Posted by:
left4good
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Date: July 25, 2013 02:35PM
Don't forget, he ran with the plates while fending off attackers:
From the Jan., 2001 Ensign:
As he was jumping over a log, a man sprang up from behind and gave him a heavy blow with a gun. Joseph turned around and knocked him to the ground, and then ran at the top of his speed. About half a mile further, he was attacked again in precisely the same way. He soon brought this one down also and ran on again, but before he got home, he was accosted the third time with a severe stroke with a gun." Joseph struck this third and final attacker with such force that he dislocated his own thumb. He continued running, "being closely pursued until he came near his father's house," at which time his assailants, "for fear of being detected," broke off the chase. Reaching a fence corner, he "threw himself down … to recover his breath," then rose and continued running until he reached the house.
https://www.lds.org/ensign/2001/01/take-heed-continually-protecting-the-gold-plates