Antelope Jack's Conversion Dream
Published October 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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Native Saints Research
Antelope Jack (Too-goo-be), a Goshute prophet, experienced a dream in which three men appeared and instructed him that his people were required to be baptized by the Latter-day Saints and learn to farm. This event caused significant excitement among the Northwestern Shoshone community and was later translated for by James Laman during an interview with Brigham Young.
In Their Own Words
“During the winter of 1874, James became acquainted with Antelope Jack, or Too-goo-be, a Goshute prophet from western Utah. Antelope Jack had a dream in which three men told him that his people must be baptized by the Latter-day Saints and learn to farm. News of the event caused great excitement among the Northwestern Shoshone. James later translated for Antelope Jack during an interview with Brigham Young. — Native Saints: A Database of Latter-day Saint Native Americans, James Laman”
Sources & References
Native Saints: A Database of Latter-day Saint Native Americans, Church Historians Press, "James Laman". https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/native-saints/biographies/james-laman (account extracted verbatim from the page's published text; research confidence: high)
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