Then he came running after him, clapping his hands and shouting to his dog.
"Stu--boy, stu--boy, take him Watch, lay hold of him! Down with him!" At the same time pointing in the direction of the fleeing elder.

Just as the fierce animal was about to overtake him, Elder Pratt began clapping his hands and shouting like the officer, pointing into the woods just ahead.
The dog bounded past him and was soon lost to sight in the forest, while the missionary got safely away.
Mr.Carter read the Book of Mormon the elders had left.

He believed, went fifty miles to Kirtland, was baptized, returned home, began to preach, and soon there was a branch of sixty members in that place.
In western Ohio the missionaries found another tribe of Indians with whom they stayed a few days.

They then went to Cincinnati and from that city to the mouth of the Ohio river by boat.

It was now very cold, and the river was so blocked with ice that the boat could go no farther.