Show HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH 1838 friday I 1 was about home hoine until near sunset when i kuae out thio d ly the camp passed bui awu ii oases traveled I 1 17 i mi miles I 1 us and dented at j taisoua Pai arao soua als creek 13 lun un county this country is is well supplied wali wild tur kies hens I 1 quails part partridges rides 0 ey wild geese ducks snipes 1 raccoon lac coon aud and squirrel which tile lu ili C getting tor for food iu green j parrots pa irois e igles eagles 0 owls turkey buL buzzards are t huud foaud biere also eldee julin john E page ur ui I 1 rived ut at de witt V itt with ft ian ibia canada a camp some time lime this week n eek saturday byth the camp traveled fifteen I 1 miles passed through und and encamped on the prairie one mile west of tho the town bro bio ther Carri Jar ricos cols and holmes lugona e upset and hurt several and several were vere s ick eick I 1 I 1 rode out on horseback and resuming 0 about three in the afternoon and epen blent tho the svening lug at home sunday I 1 left home about ton ten in the mornin morning 0 1 the gamp camp assed 3 i grand river riv cr passed utica crossed shoal 1 creek and touted on the bat bank in in caldwell Jal dwell cou loufty lily fi til lLeen teen bileti on the ahe tanu farm ot of brother oli ei airier who gave each I 1 one fa largo large pumpkin and ut shelled boans and thu the br biu ohren hien luel as though n they had antei ed the land ut pr browie owie i monday october lat I 1 returned reLur ned home about five ou luuk where I 1 tamed carried the re remainder wainder of I 1 the evening evening 1 I 1 alie C J imp traveled twenty miles crossed brusa breed and un encamped camped ou on the west bank bluer joshua L holman left the camp this and went on towards far west wese which the calup disapproved of by vote in in the evening aue tue mob lit ing 1 left ft davies county after they keiu er organized into the militia by doniphan and parks and disbanded went tu carroll Jar rull county and gathered around de avi witt tt vengeance vengeance to the saints without regard I 1 to age s sex ex or condition so that davies county way wad fur for a season freel freed from tho those thoe e peace I 1 disturbers disturb bers ers I 1 tuesday and 2nd volunteers were called for to drive the herd when A P tyler and aroet L 1 hale offered their services aith a grace becoming I 1 catain a Y riper i years for they were young and this is is rev recorded corded of them as a memorial to their I 1 praise and an encouragement to others the camp a posed pas bcd on towards far west and I 1 went in in company with sidney rigdon smith isaae morley modey and ceorge W Bo robinson binson and 1 met them some miles 0 out ut and escor escorted ted them in 1 methe city where they encamped on the public square directly south and biose by the cellar for the lords hou house ie here friends gre greeted eted I 1 friends in the name of the lord isaac morley orley Nl patriarch at far west furnished a beef for I 1 the camp president rigdon abrl I 1 provided a supper for the sick ick and the brethren hren pro vided aided for them like men of god 5 for they were hungry having eat but little for several miles d days f 8 and had traveled eleven miles this day dav miles from kirtland the way w ay t the he camp tra traveled aled the mob pressed harder upon de witt and fired upon the Z saints wednesday 3rd ard the camp continued their journey to ambrosial creek where they pitched their tents I 1 went with them a mile or two to a beautiful spring on the prairie accompanied by elder figdor 1 brother hyrum and brigham young with whom I 1 returned from thence to the c ity city where I 1 spent bent the remainder of the i sister alice hodgin died at preston on the 2nd and of september 1838 and it was such a wonderful thing for a latter day saint to die in england that elder willard richards was arraign arraigned ed before the mi mayors byors court at preston on the third of october 3 charged with 41 killing and slaying the said alice with a black stick ac but was discharged without being 1 1 permitted to make his defence as soon As it was discovered that the iniquity of his accusers was about to be made mani manifest test the mob continued I 1 to fire upon the brethren at de witt wilt the following is is an extract from general parks express to general atchison dear sir I 1 received this morning an affidavit from carroll barroll county the following is is a copy I 1 henry root on his oath states that on the night of the first of october there was collected in I 1 the vicinity of de witt an armed force con of from thirty to fifty persons and on the morning of the second of october came into the town of do de witt wilt and tired fired on the civil inhabitants of that place thirteen of said individuals divi divid duals nals were keenoy seen by me in that place and I 1 believe there is actually an insurrection in that place HENRY ROOT subscribed and sworn to this 3rd ard day oi of october 1838 1 WILLIAM B MORTON J P in consequence of which information and bellef of an attack bein being 0 made on said P place I 1 ace I 1 have ordered out the two companies raised by i your order to be held in readiness under the commands of captains bogart and houston to i march for de witt in carroll chanty by eight tomorrow to mori morrow ow morning arin armed andl equipped as the law directs with six days provisions and fifty rounds of powder and ball I 1 will proceed with these troops in person leaving colonel thompson in command on grand river As soon as I 1 reach Ds de witt I 1 will advise you vou of the state of affairs more fully I 1 will use all due precaution in the affair and deeply regret the necessity of this recourse 11 II Q G PARKS brig gen 2nd and brig 3rd ard div thursday 4 h this is a day long to be remembered by that part of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints called the camp calup or kirtland camp no 1 for they arrived at their destination des ion and began to pitch their tents about sunset m when lien one of the brethren li living v in 0 in the place proclaimed aimed with a laua voice brethren your long and tedious journey is now ended you you are now public equart of adam ondi sih 1 man this is the j i haeem hice v here adam adain blessed his posterity when t hoy thoy rose up and called him j michael the prince the arch angel and he being full of the holy ghost predicted what saud should befall his posterity to the latest generation see doctrine and covenants I 1 spent most of this day with aith my iny family the mob again fired upon the saints at de witt who were compelled to return the fire in self defence to show how fire brunds brands arrows and death were scat scattered tere d through the state and that too by bv men high 0 in authority and who were sworn to preserve pre sarve the public peace I 1 V quote ote the follo following winI m from general lucas to the governor governor dated blonville boonville Bo onville mo october ath 1838 dear sir As we passed down the missouri river on monday last we saw a I 1 large arge force of mormons cormons at de witt in carroll county under arms their commander colonel hinkle formerly of caldwell county informed me that there were two hundred and that they were expecting an attack from the citizens citizen s of carroll county who lie he said were then only v esix miles from there waiting for a are enforcement from saline county hinkle said they had determent deter mend to fight news had just been received at this pl place ace through 1 dr scott of fayette that a fight took place on yesterday and that several persons were killed dr scott informed me that be got his information fi om a gentleman of respectability who had heard the firing fi ing of their guns as he passed p a ased down if it a fight has actually taken place of which I 1 have n no Z doubt it will vill create ev excitement cite in the whole of upper missouri and those base and degraded beings will anvill be exterminated from frem the face of the earth if on ono of the citizens of cat roll should be killed before five days I 1 believe that there will be from four to five thou thousand sard volunteers in the field against the mormons cormons Mor mons and nothing 11 but their blood will satisfy them itis it is an unpleasant state of affairs the remedy I 1 do not to suggest to your excellency my troops of the fourth division were only dismissed subject to further orders and can be called into the field at an hours warning 15 SAMUEL D LUCAS base aud and degraded beings who ever he heard ard before of high minded and honorable men condescend condescending ing to sacrifice their honor by stooping to wage war without cause or provocation against base and degraded beings but general lucas is ready with his whole division i at an hours warning 0 J to enter the field of battle on such degrading terms if his own statement is ia true but lucas lucas knew better he knew the saints were an innocent unoffending people and would not fight only in self det fence ence and why write such a letter to the Gover governa nr to influence his mind why not keep truth and j unties on your side poor lucas the annals of eternity will unfold to you who are the base beings and what it will take to 4 satisfy for ze the shedding of mormon blood friday fth report of the committee of ch chariton briton county the undersigned undersigner under signed committee were ap appointed 0 anted at a public meeting by the citizens of chariton county comaty on the t third phird day of october dinst for the purpose of repairing C to de witt in carroll bounty county Jou nty to enquire into the nature of the difficulties between the citizens of cu Car rolland roll and the mormons cormons Mor mons we arrived at the place of difficulties on the ath of october mat and found a large portion of the citizens of carroll and the adjoining counties assembled near de witt well armed wo we inquired inquire dinto into the nature of tho difficulties they said that there was a 1 large arge portion of the people called mormons Mor mons embodied in do de witt from different parts of the world they 7 are unwilling for them to remain there which is the cause caas e of their waging war against them to use the language g th they y aro are waging wagin a war of extermination or to remove them no floia the mid county we also went in to de witt to see the sit situation of the mor mon we found fo and them in the act of defence beg begging ing for peace and wishing for 1 or the civil a authorities aties to repair r there as early as possible to 10 settle the difficulties between the parties hostilities have commenced and will continue I 1 until they are stopped by the civil authorities this we believe to be a correct statement of 1 both parties this tho the 5 ath th day of october 1838 JOHN W PRICE WM H LOGAN i subscribed to and sworn before me the un der signed one of the justices of the peace with within in and nd for chariton chanton county and state of missouri this ath day of october 1838 JOUN JOHN MOUSE MORSE J P this day also general atchison wrote tho the governor from onville boonville Bo that in carroll coun ty the citizens are in arms fur the purpose of driving the mormons cormons from that county the third quarterly conference of the church wat was held at far west Pr president eident brigham young presiding As there was not a sufficient number of members present to form a quorum tor bu business giness after singing Z and prayer conference adjourned till 2 p m when they ir met iet and opened us as usual presidents young and marsh presiding 0 there was not a sufficient number of the members of the high council or any other quorum to do business bu sineaS as a quarterly Qu artely conference they coed to ordain a few luers appointed a few Mi missions and adjourned till to lo mon awat at ten a in i about this time I 1 took a journe in in company with some soine others to the I 1 part of t hesoun ty of caldwell for the purpose of selecting a location for a town whilo on wy my j journey I 1 was met by one of the brethren fi fc um m da 1 wilt in carroll county who stated that our people who irid ind settled in that place were and hid had been some sometime time surrounded by a mob who had threaten threat enea etl their lives aud and had shot at chein several times and that he was on his way way to far west to int bulom oin the brethren there ol of the facts I 1 was surprised on receiving this in tolli gence although there had previous to this t time me been some ma of mobs but tit I 1 had hoped that the good aeise of the majority of the people and their respect I 1 fur ur the con si citation tation ait ution would have put pat down any spirit of pe persecution ution which A might have been manifested aed in that nei neighborhood im boyhood bo immediately on receiving this intelligence intel inteli irence gence I 1 made preparations to go 90 tu to that place and endeavor if possible to ulla allay the feelings of the catiz citizens ns and save the lives live of my brethren vi who ho where thus exposed to their wrath saturday ath I 1 arrived at de witt and found that I 1 the he accounts of the situation of that i place were correct tor for it was with much difficulty and by traveling unfrequented roads tha I 1 was able to get there ther all the princ principal pal roads being strongly guarded by the mob who refused all ingress its as well as egress I 1 found mj m brethren who were ft ere only a handful in in comparison to the mob by which they were stir surrounded in this thid situation and their provisions nearly exhausted and no prospect of obtaining any any I 1 mure we thought it necessary necess iry to send i insely to the bu vernor to inform h him im of the circumstances hoping from the executive to raise the protection which we needed and x which was guarani gua raniel e I 1 to us in common with other oilier several gentlemen of standing and respect abi clity who lived in the immediate binin tv who beio ra not in any way connected with the church Chuich of latter day saints who had witnessed the proceedings F of our enemies came torand and made aclid avias to the treatment we had deceived and concerning our peri perilous loui s si tuition and offered their services to go and present the case to the governor the ea the qu Quirt conference convened at ten this thia day according to adjournment at far west went presidents Prea identa dentt marsh and young 15 presiding elder benjamin L said lie he had just juss returned from kentucky where he had been laboring und and that many doors auora were open there A call was vas made for volunteers to go into the 1 vineyard and preach when elders james car P uana dana ahaz cook isaae isaac decker corn cornelius I 1 us 1 P lott and alpheais gifford offered oll ered the themselves in selves Pre president M marsh arsh instructed them not n ot to ta go 00 forth boasting of their f faith aid or of the judg ments oc tie lord but bat po go in the spirit or of meekness and preach repentance tince elder john taylor from canada ty request gave a ment of his feelings respecting his hia havano having 0 been appointed as one of the twelve saying that lie he was willing to do anything that god would require of 0 f biln when it was voted that bi brother othel john taylor fill the dacaney vacancy of one of the twelve stephen chase ma was ordained president of the eldera quorum in far west Is 19 tac lac laney horace alexander and albert sloan were ordained elders under the hands of the presidents samuel bent and isiac isaac higbee were appointed to fill the places of john murdock and george M hinkle in the high council they having cavino a removed to ue de witt conference adjourned to the first friday and saturday i in a jannary next tit at ten a in EBE ebenezer aezer clerk there vere seven out cut off from the C hurch church in preston england this day 1 general I 1 parks arks wrote gen ral Ate hlson from brigade |