Joseph rode down home twice to bid his family farewell. He appeared solemn and thoughtful, and expressed himself to several individuals that he expected to be murdered. There appeared no alternative but that he must either give himself up, or the inhabitants of the would be massacred by a lawless mob, under the sanction of the . He urged upon to go with him, but she refused; he repeatedly and vehemently urged it upon her, but she positively refused, alleging that she would have the ague. He even wished her to run the risk of the ague, but she persisted in her refusal. He then said, “Well, if they don’t hang me I don’t care how they kill me.” Sister Leonora [Cannon] Taylor heard the conversation. The company <​(about 15)​> then again started again for , and when opposite to the , Joseph said “Boys, if I don’t come back, take care of yourselves; I am going like a lamb to the slaughter.” When they passed his he took a good look at it, and after they had passed it, he turned round several times to look again, at which some of the company made remarks, when Joseph said, “If some of you had got such [p. 7]