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Show FORTY YEARS AMONG THE INDIANS. 35 sport of. There were a number listening and ridi-culing the book. I was some distance away, lying alone in the shade. I though I might enjoy the fun with the rest and crawled up nearer. When I got within hearing distance something was being read about God revealing Himself, telling certain ones what to do. This had a peculiar effect on my mind. My oft- repeated prayer asking for this very thing came to my mind. I had heard but very little of their reading, for just as I came within hearing distance some one took the book from the mobocrat and read the account of Joseph and Hyrum's martyrdom. On hearing this I believe I felt just as the Saints did when they first heard of the murder of the prophets at Carthage. The feeling that came upon me at that time was that they were men of God and were murdered by wicked men just as it was there recorded. At once the desire came over me to get away from those who were exulting over their death, and deriding the revelations that I thought might be true. So I determined to stop and see who the Mormons were. I asked the first teamster that passed to take me to the fort, about two miles distant, as I wished to see if I could find some one to take care of me. After being helped on the wagon, the owner, Thomas Ross, asked me a few questions then remarked, " You had better remain in Utah, my son, and you will soon be a Mormon." This seemed strange to me, for according to my idea he might as well have said, " You will be a China-man." I asked how that could possibly be? He replied, " By obedience to the gospel and bap-tism." I asked if the Mormons had a religion. |