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Early Years--His Initiation into the Mormon Church--Fidelity to the Prophet--Embarrassments of his Position as Head of the Church--His View about Revelations--Plan for Home Mission Work--His Election as President

CHAPTER XVIII.
RENEWED TROUBLE FOR THE MORMONS: More Charges of Stealing--Significant Admission by Young--Business Plight of Nauvoo--More Politics--Defiant Attitude of Mormon Leaders--An Editor's View of Legal Rights--Stories about the Danites--Brother William on Brigham Young--The "Burnings"--Sheriff Backenstos's Proclamations--Lieutenant Worrell's Murder--Mormon Retaliation-- Appointment of the Douglas-Hardin Commission

CHAPTER XIX.
THE EXPULSION OF THE MORMONS: General Hardin's Proclamation--County Meetings of Non-Mormons--Their Ultimatum-- The Commission's Negotiations--Non-Mormon Convention at Carthage--The Agreement for the Mormon Evacuation

CHAPTER XX.
THE EVACUATION OF NAUVOO: Major Warren as a Peace Preserver--The Mormons' Disposition of their Property--Departure of the Leaders hastened by Indictments--Arrival of New Citizens-- Continued Hostility of the Non-Mormons--"The Last Mormon War"-- Panic in Nauvoo--Plan for a March on the Mormon City--Fruitless Negotiations for a Compromise--The Advance against the City--The Battle and its Results--Terms of Peace--The Final Evacuation
CHAPTER XXI.
NAUVOO AFTER THE EXODUS: Arrival of Governor Ford-- The Final Work on the Temple--The "Endowment" Ceremony and Oath-- Futile Efforts to sell the Temple--Its Destruction by Fire and Wind--The Nauvoo of To-day
BOOK V. THE MIGRATION TO UTAH

CHAPTER I.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE LONG MARCH: Uncertainty of their Destination--Explanations to the People--Disposition of Real and Personal Property--Collection of Draft Animals--Activity in Wagon and Tent Making--The Old Charge of Counterfeiting--Pecuniary Sacrifices of the Mormons in Illinois

CHAPTER II.
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE MISSOURI: The First Crossings of the River--Camp Arrangements--Sufferings from the Cold--The Story of the Westward March--Motley Make-up of the Procession--Expedients for obtaining Supplies--Terrible Sufferings of the Expelled Remnant--Privations at Mt. Pisgah

CHAPTER III.
THE MORMON BATTALION: Extravagant Claims Regarding it Disproved--General Kearney's Invitation--Source of the Initial Suggestion--How the Mormons profited by the Organization--The March to California--Colonel Thomas L. Kane's Visit to the Missouri--His Intimate Relations with the Mormon Church

CHAPTER IV.
THE CAMPS ON THE MISSOURI: Friendly Welcome of the Mormons by the Indians--The Site of Winter Quarters--Busy Scenes on the River Bank--Sickness and Death--The Building of a Temporary City

CHAPTER V.
THE PIONEER TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS: Early Views of the Unexplored West--The First White Visitors to that Country-- Organization of the Pioneer Mormon Band--Rules observed on the March--Successful Buffalo Hunting--An Indian Alarm--Dearth of Forage--Post-offices of the Plains--A Profitable Ferry

CHAPTER VI.
FROM THE ROCKIES TO SALT LAKE VALLEY: No Definite Stopping-place in View--Advice received on the Way--The Mormon Expedition to California by Way of Cape Horn--Brannan's Fall from Grace--Westward from Green River--Advance Explorers through a Canon--First View of Great Salt Lake Valley--Irrigation and Crop Planting begun

CHAPTER VII.
THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES: Their Leaders and Make-up --Young's Return Trip--Last Days on the Missouri--Scheme for a Permanent Settlement in Iowa--Westward March of Large Companies
BOOK VI. IN UTAH

CHAPTER I.
THE FOUNDING OF SALT LAKE CITY: Utah's First White Explorers--First Mormon Services in the Valley--Young's View of the Right to the Land--The First Buildings--Laying out the City--Early Crop Disappointment--Discomforts of the First Winter-- Primitive Dwelling-places--The Visitation of Crickets--Glowing Accounts sent to England

CHAPTER II.
PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENT: Schools and Manufactures --How the City appeared in 1849--Sufferings during the Winter of 1908--Immigration checked by the Lack of Food--Aid supplied by the California Goldseekers--Danger of a Mormon Exodus--Young's Rebuke to his Gold-seeking Followers--The Crop Failure of 1855 and the Famine of the Following Winter--The Tabernacle and Temple

CHAPTER III.
THE FOREIGN IMMIGRATION TO UTAH: The Commercial joint Stock Company Scandal--Deceptive Statements made to Foreign Converts--John Taylor's Address to the Saints in Great Britain-- Petition to Queen Victoria--Mormon Duplicity illustrated--Young's Advice to Emigrants--Glowing Pictures of Salt Lake Valley--The Perpetual Emigrating Fund--Details of the Emigration System

CHAPTER IV.
THE HAND-CART TRAGEDY: Young's Scheme for Economy-- His Responsibility for the Hand-cart Experiment--Details of the Arrangement--Delays at Iowa City--Unheeded Warnings--Privations by the Way--Early Lack of Provisions--Suffering caused by Insufficient Clothing--Deaths of the Old and Infirm--Horrors of the Camps in the Mountains--Frozen Corpses found at Daybreak-- Sufferings of a Party at Devil's Gate--Young's Attempt to shift the Responsibility

CHAPTER V.
EARLY POLITICAL HISTORY: The Aim at Independence-- First Local Government--Adoption of a Constitution for the State of Deseret--Babbitt's Application for Admission as a Delegate-- Memorial opposing his Claim--His Rejection--The Territorial Government

CHAPTER VI.
BRIGHAM YOUNG'S DESPOTISM: Causes that contributed to its Success--Helplessness of the New-comers from Europe-- Influence of Superstition--Young's Treatment of the Gladdenites-- His Appropriation of Property Laws passed by the Mormon Legislature--Bishops as Ward Magistrates--A Mormon Currency and Alphabet--What Emigrants to California learned about Mormon Justice

CHAPTER VII.
THE "REFORMATION": Young's Disclosures about the Character of his Flock--The Stealing from One Another--The Threat about "Laying Judgment to the Line"--Plain Declarations about the taking of Human Lives--First Steps of the "Reformation"--An Inquisition and Catechism--An Embarrassing Confession--Warning to those who would leave the Valley

CHAPTER VIII.
SOME CHURCH-INSPIRED MURDERS: The Story of the Parrishes--Carrying out of a Cold-blooded Plot--Judge Cradlebaugh's Effort to convict the Murderers--The Tragedy of the Aikin Party--The Story of Frederick Loba's Escape

CHAPTER IX.
BLOOD ATONEMENT: Early Intimations concerning it-- Jedediah M. Grant's Explanation of Human Sacrifices--Brigham Young's Definition of "Laying Judgment to