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. . From thisheel, really a spur of the Wasatch, City Creek runs out and ir-rigates nearly all the city plat; eastward the mountain recedesto a distance of six or seven miles, then bears southward, thenwestward to the cafion of the Jordan, and west of that the de-tached Oquirrh comes north again to the south end of the the centre of the oval valley runs the Jordan, its coursea little west of north ; along it is a narrow strip of fertility, an
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. . From thisheel, really a spur of the Wasatch, City Creek runs out and ir-rigates nearly all the city plat; eastward the mountain recedesto a distance of six or seven miles, then bears southward, thenwestward to the cafion of the Jordan, and west of that the de-tached Oquirrh comes north again to the south end of the the centre of the oval valley runs the Jordan, its coursea little west of north ; along it is a narrow strip of fertility, andlittle oases border the streams which flow into it. All the restis comparatively barren bench or sage-brush plat, only valua-ble here and there for a little grass. At least nine-tenths of the houses in the city then were adobe,and not one in five of these plastered or stuccoed ; the whole citycontained but one dozen solid, impressive-looking structures ofstone and brick, and not one of any architectural beauty. Andthe people at first view seemed wonderfully plain, especially thewomen—^not ugly-looking, or degraded, or deformed, but sim-. 207 208 POLYGAMY ; OR, THE MYSTERIES ply and hopelessly homely. T had heard that they were fana-tics, and I laughed at the thought; for of all people I ever sawthey seemed the least emotional, the least excitable. Therewere not over five hundred Gentiles in the city, and perhaps asmany more scattered through the Territory; and I soon learnedto recognize them at sight. The Mormons had that samenessof look which seems to characterize the people of all exclusivereligious societies; even the children tended to one type—long,slender, with towy hair and watery blue eyes. They werethoroughly homogeneous. But the Gentiles were doubtless themost heterogeneous class in America: representing all Statesand nearly all nations, they presented every variety of form andcomplexion. They consisted of United States officials and theiremployes, attaches of th
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