eltering in his blood. During the night he succeeded
in releasing himself from his confinement, and dragged himself to
some haystacks, where he lay until the next day, when he was
discovered by friends. The young man has been an idiot or quiet
lunatic ever since.

Bishop Snow took soon occasion to get up another meeting at the
schoolhouse, so as to have the people of Manti and the young
woman that he wanted to marry attend the meeting. When all had
assembled the old man talked to the people about their duty to
the Church, their obligation to obey counsel and the dangers of
refusal; and called attention to the case of the young man. The
young woman was sealed to Bishop Snow.

CHAPTER XIX - THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS

My time I find is getting short. To continue as I have the story
of the little details and what befell as we crossed the plains
for the promised land of Utah would need more days than I have
left me. I will go then direct to the story of the Mountain
Meadows troubles for which I am to die, as I desire that the
facts as they occurred should be known. As a duty to myself, I
purpose to give a statement of all I know in that affair. I did
not act alone; I had many to assist me at Mountain Meadows.

Those who were connected with the massacre, and took part in the
transaction, were moved by a religious duty. All were acting
under the orders and by command of their Church leaders. The
immediate orders for the killing of the emigrants came from those
in authority at Cedar City. I and those with me moved by virtue
of positive orders from Brother Haight and his associates.

Before I started on my mission to the Mountain Meadows I was told
by Brother Haight that his orders to me were the result of full
consultation with Bishop Dame and all in authority. The massacre
was decided on by the head men of the Church.

To approach this subject properly I must step backward several
years. After the destruction of Nauvoo, when the Mormons were
driven from the State of Illinois, I shared the fate of my
brethren, and partook of the hardships and trials that befell
them from that day until the time of the settlement of Salt Lake
City, in the then wilderness. After reaching Salt Lake I stayed
but a short time, when I went to live at Cottonwood, where the
mines were afterwards discovered by General Connor and his men
during the late war. I was just getting fixed to live there, when
I was ordered to go into the interior and ai