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THE MORMON EXODUS.

From "Fifteen Years among the Mormons."

The terrible recollection of our last farewell to Nauvoo, and what followed, is still before me, fresh as a thing of yesterday.

A people who could make such sacrifices, in vindication of religious belief, amidst suffering by cold, and hunger, and fatigue, are at least entitled to the credit of being honest when they say they believed it true. We had been directed at the close of the harvest to commence drying potatoes, and pumpkins, and beef, and to parch corn, and make strong durable clothing. This was continued until February, 1846, when all appeared to be ready for a general movement.

The Temple was finished and dedicated; and when the final song was sung, and the last benediction pronounced by the Prophet, amidst the tears and the lamentations of strong men, and trusting women, and the last maledictions uttered against the Gentiles, the Temple was abandoned, and the signal given for the commencement of that "exodus," which, even to this day, lingers upon my recollection, as among the most wonderful and sublime movements of which the world has any knowledge.

The noise of preparation for the westward march was mingled with the sound of the hammer, which gave the finishing stroke to the Temple, and the last "amen" of the dedication, with the command of "forward," from the captain of "Tens." The movable ornaments of the temple, which had been put up perhaps but an hour since, were taken down, and packed for future use, in ornamenting another Temple in the wilderness. Even the great bell was not forgotten, and is now at Salt Lake, ready to be swung when the Temple there is ready to receive it.

This bell was stolen at St. Louis, by a company of Mormons, under the command of Capt. Mott, and taken to Nauvoo. Whether it was ever known by the owners at St. Louis who took the bell or not, I am not informed; but I was present on one occasion, when this Mr. Mott was telling one of the Heads of the Church about it. Mott pointed to a span of horses, and said, “that is the team that drew the bell we ‘selected,' in St. Louis." It was well known among the Mormons that it was stolen.

The company of ten wagons to which myself and husband were attached, left the city soon after the Prophet and "the Twelve." Each ten wagons were in charge of a captain. My brother William was in the family of Brigham Young, and hence was in the advance; but my mother and the rest of the family were not then ready, and were left to join some other company. I recollect she told me afterwards, she sold her house and lot, worth about $800, for four pounds of pork; of course the Mormon title to the land was not considered good.

Our company crossed the Mississippi on the ice the first day, and camped at night at Sugar Creek, in Iowa. This was about the middle of February, 1846. Then commenced a scene of suffering and hardship, among the women and children, which I should now think beyond human endurance.

All night, the wagons came trundling into camp, with half frozen children, crying for food, and the same the next day-and so on the whole line of march.

The weather was not cold for the time of year, but the open sky and bare ground for women and children, in February, is a thing to be en dured only when human nature is put to the rack of necessity. Many a mother hastily buried her dead child by the wayside during that winter march, half regretting she could not lie down with it herself, and be at peace.

Our company remained for several days at this encampment, and as company after company passed, I began fully to realize my situation. I was now separated from the rest of my family, for the first time; and left alone with my husband, and I was not certain if my mother had, or would start for the wilderness.

We had a cloth tent, which, if we had been well provided with sufficient clothing, would have made us comfortable.

One night, after we had been here for several days, a heavy snow fell; and we awoke in the morning, to find the snow had broken the tent pole, and ourselves half buried under fit. While Wallace was yet

engaged in repairing the damage, and had removed in part the snow, and put up a new pole, my brother William, of whose whereabouts Í knew nothing until now, looked into the tent, and said, "Nettie, you are cold." I was cold and chilled. The little clothing we had was wet with snow. William had hardly spoken to me until now, since my marriage; and looking around, sadly, he said at length, “Nettie, this is not much like our father's home we have left in Pennsylvania. If we die here, we shall die the death of martyrs." He believed Mormonism was true, and he afterwards died a martyr, while I lived one.

Our company was that day reorganized, and we moved onward. For a few days, I rode in the wagon of the Prophet by his invitation, and by an arrangement made by Wallace and William, as I could ride more comfortable thus. Brother Brigham, upon hearing me ask William if he had left my mother and the children at Nauvoo, to be murdered by the mob, directed him to go back for them. He accordingly returned to Nauvoo. When we had arrived at Sheridan River, William left us, and I rode again with iny husband.

Thus the march was continued, in companies of ten wagons each; and as we were lightly loaded the stores of the ten families were placed in our wagon; but it made no great addition to our load, for the provisions already began to fail; and after about a month, we were put upon short allowance. The men killed what game they could upon the way, which was but little at that time of the year. It was a weary journey; crossing rivers, and bleak prairies, through Iowa in a westerly direction from Nauvoo. Sometimes short of wood and water, and always short of food. The full history of that sad journey of five months will never be written. Pioneers had been sent on to look out the way, and we followed in the common trail; a long drawn, straggling, struggling train, seeking a home in the wilderness-no one knew where, or when it would be found. This was the beginning of that half nomadic life of suffering and privation, which has at length given character to the Mormons, and rendered them one in purpose, and a strong, isolated people; self-dependent, and quick in resource; asking nothing from, and granting nothing to the rest of mankind, and rough-schooled them to an independence, as surprising as it is perfect.

It was the policy of the Heads of the Church to have the column move on as fast as possible until Spring, then to halt at planting time, and put in crops for the coming masses, whose provisions were exhausted. These were called "stakes."

We arrived at Garden Grove, the first "stake" west of Nauvoo, on the first of June, 1846, after having been on half allowance for a long time. Those in front moved on to the "stake" at Council Bluffs. We were directed to make a farm and plant, while part of the men were sent south, into Mercer county, Missouri, to buy provisions. Garden Grove is on Grand River, near the north line of Missouri. After we were established, and David Fulmer was chosen President of the "stake," the Prophet moved on to Council Bluffs.

My husband was chosen among others to go into Mercer county to buy provisions, and left me with his married sister, Mary Allred. My allowance of provisions at this time was very small-a piece of bread and some milk, less than half as much as I needed, was the small share allowed me, with as many wild onions as I wished.

We watched the return of the men with great anxiety, while our stock of provisions grew less and less, till at length our overwrought imaginations pictured our prospects as desperate. To render our condition more gloomy still, it occurred to us that the men had gone into the locality from whence the Mormons had been driven by the Missourians a few years previous, and if they were recognized as Mormons, they would undoubtedly be imprisoned, or perhaps murdered.

After two long weeks, just as we were giving up to despair, the men returned with the grain and provisions they had earned by laboring among the farmers, and some meat of hogs they had not earned, but taken, from the neighborhood of the settlements where these hogs were turned loose, and had become partly wild. The Mormons considered it right to take anything they could from the Gentiles, as they held themselves to be the only people of God.

I have no recollection of having enjoyed so great a feast as on the return of the men with the provisions. I ate all I wished the first time for over four months. We lived a short time in our tent, which we had pitched in a small wood near the river. Our bed consisted of two quilts and one blanket, and we had a few tin dishes, which made up our stock of furniture; and yet, strange as it may seem, when not actually starving, we were very happy and contented, for up to this time my husband had been very kind and attentive, and I had so much contidence in him that I felt no fear he would take another wife. I was happy, too, in the expectation of soon being a mother, and my husband engaged his niece, Jane Henderson, to stay with me. Our neighbors had assisted Wallace in building us a nice log cabin, about one mile from the other houses at the "stake," on the bank of the river. Into this we soon moved. I have no hesitation in saying this was the most beautiful and romantic spot of earth I have ever seen before or since. Our cabin was surrounded by a heavy growth of timber, and each tree was entwined by the climbing rose or entangled masses of the wild grape :

and the whole scene was a blooming labyrinth of wild flowers and graceful foliage, enlivened by the twitter of birds, the noisy whiz of the pinnated grouse, and every variety of game, bounding from the thickets or along the graceful banks of Grand River. The wild turkey and deer were abundant, and the only disagreeable neighbors we found here were the wolves and the owls. The first often frightened us at night by their threatening howls, while the latter rendered the night hideous and lonely beyond measure by their unearthly hooting from two oak trees that overhung our little cabin. Indeed, these two oaks appeared to be the centre of the vast circle of owl society, for from far up and down and over the river, and from the far-off depths of the heavy timber, and over the little prairie near by, came back a quick response from owl throats, in every variety of pitch and measure, from the hoarse bass to the tremulous treble, until the flower-enamelled wilds about us fairly trembled with the crash of answering hoots and glibberings; and then as suddenly all was still again, and when half lost in slumber, perhaps, again to be startled by a repetition of the dismal concert. I have since then felt the loneliness of the wild prairie and the great deserts of the West, as well as the unmitigated solitude of the Rocky Mountains; but I am of the opinion that perfect solitude cannot exist where owls do not hoot at night.

But my dream of personal security was soon to be disturbed in a way I little suspected. I had noticed my husband had treated his niece Jane uncommonly well, and one day I saw him with her in the door-yard in close conversation. He took her hand, whereupon she ran into the house, and coming to me, threw her arms round my neck, and said, "My dear aunt, do not be offended at me, I could not help it." Help what?" said I.

"Did you not see uncle Wallace?"

I replied that I did, but that he was only in fun.

"Oh! no he was not. He says he wants me for a wife, and I will not remain here another day."

My readers will understand that it is not an uncommon thing for Mormons to marry their nieces, and even their half-sisters. For instance, it often happens that when a man has several wives, their children, having a common father, will intermarry.

Wallace soon came in and sat by me, with a thoughtful and troubled air, and after an interval of silence he kissed me. I repulsed him for the first time in my life, saying he was false to me, that he loved me no longer, to which he replied,

"Nettie, I am satisfied with you, I want no other—and if I was not attached to you, I should know what to do. But that is what embarrasses me. If I hated you, I should take another wife at once, as I must do in the end, living as I do among this gang of Mormons. I am enlisted, and it is more than my life is worth to attempt to leave them. Indeed I could not do so now and live, as I know too much about them -more than you imagine. But here is the trouble, I can no longer endure being the butt of ridicule among the men for having but one wife. You may as well understand the whole case at once. I have concluded, as between the two evils, to bring home another wife. I do not care who. If you have a choice, select one, and I will always recognize you as the first and principal wife. I must stop the mouths of the crokers, who would sacrifice everything to their spiritual wifeism."

Who can imagine the horror with which I listened to what, at the time, seemed the end of human hope with me. I had ma ried Wallace to avoid this most dreaded evil, and I was now to be sacrificed.

Where was my mother now? or a brother? I was alone. To whom should I fly? At last I appealed to him-to my husband-and threw myself upon his generosity. I pointed him to the suffering and privation of the last five months, the cold and hunger I had endured, my age, and to the fact, that though but a child myself, I was soon to be a mother, and prayed that he would, at least for the sake of the one unborn, delay the terrible step for a while. The big tears rolled down his sun-browned face, and he trembled with emotion. I knew a terrible struggle tore his breast, and I gathered calmness to abide the issue. It was a fierce contest, and I felt my fate hung upon the result. I awaited the end, and it came but too soon.

He grew calm at length, and after a long period of troubled thought, rose and said, as he stepped to the door,

"Jane, you may stay with your aunt to-day: to-morrow is our wedding. I have your father's consent, and it is all arranged. The sooner it is over now the better."

I saw he was about to leave the cabin. With one wild bound I sprang upon him, with the intention of holding him by force, but he met me with a look that told me all was over; and quick as the lightning's flash, I spurned him with all a woman's hate, and shaking him off, dashed with what speed my condition would allow in the direction of the river, with what intention I knew not, but I have still a recollection of throwing, as I ran, my whole soul into one wild yell of horror, as a last adieu to home, for in the excitement of the moment I had no wish to return to it. My next recollection of this unnatural scene was upon waking up the next morning, as if from some horrible dream. I found