John O'Driscoll learns obedience

From an account by his daughter, Susie O'Driscoll Wilde

He spent his young boyhood days as most boys in that tropical land (South Africa) did -- swimming in the ocean, gathering wild honey and fruits, and hunting wild birds and animals.  Many are the stories he would tell to us about the different birds, plants, animals, snakes, etc. that are found in the tropical lands.

The missionaries were always welcome at the Smith home and spent much of their time there.  The family, including my father, were finally converted and baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The voyage across the ocean took two months and six days.  The journey from New York to Omaha was made on the railroad.  At Omaha they joined the wagon train, and father drove seven yoke of oxen form there to Salt Lake Valley

At Bittercreek father encountered his first snow storm.  Father was 20 years old and didn't have any idea what snow was.  At night when they camped, the wagon boss told the drivers to pick up their oxen yokes and other articles as they were going to have a snow storm; father didn't take any notice of him and left his things on the ground; but he said the next morning when he had to hunt ox yokes, whips, etc. out of the snow he decided form then on to obey orders.  At any rate it was a useful lesson.