Adding fifteen miles from the distance from Macedon to Palmyra, we find the total distance to be traveled, all on foot, going from Whitmer's home in Seneca County, N.Y., to Kirtland, O., is three hundred and seventy miles, "preaching by the way," [139] even to Indians. [140] When we remember the time of year and the almost certainty of inclement weather and the unimproved condition of the roads in that then wild west, it could hardly be expected that Pratt, "traveling on foot" and preaching by the way, could reach Kirtland before the middle of November. Rigdon must have been converted in great haste, because, by the end of November, he is already a Mormon visitor at Smith's home in New York, and on December 7 is the recipient of a special revelation from God. [141] These conclusions accord with the diary of Lyman Wight, who, being baptized on the same day as Rigdon, entered the fact as on November 14, 1830. [142] These facts also confirm Howe's statement that Rigdon was baptized on the second day after Pratt's arrival. [143] Another authority conversant with the occurrence, and desiring to be very exact, fixes the time as thirty-six hours after Pratt's arrival. [144] [Footnote 139: "Joseph Smith, the Prophet," 169, by Lucy Smith.] [Footnote 140: "Autobiography of P.P. Pratt," 49. 1 "History of the Church," 154.] [Footnote 141: "Gleanings by the Way," 317. Howe's "Mormonism Unveiled," 107. Doctrine and Covenants, Section 32.] [Footnote 142: 1 "History of the Church," 154; see also Pratt's Autobiography, 50.] [Footnote 143: Howe's "Mormonism Unveiled," 104. "Gleanings by the Way," 312.] [Footnote 144: H.H. Clapp in a letter to James T. Cobb.] The Mormons are not all dull, and their cunning leaders readily saw that it would be unwise to advertise the suddenness of this conversion, since it might serve to identify the guilty conspirators. Therefore it is now represented that Pratt and Rigdon were at first in a state of great antagonism to Mormonism, which it took weeks to overcome. [145] This cannot be, unless Pratt could walk three hundred and seventy miles in less than no time at all. [Footnote 145: Life of Sidney Rigdon in manuscript by his son, John Rigdon. 1 "History of the Church," 141. Supplement 14 _Millennial Star,_ 47-48. 4 _Times and Seasons,_ 290. 45 _Saints' Herald._ 61.] The facts of this sudden conversion and the subsequent concealment of its precipitate character all reveal a guilt on the part of those who are conscious of having done some thing they wish to keep from the knowledge of others. Had this conversion been honestly miraculous, there would have been no thought of concealment. November 14, 1830, the date of Rigdon's baptism, was Sunday, and of course the first Sunday after the arrival of Pratt. At their first interview during this visit, Pratt requested and "readily" received permission to preach Mormonism in Rigdon's church. The prophet's account says: [146] [Footnote 146: Supplement 14 _Millennial Star_, 47.]