It was only by Divine Provenence that the RLDS bunch escaped with the very skin on their teeth from the murdering hordes that were prowling the Missouri countryside.
Somehow they were sly enough to stay off the radar (anachronism alert!) of the Vicous GENTILES who were out to EXTERMINATE them!
Good pt.
And...the RLDS were actually more at risk with...
See: RLDS Missionaries Beaten and Nearly Murdered by LDS - 1864
Twas the Spring of 1864 -- Seven years after the Mormons had massacred 120 children & their parents -- and the Mormons decided to "salute" RLDS missionaries in the Provo area with a "volley of rocks"
The RLDS missionaries were there on the Sabbath to worship when the Mormon bishop ordered them out of the meetinghouse.
By Wednesday night, an RLDS missionary was beset by an attempted "midnight assassin." The perp's pistol misfired.
And the Mormons still complain about Missouri hospitality issues?