Imprisonment by Austin King's Court of Inquiry in 1838
Sustaining the Law : Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters
On November 1, 1838, the Mormon settlement at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, was surrounded by state militia troops commanded by Generals Samuel D. Lucas and Robert Wilson. Mormon leaders Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt, Lyman Wight, George Robinson, and Amasa Lyman were taken prisoner. [From the text]
The original version of this article was published as "Joseph Smith and the Missouri Court of Inquiry: Austin A. King's Quest for Hostages," BYU Studies 43, no. 4 (2004): 93-136.