Show JOHN LYMAN SMITH H 1 R1U Interesting Experiences of Many Years Ago ciiLili 10 i1 Ilioiiicis AID I IttrlMIt1 Jltlli III i Mlnanrl and 1rc nui In its MnrljrJom In Illinois Si GROAn Washington Co Utah June 11191 l 1 rfAVlMI TiM > uh at a late hour I desire lo I e 1 few haul > nt your disposal Ih snillli my lather woo born InN U MI II In-N II July 191781 Clarissa I > i 11 in inv mother I4M born In Leb 11 N II Jung 9711 171 > They u married Sept Id 181 i Their i I in were drone Albert born bite IM Caroline bon June Mil Idio limelf John Ijman torn Nov 1711 I s 11 1 nt the town of Potsdam SI I ui in iCo N V M iuer wan bpliled on the 911 of ja J i j rout woo ordained an lld r o in sun baptised one hear pied I i K i Alter spending coinliltrnble i I r < Jiliing and baptizing tome T iii iio cd of his fjrm In St Law Co N Y uul in May 8H re > 1 M KirtlanJ Gua Co Ohio II 1 1 iliutrtl in and around thai l place f the direction ol the Prophet j M ii taking several preaching excur incl upan the Temple I tu is nulled l by my lather on the ioifNuuy INJ In the Chagrin nicer JI Kirtlaml Ueaiina Co Ohio Oar tin I i were troren upon returning I me At thin use I bad rend all the i il Imtorii of men and countries I uld gel generally buns first In my i < Jut of school hours I carried in my i you of water for the workmen i i the UlrlUnd l Tunple walls end l when ill iilw at opened Inside the building liitctuK1 I a clan taught h l y my coutin I i smith lit lain my father moved t l > two iCount Missouri whore we iited in building AdainondlAhmin Our hiitm built il log wan located In il > int of linbr near the edie of the t I ilile A trw l hundred jarifi from our > r 1011 ird trod 1 river the ground nid I In hive dropped innately oil i ii IK lull lu thirty trot leaving II n line f Intt pcrprndicul rocks for twoor II M lull lou iimnintc nearly parallel 1 witli t ll r in r this I piece r bottom land luvetcd with a rank xrowlh of i lIy intcnpened ulth iirubbui It uw called the Grand > liitmir and xnned In width from i t a IK I out i Tub ledge formed n c 11 through I I wlmia passage I ua tel i in Imind from one lo the other I Aliin I I tub < ode of i lill we alien traced r wills HIIII ingles two or three feet iii khl Ill anglr I contilnlnt piece of in n nt potter ware all looking at If a i unit in lud swept Ihebulldlnnianay II lak r lt11 lfeali rout earthquake had spit the edge In In and lent to drilrurtloti tIne build I it tin emily traced along lit edge I and i ilfiidlnrf praiilewardi several hun Lril ket About quart r of n mile down the road tonard Hit river crossing Ihrec or lour rod to the left of the road ua a cop c ol tree and hunheii In the rent r of which wan R rained none work uutili houcd marks ol h lire coil etc I hi tilling it of the leaven and blowing II In i nf Kind and dust had rounded up this Liioll until II was ionic feet above the id Thus pine uat where the 1rophet lu I ph alil Al 11111 offered aacrilne and I < l cooed ln hit children I looked upon Ills ni a 9 u rrd pot and often used to Mo I th re nhcn ilrantei loosed along ruJll 11011 I otic occasion trait I across the road i ni I dell ulientuo mm hailed to suit ilcd me If I wa n Mormun I replied I I u i n Mormon hut hud dotibli at tin the other tart ol the bluphemout f rji They then a ked no lint I car inJ n yukon club fur 1 blot 1 them to kill snake uith Alter huiulrlni about lOIui t uwhuern my lather f wan awl anking 0 1 any quotloiisall of which Here thick hO I Inlrisiunni OhIO bliiphenn they vl 11 I uai a fool I and they would tlioot i ic then I and there I replied You cano can-o iot miIfon like at tou are the ttiuntist 1 pany but 1 nhould not think I ih re would be much honor or bravery in killing a ten year old lad They then wIshed la know III 1 woo not alrald to Uk no I replied No I have done I i none l any harm why Minulil I tmtl boy I then rode oil carting f arfuly p lrrelt lt nft bfter 1 Inch 1 1 retired to the mnaiy deli I i nd upon my korea thanked Iather lorI Ir lor-I crvliiK me nod l removing from met me-t iury sensation of hear and trembling I i hi yll had troubled me at the time I entered the copse Hire I I found the > fUr ivy of my nrly teaching lo auk ol my 1 alhlr In tiuioveui And lie would 1 1 KIte t umUmly Inning ihwe day of toil and care I a thin SilnU could not get their corn Kround the bnthren mked with a I 011 and built n boron null or corn I cnik r ttlurr mun could get 1 lair < tuple of cjit > c corn meal In Octo i r toe were compelled the mob to i uIum I county and gathered In I oil around liar Y col Calduell county Ml noun 1 UK 01 an age to ice and hear un > nialotcdii great deal that uued I I nny say I nun nut olni > i ashen or Idle A < th mobbiiiK I and driving I of the ntl I tII II hints mil their Inhuman treaiment h by Mh UII mol > i > oilt too been lold by Itulu flu ir wit neu000 and oliltr pononi Hun 01 self ntid I only I ay on reaclud Uuinry IlimoM In Iebnury H19 otlhti a hew itaya of rest mt lather > uc pe il In Kilting n unall pluc of a Mr McM Ihon at Urecn Ildlninx mile itlllu VViraiu and put itt n crop In luly uu removed to Commerce IIIIOrIMI < culled Nauvoo Unr firtl I CIoil them win in a log stable be iuiibtflg tool widow White I tome blockn f tl r ubat wu known M Iho i Temple lila k till hovel uii mad of a tnlill c ass ol crooked polci htehwren l uhlch I J I often crept irnirad of railing the quilt biir over the doorway tint part of I iimurif > i At that time wa thickly c v rtd 1 ulth bhckberry blithe mixed will oak and hud brush Our family 10 f < ail sck with chili and fever i imlllarly known us Ohio sliakes except m mother troui 1 thin Mormon home by brother urge A started UK an Apo ll on lila fiiilon to England he I bavnlg lo be wed into the wagon at he was too ek ti t walk Tina ova ill Scplumbcr JV llelore leaving he placed In my h nil his Ian quaitcr of n dollar ulth a icquctt to aet mother some tea j r The noxt dAY lo < Prophet Josrph and hi i i brother llyrum visited i a 1 nd tnnircd situ nil fjili r t l tr II ij trim I the dicta LI i I v r 1 uir wvtrhu 1 comloii t Ihv aid 1 1 in 1 th nun > ii 1 t n Lul yoU I all shall be well an tin I milevniMhe hovel June It placed h m hppeM upm iny lather feel nod iprunn I tmjn his hone from the doorway and rode lionw barefoot The nMI dy Joseph re moved fAthr to hlo own hous and nursed him until in h muverrd rllil Octobo a9 my other WM called to prul ll Ic over the Saints In Iowa and with the atslitancr of my couln Whs Sniiih we lemoved to uncle Asahel Smiths In Nashv illelowa where we resided mme weeks after which we moved to Ambrosia abs 1 miles known w the Avery or hawley aettl mesh Under l the direction i of r Joseph the Irotihet a tuwn ws laid nut anti called arahemla situated one mile from the liver went ol Nauvoo There we built a log cabin and dug a well foriyfive feet deep to water and walkd It with rock previous lo this we had d In draw all the water lined threequarters of K mil from a spring In the lone tree bind ooulhwtst nf our home by placing a barrel im a drag made of the huh It of a tree We alto fenced elno a few acres ol the prairie with a pmt and rail fence and ploughed and put In seed com Joseph olten visIted uo here a < ofjieora Here seeking to kidnap and lake lilmlo Mluuurl He used to call me and ay Johnnie now watchand II nuy siringeri com vol whistle to mea me-a 11 t ran slip Into Ihe com Held and when they ore gone give me the nlgnil and then Ill return to Illu house We built another raSm adjoining one and onehall stories high and a amaii ram II barn Near by upon tote laid oil several persons built cabins I and Incume our nar neighbors among whom were AO Smiwt Isaac Clark Dr Alphouto Young Rufus Fisher Jjlm Ddey I Ihoman R King Peter Koblnom Ilene hawley mqili Meocham lewii Ahlratt Aunt Mary Smith widow of faihei brother Silas who died in Pike county Illinois and tier I two bovs Silas S and lease N boy ol about my nonage We did the principal part of the farming In 1841 while living here rosy brother II George A returned from his mtoslon to England and married lUththebt W Iligler and 1 reauled near us Father I was nuttalned as president or the branches In Iowa In 1841 the Slake organiistlom Iowa were discontinued and father presided i XarahemU and ilnu Salntx were couruelled to gather In and around Nauvoo In the fill we moved to Nauvoo and lived In a log house of Joteph across the street south Irom the White llmue I an I acrost the Mreel mount from the I new Mention I being built j Ilift 3 in Father woo called to preside at Ramus afterwanU known at Micedonla twen tfive miles east from Nauvoo He exchanged for n residence I hit place in In Kunin irahemlalowa and moved Ihtre in the winter During the winter I attended school taught by Mauley W Green and seldom miued a word or tenon In iij I com neneed to learn the cabinet tI trade Item large of my age I won also enrolled In thin Macedonia Mace-donia troop nf the Nauvoo Legion wllliAlmon I W luhbtll captain I I attended at-tended exercises Renrrally under the direction ot 1iiit lieiilciunt llardni I Yager and went to night schools working work-ing da > t In the cabinet hop In iHji I during I the Increase nf trouble and monocracy In llaniMck couiilylllliiouorders u ere Usued for the Macedonia tronp I ol the Nanvou Legion marcli to Nauvoo The tioopi being be-ing assembled and the disiiatchet read rtllltl Captain Hibblll I made the following speech ai near as my memory serves ic men tint I you but I will not go and will soy that not one of you who start lor Nauvoo will ever reach that place alive My lather president of thin branch stepped Ii runt of the corn tony anil In a clear I distinct voice said Every nun of you that goes at the call ol the Prophet shall go and return safely and not a hllr of you heads shall be lost and I bless you In the name of the Lord The troop seventyfive In number quickly voted for Lieut Yager to take command I and In one hour we were on hoe march Ior some diys previous the rain hid been falling In torrents creeks and I slough were overflowing and the roads were inkle deep In m uiT Some six 1 or eight ol our party were mounted on horses the balance trailing behind the luggage wagons holding our arms and ammunition above our head I < as we were often walt deep In lutr boil five miles on our way we en countered a band if mounted men with red flags Hying 1 They wore toolce our number und hid gathered around ftR log house some filly yards tu the lelt ol I the road They rode around the house several sev-eral times and fired nt us as they made the circle the bullets whittling through the air and some of them plowing up the ground bore reaching our line Captain Yager plarad our men in Tile at time paces space directing each man i to load l well but hold lire until we could tee Ihrm wink just in we were nearly opposite them they took right auol broke Into a run across the prnrle toward Carthage We reached Nauvoo about daylight and encamped In front of Fosters big brick house near lite Temple Our camp equipage lion plared by the tide ol a log which reached halfway across thin street While 1 was guarding thin bag I ann Joseph the Irophrt rode up to Rue log retied hit hind lo me and inquired alter uncle and aunt He held me by the hmd mil pulled m forward ldtJ until 1 I was obliged ll to slep upon lroI log When timing his horse sideways ha draw me slip by step lo near thu end ol the log when teeing that cock foot left marks upon the bark he asked me what wni the matter with my feet I rep led the prairie gnu luau cut my shoes to pieces and wounded my feet hut they would soon be all right I noticed Unhand Un-hand he raited lo Ins lace was wet 1 and looking up I I saw bit cheekt covered with tours He I pUced hw hand on my head and silil Gnil bless you God bless yolu my dear boy und aiked If othert ol the company were In the tame plight I replied that a number of them were Turning bin fico toward Mr Lathrop at the latter came to Ilia dour of his store the I Whet Itat Lei these men have tome stows I Lttbrup smd 1 have no shiies Joseph quick reply was UI I Iliem have boots I then Joseph then turned to mo and said I Johnnie the IrootM will lie ditbandod and lh return home I skull go tod Carthage or trial under the protection nf b thin govern Then leaning toward mo with i one hand on my nr ZI he said lIave no tars for pita shall etoc Israel triumph and In peace This was thin last liin I saw and tpoke with Jostph the Irophet while living tout the Mutation and Imprntion made inion me will never be forgotten On June aolh IIIH lIme troops dttbanded aud we marched home number ol my brethren at well as myself being very thankful for the protection our boot afforded to our wounded feet feetJOHN LYMAN SMITH l |