Saving himself from the Natives

On June 6, 1848 the Heber C. Kimball Company engaged in battle with the Omaha Indians at the meeting of the Elkhorn and Platte Rivers. What did Dr. Jesse Brailey successfully use to defend himself?

A)                 An umbrella

B)                 Bowie knife

C)                 A pot and pan

D)                 Disguised himself as a woman

Yesterday’s answer:

(D)   34

In 1848 a group of Saints from Mississippi, 56 whites and 34 African-Americans entered Winter Quarters on their way to the Salt Lake Valley.

Mormon Historical Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, Spring 2000, p. 44.