Joseph Smith Junior is met mysteriously in the night by a treasure guardian (soon to be angel), and first learns about a set of gold plates which allegedly held the history and wisdom of a lost tribe of white Native Americans. Cody also continues ranting about Jo’s career at the time as a teenage witch.
References:
Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard L. Bushman
The Relfector, Golden Bible No. 3, February 1st 1831, by Abner Cole
The Reflector, The Book of Pukei, June/July 1830, by Obidiah Dogberry Esq. (A.k.a Abner Cole)
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