Show HISTORY OF or BRIGHAM B dul ell G 11 1 1 A at YOUNG Y 0 U N G september 3 this day was wag appointed for the saints to meet m beet in conference to beor reorganize anize the cli cil church hirch firch owin to the disaffection existing in th he hearts of many I 1 went to tb the e brethren whose votes could be relied on early in anth the e morning an antl anil I 1 had them occupy the stand and proman ent seats beats at 9 am the services commenced joseph and his first counselor were received his second counselor IP F G williams was is ia laid td over not bein being ent the members of the quorum of the twelve in good standing and the authorities generally were sustained WeA we were Tere tera vera also enabled to those oe of the twive and others seek beek seeking beeking n to bring bri ng disunion uni q w and destruction upon the church the apostates and disaffected not wing being united were w ere amp compelled bmp elied to endure the chagrin of witnessing 1 I 1 I p 1 the accomplishment accompli ashment of the will of god and his prophet on the morning of december 22 2 2 1 left kirt lani iani lani land in consequence of the fury of the mob and the spirit that prevailed in the apok apoi apostates tates who had threatened to destroy me because I 1 would proclaim procla ini lui publicly and privately that I 1 knew by y abe the power ot of the holy ghost that joseph smith was a prophet of the most lost high 0 god and had not transgressed trans and fallen as arl apostates declared deci ared on reaching dublin indiana I 1 found my brother lorenzo and isaac decker and a number of f other families who had bad stopped for the 1 winter meanwhile the pr prophet 0 phet joseph bros sidney rigdon and george IV V Robins robinson came along alor they had bad fled hed from kirtland because 0 the spirit preval prevailing in the bosoms of the apostates here the prophet made inquiry concerning a job at cutting 11 cord wood and sawing logs logo after hame he came to rrie me and said brother brigham I 1 am destitute of means to pursue my journey y and as you are one ode of the twelve ap astles who hold the keys of the kingly kingdom in all the world I 1 believe 1 shall throw myself upon you and look to you for counsel in in this case at ferst first I 1 could hardly believe joseph was in earnest but on his tug assuring me he lie was I 1 said if sou yon will take my counsel it will he be that you rest yourself find and be assured bro joseph you shall I 1 have plenty of money to pursue your journey there was a brother named romul tomlinson lson ison living in the place who had previously asked my counsel about selling his tavern stand 4 I 1 told him it if he would do right 6 ht and obey counsel he be should have hive an opportunity eunity io to I 1 se sell beil ll 11 soon and the first offer he would get would be the best A few days afterwards bro tomlinson inform ed me he had an offer for his place I 1 asked him what offer he had tad he replied he was wa offered in money a beam team and in store goods I 1 told him that waa the hand of the lord to deliver president joseph smith from hi his s presen necessity my promise to joseph was soon verified bro tomlinson mUnson To sold hi his s property and gave the prophet three hubred hundred dollars which enabled him comfort comfortably abl abi y to proceed on his journey the day joseph and company compans started isaac sealey Seele yand and wife arrive arrived d the house was pretty welt well it littered up I 1 sat writing to my wife but I 1 welcomed them to the use of the house and what was left in it bro samuel simuel ff smith came cams alon aion along who tarried with me until my bro lorenzo returned from Cincin and bro decker from michigan whose families had gone forward with joseph we prepared to follow and started on overtaking the prophet four miles west of jacksonville ills where there was a branch of the church after stopping a few dayd days and aila resting cl we pro proceeded ceedee to quin quincy cy where we found the river frozen over though ishad it had I 1 been broken up joseph and I 1 went down to the river and examined the ice we soon learned that by doing going through the flat boat which lay the end to the shore and placing L a few planks from the outer end on the ice we coald could reach the hea heavy vy ice which had floated down the river a few days previous sufficient to bear up oar pir teams we ve hauled our wagons through the boat boa and on to the ice by hand then led our horses on to td the solid ice ice and drove across the river by attaching a rope to the wamon wagon wagon walon 0 and to the team so that they would be some distance apart the last horse which was led on to the ice was vas josephs Joaeph 3 favorite charlie Charli 6 he broke the ice at every step for several rods after leavin leaving 0 the boat boath boatle we ve struck out in a long iong on strino siring C and passed oyer in safety two tivo or or three hours after afterwards warns qs bro decker and family and D S miles crossed on our track but iut but it was with great difficulty and risk that they got across many times having to separate from each other and get onto on to a solid cake the ice was so near breaking up we traveled from the rover river river about ab out six miles and camped for the night next morning proceeded on our journey when we arrived at salt river we found the ice had broken up so that we could not cross the ferry boat was sunk and we thir tarried ried a day or two at this place bro joseph said to me on one e morning let us jig go and examine the ice in on the pond we found the old oid ice had bid sunk and had not left the pond when the be river wasi bro broken k e n up P and there had another foot of ice frozen over and by plunging im our wagons wagons 21 or 3 feet into the wat erwe could gain the solid ice oil on the pond at the other shore we found the same we got our wa wagons ons and horses across the ice then took a canoe which lay in the pond and placed one end of it on the shore bhore and the other on the solid ice and walked through the canoe onto on to the ice and pulled the canoe across the ice to the he other shore in this way we crossed the ahe families and landed directly in the woods on a very steep Bi deling sideling hill we mana managed wed ged to get got our wagons maguns along the cleft of the bank six or e eight loht ight g men i held them up and thus we oric worked 1 ed our way oil on to the road we proceeded on our journey to huntsville where we met some of the brethren from far west bro johnp barnard had come from par far west with a carriage L into which he lie put josephs family and we proceeded on our our journey one day while cro crossing ising A a lar large 9 e peatrie pr afrie atrie bix six or eight 0 miles from any house we crossed a small stream the ground was ivas frozen deep on each side and we sprung C one af pf p the of bro barnards barnarda Barn ards carri carrl carriage ae bro barnard said we could not travel with it any farther bro joseph looked at it and said 1 I can spring that iron axletree baca bacic that we can go on our journey journeys 5 bro barnard replied 1 I ama am a blacksmith and used to work in all kinds of iron and that axletree is bent so harround far round that to undertake under taka talce to straighten it would only break it bro joseph answered I aryit try it 11 he got a pry and we sprung C it bade to its place i and ot trouble troubie lf us any more till we arrived I 1 at far west march juarch 14 1837 bro bar nard seeing this done concluded that he would never lever say again t that athing could not riot be done aone when a prophet said it could I 1 purchased a small improvement on mill creek located my family and proceeded to fence in a farm I 1 bought several pieces of land and and obtained deeds for them my aly wife ryas was taken very sick so that her ife life was ads despaired of for a lone time in the course of the faily falle falland failand and fore pa martof artof winter she able recovered her health so that she could journey with me to illinois As soon as the missourians Missour ians iana had laid by their corn aa as they call it they com cum commenced fenced to stir up tip tile che old mob spirit riding from neighborhood to neighborhood making inflammatory speeches stirring up one another against us priests seemed to take the lead in this matter matte as related in the hist history ory ort I 1 had no communication correspond correspondence nee nce or deal with the mis son sou rians niang consequently they did not person personally I 1 ally aily know me which gave me a good opportunity to learn their acts and feelings unsuspected I 1 knew men in the course of the fall to gather up tip their flocks and herds and take their families into their wagons and then burn up their houses and leave for other parts I 1 afterwards saw their names attached to affidavits stating that mormons cormons had driven them from their I 1 I 1 homes and burned their houses this thia was quite effectual in raisin raising 0 prejudice against us at the time tha that t the exterminating army of governor Boggs commanded by generals lucas and clark dark ca came in si sight h ht of far west I 1 observed their approach and thought that it might be the militia of the state which had bad come to the relief of the citizens but to my aly 1 1 great sur surprise prize I 1 found that they the were come to strengthen ii lithen then the hands of the mobs that were wehe around us and which immediately joined the army some sume of these mobs were painted like indians and I 1 1 gillum their leader was also painted minted in a sim similar ilar manner and styled himself I 1 the delaware chief 5 and afterwards be and the rest bf the mob claimed and obtained pay as militia from the state for all the time they were 6 engaged na t 0 ed as mob as will be seen by reference to the acts of the missouri leisla legisla ture many saints were wounded and murdered by the army and several women were lavished ravished ravi shed to death I 1 saw bros joseph smith sidney rigdon parley P pratt lyman wight and george W robinson delivered I 1 up by col hinkle to ge gen I 1 lucas but expected they would have returned to the city that evening or the next morning in orning accor according ding to agreement and the pledge pl edge of the the sacred honor of the officers that they should be afrow allowed ed to do so go but they did not return at all the next morning gen lucas lucaa demanded and took away the arms of the militia oe of caldwell county which arms have never been returned assuring them that they should be protected but so oon soon as they obtained possession of the arms they comm commenced their ravages by plundering 11 the citizens of their bedding clothing money wearing apparel and everything of value they could lay liy their hands bands upon and also attempting to violate the chastity of the tha women in in sight of their husbands hus bus bands banda and friends linder under the pretence predence pre tence of hunting for prisoners and arms the soldiers shot down our oxen cows hogs bogs and fowls at our own doors ta taking king part away and leaving the rest real lo 10 rot in the streets the soldiers also turned tuned their horses into our f ields fielda of corn at this time gen clam clarit delivered hig his noted speech I 1 I 1 copy a portion of it aa as follows Gentle gentie gentlemen mem you whose names are not attached to this thia list of names will now have the privilege of going to your fields and of providing I 1 corn wood ac for your families th those se that tha are now taken will go from this to prison be tried and receive the due demerit of their crimes but you except sach bach as charges may hereafter be preferred against ire are at liberty as soon as the troops are removed that now guard the place which I 1 shall cause I 1 to be done immediately I 1 I 1 it now devolves det dei oll oil es upon you ou to fulfill fulfil the treaty that you yon have entered into the leading items of which I 1 shall now lay before you the first requires that your our leading in men en be given up to be tried according to law lan this you have complied with laith the second secona is that you deliver up tip your arms this has also been attended to the third stipulation is is that you sign 1 oner oher over oyer your properties to defray the expenses that have been incurred on your account this you have also done another article remains remaina for you to comply with and that is that you yon leave eave the state forthwith and whatever may be e your feelings concerning this or whatever your our innocence is it is nothing to fo me general lucas bucas whose military rank ranil is equal with mine has made this treaty with you I 1 ap prove brove of it I 1 should have done the same had I 1 been here and am therefore determined to see it executed the character of this state has suffered a almost beyond redemption 1 from the character conduce and influence tb that thab exerted and we deem it an act of justice to restore her character by every proper means the order of tho the governor to me was that you should be exterminated and not allowed to 0 o remain in the state and had not your leaders been given up and the terms of the treaty complied with before this time thile 31 your our families would have been destroyed and your louses houses in ash ashes s there is a discretionary power vested in my hands which considering your circumstance I 1 shall exercise for a season sea a on you are indebted to me for this clemency I 1 do to not say that you shall go now but you must n not bt think of staying here beere another season or of putting in crops for the moment you do this the citizens will be up dpn n you and if I 1 am called here again in case of compliance noncompliance non with the treaty made do not think that I 1 shall act as I 1 have donelow do done now you need not expect any mercy but extermination for I 1 am determined the governors order shall be executed As for your leaders leaders do not think do not ima lma imagine olne oine for a moment do not let it ift enter into your minds that they will be delivered and restored to you again for their fate fate is fixed the die is cast their doom is sealed I 1 am sorry gentlemen to 6 see so many apparently patently ly intelligent men found in the situation that you are and ohl if I 1 could invoke that great spirit of the unknown god to rest upon ind and deliver dellver you from that awful chain of bil sll superstition and liberate you from those fetters of fanaticism with which chic wll ill you are boun bourd d that you no longer do homage to a man I 1 would advise you to scatter abroad and never again organize yourselves with bishops I 1 priests ac lest you excite the jealousies of the deop people e and subject yourselves to the same calamities that have now nov come upon you you yon have always been the aggressors you have brought upon yourselves these difficulties by being disaffected and not bein beina subject to rule and my advice is that you become as other citizens lest by a recurrence of these events you bring upon yourselves irretrievable ruin I 1 was present when that speech was was delivered and when fifty seven of our brethren were betrayed into the hands of our enemies as prisoners which was done at the inel instigation of our open and avowed powe d enemies p emlea buch such uli khi as william E Me Lellen lelien and others aided by the treachery of col cal hinkle in addition to the above speech gen clark dark said that we must not be see seen n as many as fai one e together to ether if you are said he the citizens w will ill lil be upon you and destroy you but you should flee immediately out of tb the e state there is no alter alternative e for you but bilt to flee you need not expect any redress there thera is none for you with respect to the treaty mentioned by gen oark dark I 1 have to say hat that bat |