Parley’s humorous account of his escape from the constable and his dog comes from his autobiography, from which most of the wording in the novel is taken (see Autobiography of Parley P. The miraculous parting of the ice that occurs as Mother Smith exhorts the Saints to repent and call upon God for his intervention closely follows her recorded account of this remarkable event (see Mack Hist., pp.
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