Alexander William Doniphan

But when they get there, they're anticipating going into Indian territory and teaching the gospel, but all kinds of legal boondoggle keeps them from going in there, and they kind of have to settle down and wait for things to resolve themselves.

So while they're doing this, Peter takes on work as a tailor in Independence, and one of Peter's clients during this time is a guy named Alexander Doniphan, who later on is gonna be instrumental in helping the Saints during the later difficulties they face in Missouri.

In fact, Alexander Doniphan literally saves Joseph Smith's life.

We'll get to that story.

Then he, as he's settling down in Missouri, he's still working as a tailor, and Mary Elizabeth Lightner, who later on moves there, recalls, "I went to work for Peter Whitmer, who was a tailor by trade and had just married.

I re- I, there, there are a few p- names that come to mind immediately when you're saying these.

One is Alexander Doniphan, early days of church history, that d- didn't allow for the prophet to be killed at that time-

Mm-hmm

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