<Joseph starts for .> <August.> <7> Tuesday morning an at a report came from to <by way of those missourians not belonging to the >. that at the Election at . yesterday. 2 or 3 of our brethren, were killed by the Missourians, and left upon the ground, <and not suffred to be interr[e]d,> and <that.> the brethrn were preventd from voting and a majority of the inhabitants of were determind to drive the saints from the .— On hearig this report. I started for to assist the brethrn accompand by, , . & 15 or 20 others, who were armed for their own protection. & the command was given, to a colonel in the Militia.— On our way we were joined by the brethren from different part— of the . some of whom were attacked by the mob. but we all reached s that night in safety.— where we found, some if <of> not all the brethren who were <Mobbed> at thefight at , with others, waiting for counsel. Here we received the cheering intellegne [intelligence] that none of the brethrn were killed, although several were badly wounded,— from the best information about 150 Mo◊◊◊. <warred> against forcee <some> 6 to 12 of the <our> brethren who fought like tigers <Lions>, and cleared the ground.— Several Missourions had their skulls cracked,— blessed be the memory of those few brethen who contended so strenuously for their constitionel [constitutional] rights— & religious freedom, againt such an overwhelming forced of unprincipled mobocrats, desperadoes
<Wednesday 8th> After spending the night in council at ’s, we called I rode out, with some others <of the brethren>, to view the situation of affairs in that region, and amongst othrs called on Justice of the peace, & Judge elect. for , who had some time prevous sold his farm to <Bro> , & received past pay according to agreement, and afterward united himself with a band of Mobbers to drive the Saints from. & prevent their settling in in .— On interrogation he confessed what he had done and in consequence of this violation of his oath as magistrate I asked <we> him to give us some satisfaction so that we might know whether he was our friend or enemy, <whether he would administer the Law in Justice,> and politely requested him to sign an agreement of peace, but sein◊ <being> as jealous [p. 3]