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Dec 4, 1857

Journal Entry

December 04, 1857 ~ Friday

Dec 4th 1857

The Calafornia Mail arived last evening we find from
the Calafornia papers that the massacre of the Emigrants in
the south by the Indians is laid to the mormons the people in
Loss Angel held public meeting & passed resolutions to call on
the President of the United States to exhert his power to
bring the murderers to Justice all the saints in Calafornia
are returning home Brother Cannon got out a half sheet
of the Standard their is quite a stir concerning Mormon-
ism. One of the Pannama steemers went down at sea
with $2000000 of bollars [dollars] worth of gold & 460 passengers
160 was taken off & saved mostly women & children
their also seems to be an indian war at Carson
valley with the Indians

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Carson Valley, Utah Territory
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Brother Wells said that Brother Maxfield had the command of a small scouting party they took a horse from the Enemy & was fired at by the Enemy, but no one hurt they went back to their encampment. Brother Maxfield had an impression that their was Danger in their path and ought to leave their camp He told his Brethren so but some of them did not think so & all went to Bed But these feelings increasing upon Brother Maxfield He arose from his bed & told his Brethren He was agoing to leave that place immediately & they all gathered up their Horses and went several Miles Back & camped for the night & soon the Encampment which they had Just left was surrounded by a Hundred men & had it not been for their warning they would probably have been all taken prisioners.
~ Wilford Woodruff

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Dec 4, 1857