"Brigham Young acted as a captain during the expedition to Missouri, and when some men were going to kill a rattlesnake found in Young's tent, he exercised his authority and told them not to harm the snake. It is reported a Brother Carpenter took the snake 'in his hands' and after taking it 'beyond all danger' told the snake 'not to return.'"
Other Sources
Other Writings of Mormons | Animals and the Church (2003) [Page 24, footnote: Joseph Smith, History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ed. B.H. Roberts (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1959), II, 102.]
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