Joseph Smith
What did Joseph
Smith carry on his person at all times to inform him if the plates were in
danger?
A)
The Liahona
B)
The Urim and Thummim
C)
Hiram Page’s seer stone
D)
Contact information to Palmyra’s psychic
Yesterday’s
answer:
(A)
An umbrella
On
June 6, 1848, just west of Winter Quarters, where the Elkhorn River flows into
the Platte, the Heber C. Kimball Company engaged in a battle with the attacking
Omaha Indians. Four natives were killed and two of the Saints badly wounded.
After the engagement the natives found a Dr. Jesse Brailey alone on the wrong
side of the Elkhorn River. Immediately one of the Indians raised and pointed
his rifle at Dr. Brailey. All Jesse Brailey could do was raise his umbrella as
if in the act of returning fire. Luckily, it worked. He was able to scare off
the Omaha brave and buy enough time for himself to join himself in the safety
of the main body of the Saints.
Mormon Historical
Studies, Vol.
1, No. 1, Spring 2000, 44.
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