Amid the threatenings of mobocrats to either drive or destroy us, a circumstance occurred, which, though seriously exciting at the time, afterwards afforded us much amusement. One night at about 11 o'clock, we all were suddenly aroused from sleep by the discharge of fire arms, accompanied with loud shouts, apparently about a mile distant. We supposed that our enemies had commenced their depredations by putting their threats into execution, and were making an attack on our people, and the probability was that they would visit us in turn. We immediately began to prepare for defense by barricading the doors and windows, and distributing among all the members of the family such weapons for protection as were available, viz: one sword, two or three guns, pitchforks, axes, shovels and tongs, etc. We proposed that mother take her choice, and she thought that she could do the best execution with the shovel. With no small degree of anxiety, not only for ourselves, but also in behalf of our friends situated at the point from which the exciting sounds proceeded, we kept up a sleepless watch until morning, when intelligence was brought, explaining the cause of the night alarm, as follows: A company of our brethren had been to a distant settlement to accomplish some business requisite in consequence of threatened mob violence, and on their return, having peacefully and successfully accomplished their object, discharged their fire arms, accompanied with a shout expressive of their happy success--resulting in our false alarm and subsequent amusement. Chapter VI. Wants to go on Mission.--Elder Butterfield wishes to accompany him.--They go.--Arrive in Far West on the second day.--Father Smith blesses Lorenzo.--Blindness of Thomas B. Marsh.--Leave Far West.--Meet a camp of Brethren at the Missouri River.--Construct a craft.--Started in snow storm down the river.--Perilous times.--Narrow escapes.--A savage band.--Make their escape.--Find camping place in peace.--Leave the boat and travel on foot.--Get lodging at the house of a Mobocrat.--Mobocratic narrative.--A Campbellite Preacher's Politeness.--Courtesy of a Methodist Preacher.--A crowded house.--A Donation just in time.--Saved from a Mob by his pocket Bible.--Other Mobocrats foiled.