John S. Higbee and Company Divinely Delivered from Cheyenne Indians and Missouri River Crossing

“It was prophesied on our heads that we should “encounter dangers” on our journey to the frontier ; but that we should be delivered from them all, and preserved safe from harm. This prophecy was literally fulfilled upon us. We were assailed alternately by rain, snow, ice, high water, and Indians. At one time about 200 of the Cheyenne Indians, mounted on their chargers, with all their preparations for battle, came rushing towards us at the height of their speed. We formed in line, and prepared for every event; but the kind hand of an over-ruling providence was over us, and just at the moment when inevitable destruction seemed certain, they were, by some unseen power, brought to a sudden halt, and thus we received no harm. Again, when we arrived at the great Missouri river we had no prospect of being able to cross it for weeks to come. The frost had not then set in, nor was there any immediate prospect of it doing so. We prayed to the Lord for deliverance, and that very night the ice covered the river for the first time that season, and in the morning we crossed safe over. But just as the last wagon was safely landed, the ice gave way, and the river ran open as before. Thus were we miraculously delivered without any unnecessary delay, that we might go forth on our mission in the work of the Lord. — Millennial Star 14:5”