Permission to Tarry

Technique & Style

Figurative, Painting

Figures

Hosea Stout, Native Americans, Orson Pratt

Animals

dog, horse

Notes

"As a member of the vanguard company at Council Bluffs, Orson Pratt was assigned by Brigham Young to obtain written permission to stay the winter on the lands of the Otoe and Omaha Indian nations. Hosea Stout recorded that Elder Pratt told them that “our great chief [Joseph Smith] found a book” that was about their people. He explained that the Saints were driven and persecuted because they believed in this book. The Indians “listened with breathless silence.” The chiefs signed an agreement granting the Saints permission to tarry on their lands for at least two years with the understanding that the Saints would burn little wood and leave improvements behind for the Indians."

Exhibition History:

• “Make Known His Wonderful Works”, International Art Competition, 20012

Church Name

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints