Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . the Mormons had been visited byCaptain James G. Allen, of the United States Dragoons, withwhom Brigham Young entered into negotiations to furnish abattalion for the Mexican war. The Mormons were the moreready to enter this service, as they expected to be discharged inCalifornia, where the church then intended to settle. Fivehundred men were enrolled in a few days, and proceeded toLeavenworth, where they were mustered into the service of the AND CRI
Polygamy; or, The mysteries and crimes of Mormonism, being a full and authentic history of this strange sect from its origin to the present time. . the Mormons had been visited byCaptain James G. Allen, of the United States Dragoons, withwhom Brigham Young entered into negotiations to furnish abattalion for the Mexican war. The Mormons were the moreready to enter this service, as they expected to be discharged inCalifornia, where the church then intended to settle. Fivehundred men were enrolled in a few days, and proceeded toLeavenworth, where they were mustered into the service of the AND CRIMES OF MORMONISM. 115 United States. An agent of Brigham Young accompanied themthus far, and received twenty thousand dollars of their ad-vanced bounty, which was understood to be for the support oftheir families during their absence; and the since noted John and Major Howard Egan accompanied the battalion toSanta Fe, and took back to Brigham the amount of their firstpayment. This is supposed to have been used in takingtheir families to Utah, but grave charges are made concern-ing it. Several testify that Brigham tithed it heavily and. OKSON HYDE, APOSTLE AND DANITE. allowed their families to suffer; but in the criminations andrecriminations of fanatics and apostates the truth is hard tocome at. The battalion was put in the command of Colonel Philip Cooke, in the noted overland expedition under GeneralKearney. They marched two thousand and fifty miles to SanDiego, California, passing through the mountains of southernArizona and New Mexico, and across the desert of company of them re-enlisted for a short time in California,many apostatized and the rest made their way to Salt Lake 116 POLYGAMY. City, The main body of the Saints meanwhile concentrated atwhat is now Florence, six miles north of Omaha, which theycalled Winter Quarters. There they built five hundred loghouses, one grist mill and several horse mills; there the churchwas completely reorganized
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