The awakening of the desert . writer spent several days withGovernor Cumming on a stage ride through Coloradoand Kansas.) Continuing his narrative, the elder de-scribed the local conflicts that occurred and the untruth-ful reports concerning Mormon affairs, which were pub-lished in Eastern journals. He said President Buchanandoubtless desired to remove the United States troopsfrom the states, because the absence of the main body ofthe United States army would make conditions morefavorable for the southern states to assert their inde-pendence. He accordingly sent the flower of the armyto subdue
The awakening of the desert . writer spent several days withGovernor Cumming on a stage ride through Coloradoand Kansas.) Continuing his narrative, the elder de-scribed the local conflicts that occurred and the untruth-ful reports concerning Mormon affairs, which were pub-lished in Eastern journals. He said President Buchanandoubtless desired to remove the United States troopsfrom the states, because the absence of the main body ofthe United States army would make conditions morefavorable for the southern states to assert their inde-pendence. He accordingly sent the flower of the armyto subdue Utah and put it in command of that old brag-gadocio, General Harney, who said, I will winter inUtah or in Hell. Do you think, said the elder, that we would peace-fully await the results of such threats, without takingsome steps for our protection? We had peacefullysettled on what was then foreign soil. President Youngorganized our forces, and as it is now all over I can tellyou about it. Harney sent Captain Van Yliet to the. INSIDE GLIMPSES OF MORMON AFFAIRS 331 city to buy some supplies. The captain had a talk withPresident Young, who said that he did not wish to fightagainst the armies of his country, but if they were ableto get through the mountains they would find the citya desert. General Johnson succeeded Harney as leader of theinvasion, and I was sent out with our defending wore Indian clothes. I was with Indians and tried toact like an Indian. It was an interesting life full of ex-citement and adventure. Did you see the fortificationsin Echo Canyon?Yes. Well, continued the elder, I helped to build them,and we were prepared, if the army should enter the canyon,to tumble rocks upon them from the cliffs above, as wehad many of them poised on the edge of the high pointsthat overlooked the road below. I was sent out to reconnoiter in the path of the in-coming armys supply trains, and we were able to fire allthe wagons in one of them, which was passing GreenRiver. W
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