MANGLED BY THE WOLVES--DECIDE TO BARGAIN WITH THE INDIANS TO CUT UP MY BODY AND...
29. CHAPTER II.VISIT TO A BAPTIST MEETING--ABUSE OF THE VARIOUS CHURCHES, ESPECIALLY THE "MORMONS"--BOASTED BIBLE-NAME AND RELIGION--RETURN TO THE TEXT--THE "HARD-SHELL" WAIL--REPLY TO THE FAL...
20. CHAPTER V.At this time we had an abundance of buffalo, deer and elk meat, killing from five to forty buffaloes in one day, and as I have witnessed several of these buffalo hunts, I will t...
16. CHAPTER I.A few days after the organization of the "Mormon" Battalion, and when it had left Council Bluffs for Fort Leavenworth, it was decided in the council of the authorities of the Ch...
30. CHAPTER III.MINISTERS APPOINT A MEETING TO EXPOSE "MORMONISM"--WE APPOINT ONE FOR THE SAME PURPOSE, AND THE SAMEDAY--MINISTERS FAIL TO APPEAR--OTHERS PREACH INSTEAD--WE FOLLOW--A BAPTIST AT...
19. CHAPTER IV.The part of the country we were traveling in was so rough and hilly that it was impossible to travel with a wagon, so Brothers Kay and Bainbridge concluded to leave, which they...
28. CHAPTER I.I am writing from a place (Mount Airy, Surry County, N. C.) that I visited as a missionary first in 1868. Then I labored in company with Howard K. Coray, in this and Stokes Coun...
31. CHAPTER IV.Never shall I forget the first time I was called upon to make an effort to preach the gospel. It was in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in the month of June, 1844.
15. CHAPTER V.Surrounded by Indians--Prepare for an Attack--Sign of Peace--A Letter--Pipe of Peace--Three of us Accompany the Indians to their Camp--Chagrin at the Repulse--Road Swept Clear o...
11. CHAPTER II.Elder J. M. Grant Challenged to Debate--Boone's Hill Chosen as the Place--His Antagonist gets Six Ministers to Help him--Demoralized Ministers send for Another to Assist them--I...
7. CHAPTER VIII.Symptoms of Death--No Hopes of Living--Ponca Manner of Burying the Dead--Dread of Having my Body Mangled by the Wolves--Decide to Bargain with the Indians to Cut up my Body and...
9. CHAPTER X.Chosen to go as an Envoy to the Camp of the Saints--A Solitary Journey--Surrounded by Thousands of Wolves--Providential Deliverance--Happy Sight, a Yoke of Oxen--Tears of Joy--M...
10. CHAPTER I.Reputation as a Ready Speaker--Putting him to the Test--Sermon from a Blank Text--Enthusiasm at the Close of it--A Collection Proposed--The Minister Objects to Passing the Hat--...
14. CHAPTER III.Ministers Appoint a Meeting to Expose "Mormonism"--We Appoint one for the Same Purpose, and the Same Day--Ministers Fail to Appear--Others Preach Instead--We Follow--A Baptist A...
13. CHAPTER II.Visit to a Baptist Meeting--Abuse of the Various Churches, Especially the "Mormons"--Boasted Bible-name and Religion--Return to the Text--"Hard-Shell" Wail--Reply to False Asser...
2. CHAPTER II.5. CHAPTER VI.8. CHAPTER IX.1. CHAPTER I.3. CHAPTER IV.6. CHAPTER VII.4. CHAPTER V.12. CHAPTER I.