The initial reaction

I have shared numerous stories of encounters with the native Indians along the Mormon trail. Many of these stories are positive, some negative. What was the initial reaction of the Natives when the Saints first entered the Salt Lake Valley?

a.      Fear

b.      Animosity

c.       Friendliness

d.      Curiosity

Yesterday’s answer:

(C)   If he restored his leg, he would have three in the resurrection

Articles have been published in eastern magazines purporting to be the history of President Brigham Young, but which are the embodiment of miserable rot, yet they continue to be read and believed by many.

   For instance, one writer says that a man who had lost his leg came to President Young having faith and desiring to be healed and have his leg restored, and President Young said, “Yes, I can do it. I can give you a new leg, but if I do you will come up in the resurrection with three legs, and it is better to go through life with one than to come forth in the resurrection with three.” That is the kind of rubbish that men put out as history, and many people are gullible enough to believe it. So when you read alleged history, you do not always know when you are reading the truth.

Doctrines of Salvation, Bruce R. McConkie, ed. (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1955), 2:199.