See Book

'Commissions" of Ohio converts, 128.
Conferences, church, provided for, 101.
Connor, Col. P. E., rebuke of disloyalty,
544; march into Salt Lake City, 545; es-
tablishes Camp Douglas, 546; invitation to
miners, 550; ball in his honor, 602.
Consecration of property, 145, 194.
Converts, first Mormon, 100.

Cooke, Lieut. Col. P. St. G., in Mormon
"war," 482; sufferings of his force, 492;
government sale at Camp Floyd, 537.
Coöperation, church doctrine, 559; Z. C. M.
I., 559, 560.

Corrill, John, reasons for accepting Mormon-
ism, 124-126; why he abandoned it, 125;
ravings of converts, 130; on Jackson County
agreement, 175; locked up, 177; on Mis-
souri relations, 187; leaves the church, 189;
on Danites, 189; on Mormon plundering,
202; testimony against the leaders, 212;
excommunicated, 213 note; presents pe-
tition to the legislature, 216.
Council Bluffs, camp at, 376.
Council of Fifty, 316 note.
Counterfeiting alleged, 10, 81, 188, 260, 293,

302, 331, 344, 360; of government drafts in
Salt Lake City, 536, 537.

Cowdery, Oliver, assistant translator, 38, 45:
biography, 45; ordered West, 72; testi-
mony regarding the plates, 78; character
and later years, 80-83; authorized to bap-
tize, 99; ordained, 100; authorization to
reveal, and its results, 101, 102; first ser-
mon, 103; trip to Toronto, 113; journey to
Ohio, 122; miracle working, 139; boun-
daries of the promised land, 142; share of
Kirtland property, printer, 146; Kirtland
bank, 148; charges against, 154: charge
against Smith, 157; arrival in Missouri,
162, 163; printer in Missouri, 167; mission
to Kirtland, 176; expelled from church,
188.

Cowdery, W. A., on Kirtland Bank, 150;
Smith on, 156.

Cowles, Austin, affidavit, 291.

Cradlebaugh, Judge John, action against

Parrish murderers, 450; on Aiken mur-
ders, 450; appointed associate justice of
Utah Territory, 478; on Mountain Meadows
Massacre, 524 note, 525, 526; checked by
Governor Cumming, 535.

Cragin Anti-polygamy Bill, 591.

Craig, C. L., deputy surveyor, report, 473.
Crickets, visitation of, 400.

Crooked River, battle of, 203.

Crosby, J. R., associate justice of Utah Terri-
tory, 537, 540.

Crystal-gazing, 16–18; practise by Smith, 18-
22. See " Peek-stone."

Cullom, S. M., anti-polygamy bill of 1869,
591; proposed law of 1890, 602.
Cumming, Alfred, appointed governor of
Utah, 478; proclamation to Young, 499;
approached by Kane, 503; trip to Salt
Lake City, 505-507; opinions of Young,
507; charges against Hurt, 507; scene in
the Tabernacle, 508; on Mormon exodus,
510; peace commissioners on, 512; on
Johnston's advance, 513 note; proclama-
tion to the people, 516; opposes military
posse, 535; order to Wells, 536; depart-
ure from Utah, 537.

Cumorah, land and hill of, 91.

Currency, Mormon, 439.

Curtis, George Ticknor, silence on Mormon
"war," 480 note.
Cyprian Saints, 270.

D

Dame, Col. W. H., part in Mountain Mead-
ows Massacre, 527-532.

Daniels, W. N., on the Smiths' murder, 304,
306, 308.

Danites, flight of Cowdery and Whitmer from,
81; organization, 189-191; name, 191;
constitution and oath, 191, 192, 334; Young
on, 192; in politics, 198; testimony con-
cerning, 212, 213; doings in and around
Nauvoo, 334.

Darien Isthmus, landing place of Jaredites,

94.

Daviess County, Mo., riot at Gallatin, 198;

civil war in, 200, 201; military operations
in, 205-207; militia disbanded, 210; Gen.
R. Wilson's visit, 210, 211.
Davison, Mrs., on Spaulding manuscript, 52.
Dawson, J. W., governor of Utah Territory,
537; offence and punishment, 538, 539.
Deacons, duties of, 101.

Debts, revelation about, 146, 164; Young's
view of, 437.

Denmark, hostility to Mormons, 415 note.
Deseret News, defiance of the government,
483; on Gov. Dawson, 538; disloyal
utterances, 543; on polygamy, 553; on
Edmunds law, 600.

Deseret, State of, first constitution and boun-
daries, 429; memorial to Congress, 429;
proposed consolidation with California,
430; protest against admission, 430; charge
of treason, 431; ordinances, 438, 439, 440;
currency and alphabet, 439; university,

440; second constitution and application
for admission, 477; third application for
admission, 540; meeting of legislature,
547.

Devéria, translation of papyri, 141.
Dewitt, Mo., siege of, 201.

Dickens, Charles, illiteracy in England, 230;
description of a Mormon vessel, 233 note.
Dickinson, Ellen E., researches regarding
Spaulding manuscript, 57.

Dilke, Sir C. W., on Young, 553 note.
Disciples of Christ, origin and beliefs, 60;
similarity of Mormon beliefs, 63-65; ex-
pectation of a new Bible, 65; grove meet-
ing, 129.

"Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mor-
mon," 127.

Divining rod, 15.

Divorces, Young's fee for, 577.

Dixon, Hepworth, on Rigdon, 75.

Doctrine and Covenants, Book of." See
"Book" and Revelations.

Doctrines, Mormon, 107-121.
Dominguez's expedition to Utah, 395.
Doniphan, Gen. A. W., Smith's counsel,
199; militia force, 201; report to Gov.
Boggs, 201.

Dotson, P. K., marshal of Utah Territory,
478; experience in counterfeit case, 536.
Doty, J. D., governor of Utah Territory, 550;
death, 567.
Douglas, Stephen A., on Nauvoo Legion,

237; appointment for Bennett, 238; mem-
ber of Hancock County commission, 337;
commission's report, 340; presents Mor-
mon memorial, 430; explanation of Salt
Lake City duties, 431; anti-Mormon speech,
476.
Drake, T. J., associate justice Utah Territory,
540; defiance of Young, 548.
Drummond, W. W., associate justice of Utah
Territory, 466; reputation in Illinois, 469;
ignores the probate courts, 471; quarrel
with a Jew, and its results, 471; return to
the East and report, 472.

Dunklin, Gov., Mormon statement to, 175;
reply thereto, 176; compromise urged,
182; message to legislature, 184; reply to
Clay County Mormons, 186.

Dunn, Capt., visit to Nauvoo, 299.

Durfee, A., part in Parrish murders, 448, 449.
Durkee, C., governor of Utah Territory, 567.
Duties levied in Salt Lake City, 431; Col.

Kane on, 459.

Dutton, S., indictment for murder, 569.
Dylkes," the leather god," 124.

E

Eagle, Hancock, issued at Nauvoo, 345.

Eckles, D. R., chief justice of Utah Territory,

478; court at Camp Scott, 500; refusal to
accompany Cumming, 506; jury charge on
polygamy, 514.

Edmunds, Senator G. F., anti-polygamy bill,

595; Edmunds-Tucker amendment. 596;
bill regarding church property, 602.
"Egyptian, reformed," why used on the
plates, 92.

Elders, duties, 101; to travel, 113; early mis-
sionaries, 228, 229.

Elders' Journal, vii.

Election law, early Utah, 467.

Ellicott, Lord Bishop, on baptism for the
dead, 118.

Emery, G. B., governor of Utah Territory,
573; on polygamy, 594.

Emmons, Sylvester, connection with the Ex-
positor, 291.

Endowment House, early ceremonies at Nau-

voo, 278; ceremony described, 353, 354;
the oath, 354. 355; Gen. Wells's refusal to
testify about, 594.

England, proselyting in, 230-233; charac-
ter of converts, 256, 257; converts, how
treated, 257 note.

Enoch, Order of, 146.

Escalante, expedition to Utah, 395.
Ether, Book of, 93.

Evarts, W. M., circular regarding Mormon
immigration, 613.

Evening and Morning Star, vii; office de-
stroyed, 174.

"Everlasting Gospel," contained in golden
plates, 31; Rigdon's use of the story of
Cyril's plates and Joachim's teachings, 74-
77; in Mormon writings, 77.

Expositor, Nauvoo, its origin and suppres-
sion, 290-296; incorrect statements about,
291 note.

F

Fairchild, Pres. J. H., pamphlet on second
Spaulding Ms., 55, 56; on Rigdon, 68.
Faith cures, 139 note.

Fancher, Capt., leader of Mountain Meadows
victims, 518.

Far West, Mo., founded, 187; surrender of,
208.

Fayette, N. Y., Mormon churchwork at, 100,

104.

Feet washing, 138.

Ferguson, James, affair with Judge Stiles,

471.

Ferris, B. G., "Utah and the Mormons,"
viii; "the real (Mormon) miracle," 1; sec-
retary of Utah Territory, 467.
Fillmore, capital of Utah, 458.
Fillmore, Pres. M., appoints Utah officers,

458; deceived by Col. Kane, 459.

Fitch, T., attorney for Mormons, 570.

Flenniken, R. P., associate justice of Utah

Territory, 537, 540.

Floyd, Sec. J. B., order to Gen. Johnston, 534.
Ford, T., governor of Illinois, warrant for
Smith's arrest, 247; on alleged pledge to
Mormons, 248 note; visit to Carthage, de-
mand on Mormons for information, 298;
surrender of Mormon leaders called for,
298; the murder of the Smiths, 301-304;
action after Smith's murder, 313; defends
Mormons, 331; advises them not to vote,
333; advice to Young, 335; changed view
of Mormons, 337; vacillating course, 345,
347, 348, 352; possible future of Mormon-
ism, 618.

Forney, Jacob, on Mountain Meadows vic-
tims, 518 note, 525, 526 note.

Foster, Dr. R. D., Smith's accusations, 290;
connection with Expositor, 291; flight from
Nauvoo, 295.

Freedom of worship in Utah, 429.

Frelinghuysen, F. T., defeat of his bill, 571.
Frémont, claim to discovery of Great Salt
Lake, 396.

French, Gov., address to Hancock County
citizens, 352.

Frontier Guardian, 394.

Fulgate, W., affidavit about Kinderhook
plates, 87.

Fuller, F., secretary and acting governor of

Utah Territory, 537-539; removal of, 550.
"Fur Company," 202.

Gifts of tongues and miracles, 138.
Gilbert, J. H., part in printing Mormon
Bible, 47-48.

Gilbert, Sidney, storekeeper in Missouri, 167;
visit by mob, 174; locked up, 177.
Gladdenites, suppression of, 436.
Glyphs, 87.

Godbe, W. S., Young's order to, 426;
Young's threat, 560; in "New Movement,"
561; opposition to Cullom Bill, 592.
Godfrey, G. L., member Utah commission,
597.

Gold Bible. See "Bible, Mormon."
Gold discovery in California, effect in Utah,
405-408.

Grandin, E. B., publisher of Mormon Bible,

47.

con-

Grant, G. D., indicted for murder, 569.
Grant, J. M., anecdote of Smith, 310; on Salt
Lake City immorality, 442; leader in "The
Reformation," and inventor of blood atone-
ment, 444; on human sacrifices, 454; pam-
phlet, "The Truth about the Mormons,"
461; denial of polygamy, 465 note;
tradiction of H. H. Bancroft, 466; defiance
of the government, 474; indictment for
treason, 500; on discontented wives, 585.
Grant, Pres. U. S., refusal to remove Judge
McKean, 570; special message to Con-
gress, 570; signs Poland Bill, 571.
Gray, Prof. Asa, on Rafinesque, 88.
Great Salt Lake, discovery of, 395.

Great Salt Lake City. See Salt Lake City.
Great Salt Lake Valley, first view of by the
Mormons, 390, 391; first Sunday service in,
396.

Great Salt Lake Valley Carrying Co., 403.
Greeley, Horace, on Mormon persecutions,
136; Mormon influence over, 479; Young's
statements to, 576, 579; woman's place in
Utah, 584.

Gregg, T., on Mormon persecutions, 220; on
Smith's murder, 304.

Grow, Galusha A., action on Deseret consti-
tution, 477.

Gunnison, Lieut. J. W., "The Mormons,"
viii; early knowledge of blood atonement,
445; Mormon view of land titles, 472 note;
murder of, 473 note.

H

Haight, I. C., part in Mountain Meadows
Massacre, 526–530.

Hale, Emma, marriage to Smith, 24.
Hale, Isaac, character, 23; objections to
Smith, 24; Smith's promise, 36; account
of the translation of the golden plates, 37.
Hall of the Seventies, 241.

Hamblin, J., part in Mountain Meadows Mas-
sacre, 525.

Hancock County, Ill., desire for settlers, 221;
panic following Smith's murder, 313; Mor-
mon vote in 1844, 333; the "burnings,"
336; Douglas-Hardin commission, 337;
Gen. Hardin's proclamation, 338; anti-
Mormon meetings, 338; convention at
Carthage, 340; anti-Mormon meetings re-
assembled, 345; contributions for poor
Mormons, 368. See Illinois.
Hand-cart tragedy, 418-427.

Hardin, Gen. J. J., on Hancock County com-
mission, 337; proclamation to Hancock
County, 338; negotiations with Mormons,
340, 341.

Harding, S. S., trick on Stoddard, 105; gov-
ernor of Utah Territory, 540; pardon of
Morrisites, 542; censure of, by Mormon
grand jury, 542; first message to legisla-
ture, 546; retort of the legislators, 547;
reply to Mormon committee, 548; removal,
how secured, 550.

Harmonists, treatment of, 135.

Harney, Gen. W. S., in Mormon "war," 481.
Harris, Abigail, statement, 25.

Harris, B. D., territorial secretary, 458; de-
parture with a federal appropriation, 464,
465.

Harris, Martin, personal and mental charac-
teristics, 35; early partnership in the Golden
Bible, 36; assistant translator, 37; visit to
Prof. Anthon, 38-41; intrusted with trans-
lated pages, 41; description of the work
of translating the plates, 42; punishment
of, 43; part in publication of Mormon
Bible, 47; Albert Chandler's recollection
of, 48; Smith's revelations about, 43, 49;
sale of farm, 49; warned about talkative-
ness, 79; exhibition of the plates, 79, 80,
83; expulsion from the church, and last
years, 84; share in Kirtland property, 146;
trial of, 154; Smith on, 156; on Smith's
intemperance, 156.

Harris, Mrs. Martin, proceedings in court,
27; husband's abuse of, 35; Mother Smith
on, 36; theft of the translated pages, 41;
separation from husband, 47.
Harris, W., on Kirtland Bank, 148.
Harrison, Pres. B., proclamation of amnesty,
606.

Harrison, E. L. T., in "New Movement,"
561-563; on Mormon oath, 354.
Harrison, W. H., Mormon vote for, 244.
Hartnett, J., secretary of Utah Territory, 478.
Haven, John, on Mrs. Davison's letter, 53.
Hawkins, T., convicted of polygamy, 592.
Hawn's Mill massacre, 204.

Hay, Hon. John, account of Smith's murder,
307 note.

Hayden's "Early History of the Disciples'
Church in the Western Reserve," 63-66.
Hayes, Pres. R. B., on polygamy, 595.
Haywood, J. L., marshal of Utah Territory,
458.

Hazen, Gen. W. B., on Ben Holiday, 549
note; on Mormon murders, 555.
Hedlock, R., immigration scandal, 410.
Hendrick, Granville, founder of the Church
of Christ, 183 note.
Hendrickites, 183 note.

Hendrix, D., picture of Smith, 13, 27; print-
ing of the Mormon Bible, 48.
Hickman, Bill," on Aikin murders, 451;
indicted for murder, 500; petition for Mor-
risites' pardon, 542; a bet, 545.

Hooper, W. H., senator from State of Deseret,
540; on defeat of Frelinghuysen Bill, 571;
speech against Cullom Bill, 591.
Host of Israel, 192.

Hotchkiss, H. R., landowner at Commerce,
Ill., 223; demands on Smith, 225.
Howe, E. D., "Mormonism Unveiled," viii;
researches concerning Spaulding Ms., 53,
56.

Hurlbut, D. P., connection with Spaulding
Ms., 56-58.

Hurt, G., Indian agent, report to the govern-
ment, and escape from Utah, 474; Cum-
ming's charges against, 507.

Hutchins, J., appeal to Pres. Grant, 179 note.
Hyde, Elder John, Jr., weight of golden
plates, 34 note; estimate of Rigdon and P.
P. Pratt, 59; sketch of, 59; plates still un-
earthed, 92; New Testament quotations
in the Mormon Bible, 96; the Danites,
191; leaders' plans in Missouri, 195; the
proselyting in England, 232 note; effect of
"sealing" ordinances, 288; endowment
ceremony, 353, 354; victims of blood atone-
ment, 455 note; on Young, 575.

Hyde, Orson, doctrinal diagram, 116; con-
nection with Kirtland bank, 148; letter to
Missouri, 155; mission to Missouri, 176;
leaves the church, 189; substantiates Marsh,
214; mission to Jerusalem, 229; statements
in England, 231; Christ an alleged polyga-
mist, 288; Rigdon's prosecutor, 316; over-
tures to Rigdon, 317 note; overtures to
William Smith, 335; editor of Frontier
Guardian, 394; blood atonement fore-
shadowed, 454; on Mormon world rule, 617.

I

Icarians at Nauvoo, 355.
Idaho, anti-polygamy law, 601.

Illinois, early history, 219, 220; why Mormons
were welcomed, 220, 221; Mormon land

purchases, 223; party divisions, 243; Mor-
mons in politics, 243-249; uprising of non-
Mormons, 297; Gov. Ford's course, 298;
militia called out, 313; renewed anti-Mor-
mon feeling, 331-333; Democratic repudia-
tion of the Mormons, 335; the "burnings,"
336; Douglas-Hardin commission, 337;
negotiations for Mormon evacuation, 338-
341; Mormon view of the expulsion, 342;
Brayman's reports, 343; evacuation of
Nauvoo, 344-351; "last Mormon war,"
347-351. See Carthage, Hancock County,
Quincy, Warsaw.
Immigration, foreign, 232, 233; disappointed
immigrants, 258; to Utah, 410-417; Hed-
lock scandal, 410; misrepresentations to
immigrants, 411-414,613; petition to Queen
Victoria, 412; Young's order to Saints in
Europe, 413; "Perpetual Emigrating Fund,"
414; routes to Utah, 415-417; the hand-cart
tragedy, 418-427; bond exacted, 420 note;
profits to agents, 427; supervision of, 434;
action of government against, 613.
Independence, Mo., town of, 166; anti-Mor-
mon county meeting, 170; doings of the
"mob," 174.

Indians, origin of, 91; Pottawottomies' and
Omahas' welcome to Mormons, 375, 376;
encountered by Utah pioneers, 381, 383;
Omahas' objection to their Mormon neigh-
bors, 393; visit of pioneers to, 397; appro-
priation of their land, 473; incited to hos-
tility by the Mormons, 473, 474; part in
Mountain Meadows Massacre, 521 ff.; inter-
ruption of the mails, 539. See Lamanites.
Ingersol, Peter, Smith's confession to, 24.
lowa, Mormon land purchases, 223; evacua-
tion by Mormons, 356; kind treatment of
the emigrants from Nauvoo, 360; county
organized for Mormons, 393; proposed
permanent settlement, 393, 394.
Irrigation, first in Utah, 391.
Irving, Washington, on possibilities of the Far
West, 380; his "Lake Bonneville," 396.
Israel, lost tribes of, 167.

J

Jack Mormons, 185.
Jackson County, Mo., population and pio-
neers, 161, 162; arrival of Mormon mis-
sionaries, 162; expulsion of Mormons from,
169-179; anti-Mormon manifesto, 170-172;
grievances of anti-Mormons, 172, 173; ulti-
matum to Mormons, 173; Mormon state-
ments to the governor, 175-177; agreement
signed, 175; land in Missouri to be held,
176; Big Blue attacked, 177, 178; exchange
of shots, 178; departure of the Mormons,
178, 179; Mormon legal proceedings, 179;

proposition of non-Mormons, 182; its re-
jection, 183, 184; hoped-for return to Jack-
son County, 183 note.

Jacob, G. H., pamphlet on polygamy, 276.
Jaques, Vienna, III.
Jaredites, 91, 93.

Jarvis, H. J., vengeance on, 446.
"Jerks," 129.

Jesperson, Hans, conviction of polygamy,
599.

Jews, ancestors of Indians, 53, 90; looked-for
return to Jerusalem, 64.

John the Baptist, in Mormon Bible, 96; ap-
pearance to Smith, 99.

Johnson, Bishop, part in Parrish murders,
448.

Johnson, J., murder of, 536.

Johnson, Lyman E., charges against, 81; trial
of, 154; expelled, 188.

Johnson, Nephi, testimony about Mountain
Meadows Massacre, 532.

Johnston, Albert Sidney, federal commander
in the Mormon "war," 482; march to Utah,
491; on Mormon purpose, 494; refusal of
Young's offer of provisions, 503 note;
policy stated, 506; defends Hurt, 507; re-
ply to Gov. Cumming, 513 note; Floyd's
order to, 535.

"Josephites." See Reorganized Church.
Journal of Discourses, viii.

K

Kane, Col. T. L., on defiling of the Nauvoo
Temple, 355: ingenuity of the Mormon
emigrants, 365; letter to Jesse C. Little,
372; trip to Nauvoo and the Missouri
camps, 374; reported Mormon baptism,
374; character as a Mormon agent, 374;
mortality in the Missouri camps, 377; de-
scription of Utah crickets, 400; part in
appointment of Young as governor of Utah,
459; work in New York, 479; offer to me-
diate, letters from Buchanan, 501; inter-
views with Mormon leaders in Utah, 502;
at Camp Scott, 503; telegram to Washing-
ton, 515 note.

Kanesville, 393. 394.

Kearney, Gen. S. F., proposition about the
Battalion, 371.

Keeley, James, professor at Nauvoo, 242.
Kelsey, E. B., in "New Movement," 561, 565.
Kendall, postmaster general, Brannan's story
about, 388.

Kennedy, J. H., on Rigdon, 123 note.
Kimball, Heber C., mission to England, 229;
statements in England, 231; against Rig-
don, 317; Young's counsellor, 330; suffer-
ings of family during the migration, 364;
leads a party across the plains, 394; pic-