hour and heard them relate the state of affairs in that city. The mob of
Hancock County and the State of Illinois had swelled to over one thousand
men and had come upon Nauvoo and one hundred of the brethren
had kep[t] them off three days then had a pitched battle of one hour
and twenty minutes and drove the mob off the ground. The loss
of the brethren was 3 killed but that of the mob was not known

The morning of Sunday the 27 we spent hearing
read a Missourian paper giving an account of the battle between
the mob and the Mormons of Nauvoo; also of General Karney's
army of the west among whom was the Mormon Battalion. There
was a propspect of the whole army suffering for want of food.

We appointed a meeting to be held at 2 o'clock
in our new city to hear a statement from Squire Wells of the
affairs in Nauvoo. Before the meeting there was heard the
cry of fire on the prairie grass of the encampment. All ran
to put it out and it was soon extinguished

Meeting opened at 2 o'clock at the Council Block
by prayer from Orson Pratt who also made some remarks upon
the subject of the time and he was then followed by Squire Wells who
gave to the assembly

A Narrative of the Battle Between the Mormons of
Nauvoo and the Mob

He said: "I will by request give a short account of
affairs in Nauvoo concerning their late difficulties. You have heard
that men were lynched there. We took 15 of the offenders who were sent
to Quincy for a trial and they were let out on bail. The mob then
issued writs against Pic^k^et^t^ Clifford and Furnice. The two latter
went; Pic^k^et^t^ would not. A mob was then raised as a possee
to execute the writs they said. They stayed several weeks to
increase their numbers. They had at first about 300 and increased
to a thousand. The hundred men we had laid in ambush

hour and heard them relate the State of affairs in that city. The mob of Hancock County and the State of Illinois had swelled to over one thousand men and had come upon Nauvoo and one hundred of the brethren had kept them off three days then had a pitched battle of one hour and twenty minutes and drove the mob off the ground. The loss of the brethren was 3 killed but that of the mob was not known

The morning of Sunday the 27 we spent hearing read a Missourian paper giving an account of the battle between the mob and the Mormons of Nauvoo; also of General Karney's army of the West among whom was the Mormon Battalion. There was a prospect of the whole army suffering for want of food.

We appointed a meeting to be held at 2 o'clock in our new city to hear a statement from Squire Wells of the affairs in Nauvoo. Before the meeting there was heard the cry of fire on the prairie grass of the encampment. All ran to put it out and it was soon extinguished

Meeting opened at 2 o'clock at the Council Block by prayer from Orson Pratt who also made some remarks upon the subject of the time and he was then followed by Squire Wells who gave to the assembly

A Narrative of the Battle Between the Mormons of Nauvoo and the Mob

He said: "I will by request give a short account of affairs in Nauvoo concerning their late difficulties. You have heard that men were lynched there. We took 15 of the offenders who were sent to Quincy for a trial and they were let out on bail. The mob then issued writs against Pickett Clifford and Furnice. The two latter went; Pickett would not. A mob was then raised as a possee to execute the writs they said. They stayed several weeks to increase their numbers. They had at first about 300 and increased to a thousand. The hundred men we had laid in ambush