[Apostle Wilford Woodruff Journal] President Joseph Smith then called upon Hiram Smith, Brigham Young P P Pratt Lyman Wight & Sidney Rigdon who were duly sworn & gave in their testimony, which occupied most of the day. They went through the whole seene of the persecution from Jackson county ... even President Joseph Smith with his companions in prision loaded with chains were FED with nothing for FIVE Days in succession but the Flesh of their OWN BRETHREN which was actually cooked & given to them to eat & while hearing this part of the testimony my Blood boiled within & the spirit of war rested upon me for the space of two days. The Lawyiers were shocked to the soul. ... the whole testimony will be published to the world in pamphlet form & probably other wise & will stand as a history to future generations of the unparelled persecution of the State of Missouri against the Saints of the last days.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
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