Red and Black Ink

When early member Warren Foote was shown the hieroglyphics that would be translated into our current Pearl of Great Price, he noticed that they were written in black and red ink. What did the red ink represent?

a.      Important information from Abraham

b.      Errors detected in the manuscript by Moses

c.       Information pertaining to the priesthood

d.      It really meant nothing other than a decorative way to write

Yesterday’s answer:

A.      The 1^st Regiment from Omaha, Nebraska returning home

The following from the journal of Jesse N. Smith dated July 27, 1864:

Plodding along the Muddy River, often sticking on bars as the water was very low. We had on board the relics of the Nebraska 1^st Regiment retuning from the war. There were only a part of their original number, and some of them had been wounded; they were going to Omaha to be mustered out.

Oliver R. Smith, ed., The Journal of Jesse Nathaniel Smith-1834-1906 (Provo: Jesse N. Smith Family Assn., 1970), 170.