Brother Snedaker's Deliverance from Mob Violence in Texas
Published October 4, 2026 at 8:09 AM
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Millennial Star Research
Brother Snedaker, while detained in a settlement in Texas due to sickness, was taken by a painted mob. They dragged him over the ground, kicked and beat him with a club, then forced him on horseback and exhibited him to the people until daylight. Despite the brutality, his health improved from that hour.
In Their Own Words
“Brother Snedaker was taken from a house—being detained in a settlement by sickness. A painted mob took him from there bare-footed, made him walk over prickly pears, then dragged him by his feet over the rough ground, tickled him like Indians over a prisoner, showing him no quarters; they then forced him on horse-back, marched him through the settlement, and exhibited him to the people, until daylight appeared. Then he was ordered from his horse, when they threw him down, spit plenty of tobacco juice over him, kicked him, beat him with a club, and then liberated him. Great treatment for a sick man, but he improved in health from that hour. — Millennial Star 18:44”
Sources & References
The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star (Manchester, later Liverpool, England, May 1840–1970), 1 November 1856 (Vol. 18, No. 44). https://archive.org/details/per_utah-and-the-mormons_the-latter-day-saints-millennial-star_1856-11-01_18_44 (account extracted verbatim from the issue's Internet Archive OCR text; research confidence: high)
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