tures of famine in Utah, 408; chief justice State of Deseret, 429; on Young's author- ity, 437, 454; warnings to the flock, 444. 445. 497; on Young's trusteeship, 473: defiance of the federal government, 497; indicted for treason, 500; on woman's duty, 585; on a fair division of female converts, 586.
Kimball, Hiram, Smith's revelation about, 114.
Kimball, W. H., indictment for murder, 569. Kinderhook plates, history of, 86.
King, Judge A. A., hearings before, 210-215. Kinney, John F., chief justice of Utah Terri- tory, 467; his store and boarding-house, 469; reappointment, 537; against Morris- ites, 541, 542; removed, 550.
Kirtland, O., visitors to, 123; vagaries of con- verts, 128, 130; changed plans for church headquarters, 142; business enterprises (bank, etc.), 143-151; laying out the town, 144: Temple, 145, 160; bank, 148-152; fight at a church service, 158; final struggle and flight of Smith and Rigdon, 159, 160; Kirtland bank-bills in Utah, 439. Klingensmith, part in Mountain Meadows Massacre, 526-530.
Knight, J., Sr., conversion of, 100.
Knight, S., part in Mountain Meadows Mas- sacre, 522 ff.
La Crosse, Wis., Stake at, 324. Lahontan's claims to discovery, 395. Laman, 94.
Lamanites, 53; Cowdery's mission to, 85. 102, 122, 163; wars of, 91-94. See Ind- ians.
Land, Mormon views of, 164, 396, 397, 398
Land speculation, 144; in Kirtland, 144, 159, 160.
Lang, Andrew, on crystal-gazing, 17, 18. Lapham, Fayette, interview with Joseph Smith, Sr., 19, 29.
Laramie, Fort, Utah pioneers at, 383. Latter-Day Saints, why so called, 108. Law, William, a counsellor, 236; denial of a revelation, 248; connection with the church, 290; knowledge of polygamy, 291; Smith's charges against, 293; flight from Nauvoo, 295.
Law, Wilson, offices, 290; connection with the Expositor, 291-295; flight from Nauvoo, 295.
Lawrence, H. W., Young's threat about, 560; in "New Movement," 561. Lee, John D., conversion to Mormonism, 126; on Anthon's statement, 140; Danite
signs, 192; on Missouri plundering, 202, 211; a missionary, 228; on Smith's presi- dential candidacy, 254; his plural wives, 276, 277; adoption by Young, 289; Mor- mon faith in Smith, 309; on" secret works," 316 note; on successorship to Smith, 322; on cause of Mormon troubles, 361; on es- capes from Utah, 450 note; illustration of blood atonement, 456; part in Mountain Meadows Massacre, 520-531; trial and execution, 531, 532.
Legion, Nauvoo, organization of, 237; an army officer on, 239; appearance of, 239: surrender of arms, 299; as sheriff's posse, 336; mobilization of in the "war" in Utah, 484; in Camp Weber, 498; suppression of by Governor Shaffer, 567. Lewis, Catherine, concerning plural wives, 275 note.
Lewis, Hiel and Joseph, on Smith's first ac- court of the golden plates, 28.
Liberty, Mo., Mormon prisoners in, 212. Lincoln, Abraham, name scratched by Mor- mons, 244; vote for Nauvoo charter, 244; signs anti-polygamy bill, 540; Young and G. A. Smith on, 543; petition to, 548; policy toward Mormons, 550.
Little, Jesse C., proposition to federal author- ities, 372.
Loba, F., story of escape from Utah, 451. Lucas, Gen. S. D., march to Far West, 207;
terms of surrender, 208.
Lucas, governor of Iowa, on Mormons, 221. Lyman, Amasa W., against Rigdon, 317; leader of party across the plains, 394; defiance of federal government, 497; in
Mails, alleged tampering with, 440, 474, 480. Mansion House, Nauvoo, 241. "Manuscript Found," history of, and connec- tion with the Mormon Bible, 50-58. McCullough, Maj. Ben. See Peace Com- mission.
McDonald of Indiana, on Babbitt's admis- sion, 431.
McDougal, T. A., on Hancock County com- mission, 337.
McFarland, D., part in Mountain Meadows Massacre, 523.
McKean, J. B., chief justice of Utah Territory, 567; overruled by Supreme Court, 570; Ann Eliza's divorce suit, 573; Hawkins's sentence, 592.
McKinstry, Mrs., affidavit of, 52.
McLean, H. H., kills P. P. Pratt, 519.
McLellin, W. E., trial of, 154; revelation about, 274.
McMurdy, S., part in Mountain Meadows Massacre, 522 ff.
McMurrin, shooting of, 599.
Mann, S. A., secretary of Utah Territory, 567. Marcy, Capt. R. B., John Taylor's letter to, 496; expedition to New Mexico, 499. Markham, S., affidavit, 271; captain of Utah pioneers, 381.
Marks, W., defends Rigdon, 317; alliance with Emma, 323.
Marriage, rule in " Book of Commandments," 157.
Marsh, T. B., on church dissensions, 188; leaves the church, 189; affidavit of, 213; excommunicated, 213 note.
Marshals, conflict of authority, 470, 547, 568;
Sup. Court decision, 569; Poland Bill, 572. Matlack, W. E., editor of Hancock Eagle, 345.
Medill, Joseph, visit to Utah, 556. Melchisedec, priesthood of, 99, 120. Messenger and Advocate, viii.
Mexico, Mormon settlements in, 614. Migration to Utah, destination not foreseen, 357, 358, 385-387; explanation to the Mor- mon people, 358; preparations for, 359; first departures from Nauvoo, 362; march to the Missouri, 363-370; suffering of the expelled remnant, 367-369; the line of march, 369; in camps on the Missouri, 375-378; mortality in the camps, 376, 377; trip of the pioneers, 380-391; the following companies, 392-394.
Miles, John, tried for polygamy, 594. Millennial Star, vii; predicts destruction of the Union, 543.
Millennium, Disciples' and Mormons' belief, 63; Mormon expectation of, 108. Milman, on inconsistency, 273 note. Mining, first discovery of ore in Utah, 550; "Reformers' "' views, 564; Emma mine, 570. Miracles, modern, 5, 6; first Mormon, 103: in Ohio and England, 339; denial by Smith, 139 note; use of, in England, 231. Missions, compulsory character, 437, 438; of to-day, 611.
Missouri, at time of Mormon arrival, 161, 162; Smith's first visits, 167, 168; Jackson County troubles, 168-184; politics, 198; pillaging and burning, 202; fate of Mormon persecutors, 204; alleged death sentence of Smith and others, 208; Mormon object in, 210; Mormon petition to legislature, 216; departure from the state, 217; pecuniary losses in, 217. See Clay, Daviess, and Jackson counties, Independence.
Nauvoo, Mormon settlement, 223–225; origin of name, 225; unhealthfulness, 225, 226; growth in population, 227; foreign immi- gration, 228; Galland's plan for, 234; reve- lation about, 235; provisions of city charter, 236, 237; Legion authorized, 237; Mansion House, 241; Hall of Seventies, 241; Uni- versity, 242; powers of Municipal Court, 237, 247; ordinances of City Council, 250; social conditions, 256-261; land sales, 257, 258; charges of thieving examined, 258- 261; polygamy practised, 274-280; renewed charges of stealing, 330; hard times in, in 1845, 332; the Neighbor's comments on the repeal of the charter, 333; evacuation of the city by the Mormons, 344-351; "last Mormon war," 347-351; indictments for counterfeiting, 344; arrival of new citizens, 344; Hancock Eagle issued, 345; terms of final surrender, 349; after the evacuation, 350, 356; completion and description of the
Phelps, W. W., expectation of millennium, 109 note; printer in Missouri, biography, 167; mission to Gov. Dunklin, 176; on Clay County treatment, 185; deposed on charges, 188; testimony against Mormon leaders, 213; Smith on, 215; on origin of polygamy, 272 note; at Expositor trial, 294; statement to the church, 314; against Rigdon at Nauvoo, 315, 317.
Pierce, Pres. F., nominations for governor of Utah Territory, 468, 469; bad judicial appointments, 469.
Pioneers to Utah, origin of, 379; trip across the plains, 380-391; return trip, 392. Plates, the golden, witnesses to, 78-86; made by Mormon, 91, 92; origin of, 94; plates still buried, 92 note. See Bible. Poland Bill, 571.
Polk, Pres. J. K., Mormon address to, 357. Polyandry, 288 note.
Polygamy, charge and denial of, in Ohio, 157; first suggested to Smith, 158; origin of the idea, 272-274; Mormon Bible for- bids, 272, 273; early revelations against, 273; practice in Nauvoo, 274-280; ordered by an angel, 275; Lee on, 276; writing of the revelation, 279; Young on original copy, 280; denials and their value, 280 note; Rigdon's innocence in the matter, 280, 281; public announcement, 282; text of revelation, 282-285; Orson Pratt on, 285, 286; obligatory character, 286, 553, 597, 615; effect in England, 286, 287; "sealing," 287, 288; Christ an alleged polygamist, 288; denial of the revelation at Nauvoo, 293, 294; view of, in church incorporation act, 440; denial of, by Col. Kane, 460; Judge Brocchus's criticism of, 462; denial of, by J. M. Grant, 465 note; Judge Eckles's charge to the grand jury, 514; Lincoln signs anti-polygamy bill, 540; Gov. Harding on, 546; Colfax's proposi- tion to Young, 552; Deseret News' view, 553; social aspects of, 582-589; Greeley on woman's place in Utah, 584; the division of female converts, 585; a first wife's view, 586; Pres. Cleveland's view of, 588; leg-
islation concerning, 590-605; appeal of women against, 594; defiance of the Ed- munds law. 597-600; proposed law of 1890, 602; Woodruff's manifesto, 602-609; Roberts case, 604; Utah law of 1901, 605; Mormon fear of a constitutional amend- ment, 605, 616; anxiety of the church to return to polygamy, 615; modern Mormon women's view of, 615.
Poor, support of the, 146.
Porter, Fitz John, in Mormon "war," 482. Post-offices of the Plains, 380.
Potter, G., part in Parrish murders, 448, 449. Powell, L. W. See Peace Commission. Pratt, Orson, on Anthon's statement, 40; on Rafinesque's glyphs, 87; on Mormon Bible, 89; sketch of, 89; on Roman Catholic church, 99 note; sermon on future posses- sion of the earth, 110; rebuke by Young, 117; mission to England, 229; professor at Nauvoo, 242; Smith's affair with Mrs. Pratt, 270; effect of spiritual wife doctrine, 270 note; discourse announcing polygamy, 285, 286; on completion of Nauvoo Temple, 353; protest against the banishment of Mormons, 358; camp experience on the trip to the Missouri, 364; observations during the pioneer trip, 382; call for New York emigrants to California, 387; advance march to Great Salt Lake Valley, 389-391; on proposed settlement in Iowa, 393; ap- peal for mechanics, 403; in charge of English emigration, 414; on first Utah government, 429; charges against the gov- ernment, 475; requests federal officers to resign, 548.
Pratt, P. P., stories about the golden plates, 26, 36; on Anthon's statement, 40; service to the church, 59; acquaintance with Rig- don, 71; visit to Smith, 71; mission to Ohio, 72; Smith's revealing, 111; trial of, 154; rebellious spirit, 155; censure of Smith and Rigdon, 157; arrival in Missouri, 162, 163; on Jackson County "mob," 172; asks for a warrant, 178; on tithing, 194; surrender at Far West, 208; commitment, 214; mis- sion to England, 229; on fate of Smith's murderers, 308; sustains Young at Nauvoo, 315, 317; Emma's church council, 323; on migration to the Far West, 358; departure from Nauvoo, 362 note; selects site for camp at Mt. Pisgah, 366; conveyer of Bat- talion fund, 372; life in Winter Quarters, 377; on Brannan, 387; leader of the "first migration," 392; early view of Salt Lake City, 398; privations in Salt Lake City, 399; glowing report to England, 401; his death, 519.
Preface to first edition Mormon Bible, 45. Prentiss, B. M., in Hancock County, Ill., 343.
Presidency, First,establishment of, 120; reason for, 155.
Presidential candidacy, Smith's, 250-255. Priests, duties of, 101.
Prisoners, Mormon, in Missouri, 211, 212, 215. Prophet, Smith's authorization as, 103. Prophet, in New York, 334; Brannan editor, 387.
Proselyting, origin of, 131; progress in the United States, 228, 229; in England, 229- 233; Young's plan, 329; to-day's system, 611, 612.
Quails, visitation of, 368. Quincy, Ill., arrival of Smith, 216; welcome to Mormons, 221; anti-Mormon meeting, 338; reply to Mormons, 339; peace meet- ing, 349.
Quincy, Josiah, visit to Nauvoo, 140 note; Smith's view of himself as a prophet, 266; on Smith's future influence, 618. Quorums, 120.
Rafinesque's glyphs, 87.
Ramsey, A., member of Utah commission, 597.
Rawlins, Sec. J. A., view of Utah situation, 567.
Rawlins, J. L., enabling act, 607.
Reed, Amos, secretary of Utah Territory, 550. "Reformation, The" (1856), its beginning,
aims, and doings, 441-447.
Reformation, The." See" New Movement." Reid, H. P., counsel for Smith, 299.
Reid, L. H., chief justice of Utah Territory, 467.
Remick, Smith's dealings with, 264. Reorganized Church, title to Kirtland Temple and legal status, 160; claim to Temple lot at Independence, Mo., 183 note; organiza- tion and membership, 223, 224; in Utah, 562-564.
Republican National Convention of 1856, on polygamy, 476.
Resurrection, Smith's view, 116. Return, 44.
Revelations, Joseph Smith, Jr.'s, about the golden plates, 30-32; plates to be secret, 38; Harris's wickedness, 43; directing Har- ris, 49; new translation of Scriptures or- dered, 68-71; to P. P. Pratt, et al., 71; concerning exhibition of the plates, 79; concerning Cowdery's honesty, 80; Har- ris's talkativeness, 79; form of church gov- ernment, 100, 101; Whitmer on, 101; about other revealers, 101; authorization to Cow- dery and its results, 101, 102; Smith to be the leader and prophet, 102; requiring re-
baptism, 103; for Smith's support, 104; Rigdon's authority, 106; move to Ohio ordered, 106; speedy millennium, 109; how revelations were received by Smith, 111; about Vienna Jaques, 111; publication of revelations, 112, 113; failures of, 113, 114; number of, by years, 114: Young's refusal to reveal, 115; imitators of Smith, 34, 85, 115, 154; about First Presidency and other offices, 120; Stakes, 120; elders to travel, 131; Smith's authority and support, 132; Rigdon's support, 132; rebuke of Rigdon, 133; westward move and New Jerusalem, 142; consecration of property, 145; about debts, 146, 164; Salem, Mass., trip, 147; New Jerusalem and Zion promised, 163; Saints' right to Zion, 164, 165; site of Zion, 166; Zion not to be moved, 179; army of Zion, promises not fulfilled, 180, 181; per- mitting murder, 190; tithing, 193, 194; Adam-ondi-Ahman, 195; excusing aban- donment of Zion, 224; about Nauvoo, 235, 236; check on Smith's revelations, 266; against polygamy, 273; about McLellin, 274; the revelation of polygamy, kept secret, 276; promulgation of the revelation in Utah, 285; effect in England, 286; about Brigham Young, 329; Brigham Young on, 329, 435; Young's only revelation, 379; by Joseph Morris, 540.
Reynolds, George, conviction of polygamy, 592.
Rich, C. C., one of the Twelve, 330. Richards, F. D., one of the Twelve, 330; suf- ferings of family during the migration, 364; passes hand-cart emigrants, 421; de- nounced by Young, 426.
Richards, Willard, plan for flight from Nau- voo, 299; account of the Smiths' murder, 305; appeal for peace, 313; statement to the church, 314; Young's counsellor, 330; reply to Hancock County commission, 340; leader of party across the plains, 394. Richmond, Mo., Mormon prison, 211. Rigdon, Nancy, testimony for Mormons, 214; Smith's attempt with, 270. Rigdon, Sidney, Smith's early acquaintance with, 16, 22, 23, 43, 67; Mrs. Davison on, 52; denial by, 53; John Hyde, Jr., on, 59: sketch of in Smith's autobiography, 59; early church connections, 59-61; changed religious views, 60; religious temperament, 61; jealousy of the Camp- bells, 63; toreknowledge of the Mormon Bible, 65, 66; knowledge of Spaulding's Ms., 66, 67; share in translation of Scriptures, 68-71; conversion to Mormon faith, 71-73; use and knowledge of the "Everlasting Gospel," 74-77; his learning, 75; arraignment of Cowdery, et al., 81, 82;
Prof. Whitsitt's view, 92 note; originator of church government, 101; visit to Pal- myra, 103; authority revealed, 106; in First Presidency, 120; on Cowdery, 122; effect of his conversion, 123; his plan, 123 note; revelation about his support, 132; rebuked by Smith, 132; tarred and feathered, 133- 135; tried and deprived of license, 136; seeing the Lord, 138; miracle working, 139; share of Kirtland property, 146-152; Smith's contempt for, 153; last appearance at Kirtland, 159; charge of cowardice, 168; welcome at Far West, 187; "salt sermon," 196; with volunteers for Daviess County, 198; studies law, 200 note; sur- rendered at Far West, 208; a prisoner, 211, 212; trial of, 212-215; appeal to the Amer- ican people, 214; escape from prison, 215: letters of introduction, 221; opposes land purchase, 222; signs Hotchkiss's note, 224; one of Smith's counsellors, 236; order concerning Legion, 237; on Bennett, 238; attorney-at-law and postmaster, 238; pro- fessor at Nauvoo, 242; secures opinion for Smith, 246; named for Vice President, 253; Smith's complaints against, in Nauvoo, 263; innocence about polygamy, 272, 273, 278, 280, 281; course after Smith's death, 314, 315; trial and expulsion from the church, 316-318; his Church of Christ in Pennsyl- vania, 318, 319; remarkable visions there, 318, 319; last days in Friendship, N. Y., 319; alleged mental unsoundness, 318; refusal to rejoin the Mormons, 319, 320 note; interesting letter from, 320. Roberts, B. H., refused seat in Congress, 604. Robinson, Ebenezer, sketch of, 44; second copy of the Mormon Bible, 44; on Salem trip, 148; on Danites, 190; on tithing, 193; on Rigdon's "salt sermon," 197; prisoner in Missouri, 211; taught polygamy, 277, 278.
Robinson, G. W., surrender of at, Far West, 208; on Nancy Rigdon scandal, 271. Robinson, J. King, murder of, 554. Rockwell, Porter P., alleged assassination of Gov. Boggs, 245; acquittal, 250; Lieut. Worrell's murder, 336; part in Aikin mur- ders, 451; warns Young of the approach of troops, 483; indicted for treason, 500; at peace conference, 513; shoots one of Gov. Dawson's assailants, 539; indicted for murder, 567.
Roman Catholic church, Mormon view of, 99 note.
Rosa, Dr. Storm, on Rigdon, 66.
Rowe, H., on spiritual wife doctrine, 287. Ruddock, S. A., claim to discovery, 395. Rudolph, Z., recollections of Rigdon, 67. Ruskin's religious views, 127.
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