August 12, 1841
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith met with about a hundred chiefs, braves, and their families, of the Keokuk, Kis-ku-kosh, and Appanoose tribes. Joseph instructed them about their fathers and the promises made concerning them in the Book of Mormon.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 4:401–2
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