Show M exodus from nauvoo As soon it was decided to remain over winter an appi cation va to otoe chiefs tor permission permia sion to renan on their lands until spring in cons dera tion of presents their was obtained but they did not welcome us as the did the finest lan Is ere sought out and soon the white mi is s were cutting heavy scathe and hav etleka were looming up on a 1 iid s ahe rising 0 the stacks beeme J 0 o I 1 i u 1 for the indians to m ka h apon our stock joseph n th then d lad and a man by tha iuie of lawson were herding m ak vb t about 3 clock in the afler noi i tho ii biaua raided the herd the herders bare iv escaping with their live i I 1 fortunate ort ly captain dans with in mo antel scouts was nearh 1 recovered the cattle froin that tine or our stock was closel guarded iben trouble bo gan with the government loann agent who ined at sarkees ia nt moe off fro i the linds and threatened thre atene i to them h force evea went so far as to refuse to let our keople god in to the arout er settler in misso in without permits from him As tea voul 1 cretu n he would stop them 1 v dorco and seircy the magors under the t pretext of lo 10 k ng for firearms a mun IK n a d wh IB As a matter of f ct ve i eddei ill these things aarns lal aan for da f self protection i tha sum mer passed on w f the si ants were affa atod with and alcoa al was needed for mad cal but trel refused to allo v an thing of tho hind to pass his post on its dav to our camps several barrels af alcohol bought hopeni from merchants at st joseph were knocked in the hea 1 and spit on by ordera tiles oppressive acts were very and it re quire 1 constant i lancaon lan coon the part t our ladders to keep some of our bos from resenting these i en ins iltz b or tuna tely for us col sti 1 at our he rote to his artther tt philadelphia end tho i ide visited washington ar 1 ably resented our arile condition to dent polk and cabinet the result was mr ind an agent was called don and the mormons were allo ved to winter on the west banis ot the missouri river many ears ago J visited hilo a beautiful ty on the Is land of I 1 noticed ahen gentle me walked out that they als car ned umbel lag with them and when I 1 asked them wh chev did it the reply was because oa never can tell here when its going to storm that u a good i of mormon I 1 fe we nev er know when a storm or trouble is coming nor from what quarter the wind will alov when thi faiq body of the church left nauvoo it was understood that the and destitute would be alloyed to remain in peace in the possession of their homes until our leaders could find a place tor our permanent settlement but in that we were dippo apted who thrust us out were not only asir of being rid of our presence but they sought our utter destruction the his tory of all their aggressive operations when taken coller plairs chov see how thoughtfully they waited until the strength of our amps the battalion till our main campi apra on the frfd rfd man a donadin so that icken men could stir up the in ciapa to hostilities us then our enemies for I 1 cannot call them else all their strength 1500 or 2000 and with a battery of artiller irth of september set upon the our people who were still in after three lava bittle took f the city and drove the in rose the mississippi and left ansh of hunger and exposure t 1 now I 1 wish to the grap r lecture of thorn is L before th al society of few aa ead rg the appe M tb ts api in iba automo athen iti v loa I 1 aa t ll 11 vl J ta travel by land past the region 0 rapids M road lai through tho breed tract a fine section of iowa which tho unsettled state of its land tit les had appropriated as a coiners horse thi vea and other outlaws hid lefta steadier at keokuk at foot of the lo 10 ver falla to h re a and to contend tor some fr of dirty capil with fl es I 1 only s avengers of the I 1 th to bhore the deep water of the river r t ans m eie vear ie to s e earv ro sori vagabond an and a ed ditl out apin iii prove I 1 1 their ars 1 ands I 1 VHS 1 end ng the list hills la upon m arnn ahen lr 1 in dl gl taul 0 tra t I 1 roke rov bev l 11 a bent f 41 ei ver a beau if 1 L ti lay i ater n in the fresh r orn ng in its I 1 r i ew d veil in bool green gardens rn gi ip around a st tely dle shaped hill when wis crowned bv n not ie elial P choso h gh taper ing vis ral lit v th ih e ird the cit appeared to r sever al mile ard leond it in the lick arounds them lied off a fair country cheque red bv the reful lines of tru t ful haisl tha stabat ie marks enterer u ind edu bated even m la tho 1 scene aoe of ind n 01 ng beauty it wag a natural imp ilse to b t th i v tn g I 1 pro cured a bk ff and across the river la ded at tl e chief charf of the aih no net rne there I 1 looked and sa v no one I 1 co lid hear no one moie tho agh the quiet every chere was such that I 1 heard the flag buzz and the water ripples break against the shallo v baach I 1 walked through the sol tary streets the to in a dream un der some deadening spell from I 1 almost feared to aaka it for it had not slept long there aas gup in the rius had not entirely riots of dust let I 1 e cabout unchecked I 1 went inte rope ailes at 1 paiit les the api ferij cheel was idle the carpenter had gone from his ork bench and hia t finished sash ard call g fresh bark was in the tanner a vat and fresh chopped 1 wood stood piled ag dunst tie bakers oven the blecksmith blick smith s shop v is cold but bis coil 1 cap and ladi pool and crooked vater horn were all there as if he had just gote for a hohla no work i eople looked to inov my errand if I 1 went into the garden clinen g the wicket latch dudl after me to pull the mongolda min golda ae artease aad lids lippera and draw a drink with the water sodden well buck et and its nois chain or stocking off with stick the tall and sunflowers hunted ovar the beds for cucumber and love apples no one ailed out to me from rey windol or dog sprang for v ard to bark an alarm I 1 could have ci opposed the people hidden in the houses but the doors were unfastened an 1 when at last I 1 entered them I 1 fouad dead a heb white upon the hearths and had to tread a tip toe ns it wilano down the aisle of i counti chur b to nord arousing irreverent echoes from the nak ed floors on the outskirts of the town ivas the ty aveard Mv eard hut there vas no ricord of plague there nor d d it in u d affer much from other protestant cemeteries some of tha mounds were not long some of the stones were newly set their and their black inscriptions gloa si inthe hardly dried ink beyond the graveyard out in the belde I 1 saw in one epol hard by where tie fruited boughs of a oung orchard had been roughly torn I 1 the still ambera 0 a barbecue ire that had been constructed bd of raila from the fening around it it lit eat acs of 1 fe there fields upon fields of beav headed yellow grain III rotting upon the ground no one a at had to tako in their bancsi I 1 |