COLONEL KANE'S MISSION: His Wily Proposition to President Buchanan - His
Credentials from the President - Arrival in California under an Assumed
Name Visit to Camp Scott - General Johnston ignored Reasons why
both the Government and the Mormons desired Peace - Kane's Success with
Governor Cumming — The Governor's Departure for Salt Lake City - De-
ceptions practiced on him in Echo Cañon His Reception in the City—
Playing into Mormon Hands - The Governor's Introduction to the People —
Exodus of Mormons begun
THE PEACE COMMISSION: President Buchanan's Volte-face-A Proclamation of
Pardon-Instructions to Two Peace Commissioners - Chagrin of the Military
Governor Cumming's Misrepresentations Conferences between the Com-
missioners and Young Brother Dunbar's Singing of "Zion" Young's
Method of Surrender — Judge Eckles on Plural Marriages - The Terms
made with the Mormons - March of the Federal Troops to the Deserted City
- Return of the Mormons to their Homes
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE: Circumstances Indicative of Mormon Offi-
cial Responsibility - The Make-up of the Arkansas Party- Motives for Mor-
mon Hostility to them-Parley P. Pratt's Shooting in Arkansas - Refusal of
Food Supplies to the Party after leaving Salt Lake City -Their Plight before
they were attacked Successful Measures for Defence - Disarrangement of
the Mormon Plans - John D. Lee's Treacherous Mission - Pitiless Slaughter
of Men, Women, and Children - Testimony given at Lee's Trial - The Plun-
dering of the Dead - Lee's Account of the Planning of the Massacre - Re-
sponsibility of High Church Officers - Lee's Report to Brigham Young and
Brigham's Instructions to him - The Disclosures by "Argus". Lee's Execu-