25th Square Wells arived in camp also Br
Cutler direct from Nauvoo I sat about one hour
And herd them relate the state of affairs in that
city the mob of Hancock County & the state of
Illinois had swollen to about 1000 men had
come upon Nauvoo & 100 of the Saints had kept
them off 3 days then had a pitched battle of
one hour 20 minutes & drove the mob of[f] the
ground with the loss of three of the Saints &
how many of the mob was not known by us
but as Br Wells will give a publick statement
I shall write it more full. I spent the day
Hunting cattle And lost my mule saddle bridle
and 2 ducks I had killed I got wet & had to
walk home. 15 miles
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