eat that Erwin had made during the day, at the trial of
his brothers.

Those men who had turned away from the Church were the most
bitter enemies to Brigham, and sought every opportunity to entrap
him. They tried to ensnare him, and find an occasion to arrest
him with a warrant. This caused Brigham to lie hidden as much as
possible.

In the meantime his Destroying Angels were diligently on the
watch, and every suspicious man was closely tracked up, and no
strategy neglected to find out his business. If they suspected
that any man wanted to serve a writ on Brigham they never let
that man escape. Sometimes they would treat him with great
kindness, and in that way decoy him to some out-of-the-way place,
and there "save" him, as it was called. The Danites were not only
on the track of officers, but all suspected characters who might
come to spy out what was going on. I knew of many men who were
put out of the way.

If any Danite was caught in a scrape, it was the duty of the rest
to unite and swear him out. It was shown that the Gentiles had no
right to administer an oath. The Danites might swear a house full
of lies to save one of the brethren.

Whatever the Danites were ordered to do, they were to do and ask
no questions. Whether it was right or wrong mattered not to them,
they were responsible only to their leaders, amenable only to
God. I was one among them, into the secret of all they did; and
they looked for me to speak a good word for them with Brigham, as
they were ambitious to please him and obtain his blessing. The
captain of the Danites never asked me to do anything he knew I
was averse to doing. Under Brigham, Hosea Stout was Chief.

The Danites buried a man in a lot near the Masonic Hall. They got
him tight and some were joking with him while others digged his
grave. They asked him to go with them into a field of corn,
saying it was fully grown. They told him they had a jug of whisky
cached out there. They led him to his grave, and told him if he
would get down into it, hand up the jug, he should have the first
drink. As he bent over to get down, Roswell Stevens struck him on
the back of the head and dropped him. They tightened a cord
around his neck to shut off his wind, and then covered him up and
set the hill of corn back on his grave to cover any tracks that
might lead to discovery.

Another man they took in a boat, about two o'clock at night, for
a ride. When out in the channel of the river the D