. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . coun-ties in Mis-sou-ri. The saintsthought they had a right to take from the Gen-tilesall that they had, for Proph-et Joe said the Lordspeo-ple had the right to the earth. A saintcould not, of course, be a thief! They laid plans to build a great tem-ple in themidst of a vast, fine ci-ty to be known to all time asFar West. It got to be hard times for the Gen-tiles, for the* saints held all the of-fi-ces and made the laws, anda Gen-tile had no chance to o^et his ricjhts where theseMor-mons were. It is not strange, then, that they felt a rage growu
. History of Missouri in words of one syllable . coun-ties in Mis-sou-ri. The saintsthought they had a right to take from the Gen-tilesall that they had, for Proph-et Joe said the Lordspeo-ple had the right to the earth. A saintcould not, of course, be a thief! They laid plans to build a great tem-ple in themidst of a vast, fine ci-ty to be known to all time asFar West. It got to be hard times for the Gen-tiles, for the* saints held all the of-fi-ces and made the laws, anda Gen-tile had no chance to o^et his ricjhts where theseMor-mons were. It is not strange, then, that they felt a rage growup in their hearts, till it broke out in acts that werenot quite fair. The end of it was a war in which the 136 History of JMissoitri. State troops had a hand. Blood was shed on bothsides, and much harm was done. It was niade known to the Mor-mons that theycould not live in peace here. If they would leavethe State they should be paid for their farms andhomes. The head saints, in the face of Statetroops, and the hate of the Gen-tiles, thought it. SCENE IN COUN-TY PEM-I-SCOT. would be best for them to say yes to such this plan could be put in force the head saintschanged their minds and would not go. In 1838 theMis-sou-ri mil-i-tia was once more up in arms to makean end to the strife in the Mor-mon time there was war ! The First Bri-gade, withGen-er-al Don-i-phan and Gen. John B. Clark, metthe Mor-mon force one thou-sand strong, led by G. Joe SmitJis Paradise. 137 W. Hin-kle. Joe Smith, the Proph-et, when he sawhow frail a chance the saints had to come outfirst best, at last came to terms. He and his head men at arms were to stay andbe tried ; the rest of the Mor-mons, old and young,should leave the State. This was the end of theMor-mon pest in Mis-sou-ri. Joe Smith, it is thought, gave the guard a finebribe to let him leave on the sly. He led his saintsto Il-li-nois to a sweet spot on the banks of the Mis-sis-sip-pi, to which they gave the name of Nau-voo
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