ld do, and we returned home with it. We had been gone
only a little over an hour.

Brigham stayed at my house. We sat by the fire and talked until
midnight. I unbosomed myself to him. I told him of my ill
treatment, and asked if I had failed in any respect to perform
the duties of the mission he gave me before starting with the
pioneers across the plains. I told him of the great crop we had
raised; that we had it in abundance to feed the poor and for
every purpose; so much, in fact, that there was no sale for it.
He said:

"You have done well, and you shall be blessed for it."

To this I replied that I hoped my blessings would be different
from those I had been receiving. He replied:

"Jesus has said, In this world you shall have tribulation, but in
Me you shall have peace - that is, if you bear these things
patiently, without murmuring."

CHAPTER XVIII - THE DANITE AND HIS DUTY

While my mind is running in that direction let me tell of certain
of the doings of the Danites. These stories I relate will
illustrate the purpose and uses of the Danite in the work of the
Mormon Church, and show how the sword of Gideon was wielded in
cases smaller than the affair at Mountain Meadows, still to be
written down. What follows are instances of thousands of like
kind.

In the fall of 1859 two young men on their way to California
stopped at the Santa Clara fort to recruit their jaded animals.
Expecting that while doing so they might be so fortunate as to
meet with a train of people going to the same place, and have
company to San Bernardino, the young men stayed at the fort over
two months. Hamblin, one of the Danites, assured them that they
could go alone through the country with perfect safety. At the
same time he had his plans laid to take their lives as soon as
they started. This was by direction of the Mormon leaders. The
Indians around the fort wanted to kill the men at once, but
Hamblin objected, and told the Indians to wait until the men got
out in the desert.

At last these young men started from the fort. Hamblin told the
Indians that the right time had come, and wanted the Indians to
ambush themselves at a point agreed on near the desert, where the
men could be safely killed. The Indians obeyed Hamblin's orders,
and as the men approached the place of ambush fired upon them,
killing one of the men. The other returned the fire, and shot one
of Hamblin's pet Indians through the hand; this Indian's name was
Q