Show Biography of Young Brigham Young and t sq of the Mormon Church hurch M. M R R. 1 Werner lerner erner in L Journal Continued from last week It was Brigham Youngs Young's policy i however to Ita avoid open con conflict lct between be be- tween hl his people and their enemies But finally after after- the burning o or at many houses and after some people murdered h he lie his and assoc es realized cd that It was both useless and dangerous to remain in Illinois S. S The They agreed to remove all Mormons Mormon from Nauvoo by t Ithe spring of 1840 1340 Daring During the winter of 1846 1845 almost every house e in Nauvoo was turned into a work workshop hop and property property prop prop- erty of or all kinds Was vas exchanged for wagons and animals Meanwhile great efforts were made to finish tho the Nauvoo temple for God 11 had ad commanded commanded commanded com com- th that t it bo built The Mor Mormons or- or mons mOIlS estimated Its cost at six hundred hundred hun hun- dred thousand dollars Many Gentiles Gentiles Gen Gen- tiles marveled that the tho Mormons continued to expend money and Coffert effort ef ef- fort fert on a a structure they were about to abandon but the completion of the temple was a wise move on Brigham Youngs Young's part God had decreed that a a. house De be built for Him in Nauvoo N and Brigham Young argued that it iti was up to the saints 1 to build Him one One no matter what had happened between the revelation I and MId its execution If It this revel revelation had been left unfulfilled it would always alwa's have been a source of skeptical cal inquiry on the part art of the earnest earnest earnest earn earn- est saints Revelation was the foundation foundation foundation foun foun- dation of at the Mormon l religion I and Brigham Young was always careful to carry out prophecies whenever it was humanly possible to do so As s soon as thle the building was practically practically practically completed completed in in October 1845 1545 Brigham Young and Parley Pratt worked day and night giving people their promised endowments for eternity eter Iter eternity which could only be done inthe In Inthe the temple In two months more moo than a thousand Mormons M received the ordinances Exodus from Nauvoo Early in the spring of 1846 1346 some c. c cf of the Mormons l were vere ready to Ita leave Nauvoo Their removal was expedited expedit expedit- ed by several indictments brought against Brigham Young and the tIle twelve apostles on charges charges- charges of of coun coun- The twelve apos' apos apostles with ith about two thousand followers crossed the Mississippi l river early in February before the ice had brok broken n. n It was thought by the leaders that if the Mormons showed signs of their sincerity by starting west t with two thousand of their people the ant anti anti- Mormons without doubt would be satisfied to allow the rest to remain in Nauvoo until such time as they could leave ave with convenience But this was wa an error Posses of or citizens of or Hancock county formed for the purpose purpose se of removing the Mormons Mormons Mor Mor- for for- mons by force Some ome eight hundred men made an n attack on the Mormons for far the purpose of removing them from frons N Nauvoo immediately The Mormons who were left ert in Nauvoo r raised a company of one hundred and fifty men threw up breastworks and firing began cm ens both sides but its animosity was greater than its ac ac- accuracy ac accuracy curacy curac for little damage was done clone Finally at rut tho the suggestion of themore themore the tho more moderate of or the Ithe Gentiles it was agreed that the Mormons should and remove frog fron give ghe up lip their arms the state immedi immediately a When the ani Mormon anti n mob entered entered enter enter- ed eel Nauvoo they found a literally deserted city lying as If In in a doze from the summer heat There were no sounds except those made by the rolling Mississippi and by the birds in the trees Workshop and smithies smithie s were empty of men men but in them we were oo fresh shavings and conis No dogs barked barred and inside the empty houses were white ashes lying in the fireplaces fireplaces fire fire- places About two years alter after the Mormons Mormons Mormons Mor Mor- mons left Nauvoo Etienne Cabet the French communist took over the city for his communistic society He Ho purchased the abandoned temple On November 10 1848 1543 an incendiary set fire to it it and the tower was destroyed two years l later latera ter tera a tornado tornado- blew down the north wail waH and amI the rest of of- of the Ithe building was 1 ater later removed Just where In the west the Mormons Mormons Mor Mor- lor- lor mons were going when they loft Nauvoo they did not know but Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon and California were in th this the mind mina of Young He knew that he die wanted to take his h s people beyond the Ule jurisdiction of the United States and at that time California was a apart apart apart part of Mexico and Oregon was a as s subject t of or dispute between the United Unit Unit- ed cod States anti andi Great Bi Britain At eleven o'clock on the morning of February 15 1846 1346 Brigham Young crossed Lih the Mississippi river and camped with his two thousand saints on Sugar creek Snow Sno still covered the ground and the river was still frozen hard The temperature tempera tempera- temperature ture was twenty degrees below zero Nine babies were born in the freezing freez ing shivering camp One of If them was born in a hut ut by the side Of f the road where some some women held dishes over the mother to prevent heavy pain fain a in from soaking her and her child while hile at it was born For two weeks t the e Mormons re remained remained remained re- re in this camp building and repair repairing ng wagons and gathering to together together together to- to gether pro plo provisions by working for Iowa farmers On March I 1st the camp camp was broken up and the whole party moved forward rd five miles the roads were so bad that it was impossible impossible sible to go faster Mutt MUG was deep leep and nd during the first days of th the tho journey the Mormons Mormons' exchanged their horses for oxen whenever pos pos- sible Even with oxen progress was distressingly dis this tre- tre slow and during the first month of travel they never made more than six miles mil each day The camps lived meanwhile on wild turOn turOn tur- tur On Last Page o- o n- n 7 From Pa Page e On Ono One v l YOU YOUNG a L 1 t t prairie l lh n and deer In by the hunters of ot the party party J. J Durin During April AVril It rained mined every da day day anti and bc besides l es th the Or ordinary inary of Hof an open camp it also an SUi Up- Up 4 jested tho the emigrants to floods len Jen streams and ancl high rivers river s i bl ble bleto e to t o cross until the h had d subside sUbsided There ro were long miserable Bela delava ys in swept rain-swept camps with It-h It no nothing nothing thing to 10 do but wait walt and try to keep keen ar dry i During the rain the tho cold cola Conti continue and froze the mud fast flast around th the wagons at t night so that each morn morn morn- Ins Ong it required considerable o effort i to pull pul them out of the frozen ruts 0 Or Or- Ori r i t sun son Pratt wrote in his journal for tor m April I With great grat exertion a a. part art ot of tho the camp were en enabled soled to get about abour I six miles while whilo others were Vere stuck Past fast In tn the deep mud We We- oilcan ed ell at a point of timber about sunset eun SUn SUn- sot set after bEin ins being drenched several hours o in 11 the tho rain Tain The Dire mud an ana ona I water in and around round our tents were ankle deep and the rain sti still 1 con cou con tinned to pour down without v a aged tion We Ve were obliged ged to C cut cat lt brush and limbs limbs' of trees an and l throw V them upon the ground In Yn our tents to keep keenly our be beds s from Irom sinking in tho tIlo mire t The rain min m made mado do it almost mp I ble bleto to keep camp fires lighted T TWice tho the roads were so 50 bad that the I peo pee people pIe had to remain In camp for two two weeks without fir fires At other times times' they were only ablo to travel ou one e mile during durins the time day t t. i t To be Continued Continue h. h 1 |