John Higbee Kills Eleven Deer and Finds Bee Trees - Divine Provision

Orange L. Wight documented divine provision during the family's desperate time in the wilderness after fleeing Missouri persecution. He recorded: 'Brother John Higbee went out in the Big Bottoms bordering the river and killed eleven deer. Brother Higbee found a number of wild bee trees, hence we lived on venison and honey.' This remarkable provision saved the Wight family and others from starvation during a time of deep snow and cold winter weather.

The passage comes from Wight's recollections of the winter his family spent in the Missouri wilderness after fleeing the persecutions, when deep snow and bitter cold had cut the company off from supplies. Venison from the deer and honey from the wild bee trees were the means by which the Lord preserved them — a provision Wight credited, along with the rest of the family's deliverances, to the hand of God.