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Show very uncomfortable, ,, couldn't put his finger onjt. not at first. He knew one ftkjg Mormomsm was not apB ligion, but a very active ot individuals set out tofulfifC! ecy. Orson Pratt was bebfb Palestine to dedicate that! the return of the jews,),' ment of biblical prophecy, (To be coif And for a time "the Mormons got along with their neighbors, except those to the southwest in Missouri where Boggs lost his re-election campaign for governor. Voters were furious over construction overruns on the new state capitol building. There were accusations of kickbacks and payoffs by subcontractors subcon-tractors to the governor. But through it all an endless stream of warrants were issued in an effort to bring Joseph Smith back to Missouri Mis-souri to stand trial. Joseph and his Nauvoo Legion were constantly on the lookout for Missouri law officers offi-cers attempting to serve questionable question-able papers. After one particularly close call in 1841 involving a rescue by the Nauvoo legion in the nick of time, Joseph prophesied that within a year, Lilburn Boggs would die by violent hands. All of Nauvoo celebrated as both Mormon and non-Mormon newspapers news-papers published the prophecy to the world. Probably the only Mormon who didn't cheer the prophecy was Orrin Porter Rockwell. Rock-well. Port disliked Boggs as much as anyone, perhaps more than most. Still, there was something about the prophecy that made Port |