and <​my​> friends <​& I​> also. the sheriff then showed <​me​> the and he found it had no <​neither​> day or date to it, and said the inhabitants of would be surprised that the prisoners had not left them sooner, and said he by G——d I shall not go much further. further says “we were then near yellow creek and there were no houses <​nearer​> one way nearer than 16 miles & 11 miles another way, except right on the creek here the a part of the guard took a spree while the balance of them helped them us to mount our horses which we purchased of them and for which <​they were paid​> <​There here we took a change of venue &​> we have since paid them From thence we <​to​> reach we <​​> without difficulty reached where we found our families who had been driven out of the under the exterminating order of . further saith that he <​I​> never knew of Jos Smith holding any office civil or military or using and any undue influence in religious matters during the whole of routine of which I he <​I​> has <​have​> been speaking. has hastily