to make a treaty but it was rejected by both
parties A Brigade was then called for, but
afterwards A treaty was made. we agreed
to surrender the city & leave in 5 days
On wednesday evening the treaty was made
and the Saints began to pack up their goods
and the next day all goods was removed
as the mob came in we left 2 Blocks in
advance. we met many of the Saints on
this side of the river in distress & it drew
tears from the eyes of some of the mob
We saw camp fires of the mob the same
night we left on both sids of the river
There were scenes transpired in the siege enough
to melt the heart of a stone, the lynching of men
when they are labouring for a living & whiping them
untill they cannot stand alone as the mob did
was a damnable thing they made them kneel
on a spot whare they said some one was buried
placed them in a position so they could be whiped
easy an old revolutioner was one of them and
was so beat by the mob that He has not been
able to get about all summer. I have an old
grand Father, A Revolutioner I have thought I
would not let him know any thing about it
but keep it from him that his feelings may
not be harrow up as he is about ready to step
into his grave. But I will say no more but
give way for Father ^Br^ Cutler

Br Cutler arose and said I can bear my testim-
ony that what Br Wells has said is strictly true
according to the best of my knowledge. If I was
to talk untill sun down the whole could not
be told. I have been kept in Nauvoo by the hand
of God others wanted to have been here and
would have been had it not been necessary to
have stoped to save our brethren there who could

to make a treaty but it was rejected by both parties a brigade was then called for, but afterwards a treaty was made. we agreed to surrender the city & leave in 5 days On wednesday evening the treaty was made and the Saints bgan to pack up their goods and the next day all goods was removed as the mob came in we left 2 blocks in advance. we met many of the Saints on this side of the river in distress & it drew tears from the eyes of some of the mob We saw camp fires of the mob the same night we left on both sides of the river There were scenes transpired in the siege enough to melt the heart of a stone, the lynching of men when they are labouring for a living & whiping them untill they cannot stand alone as the mob did was a damnable thing they made them kneel on a spot whare they said some one was buried placed them in a position so they could be whiped easy an old revolutioner was one of them and was so beat by the mob that he has not been able to get about all summer. I have an old grand Father, a Revolutioner I have thought I would not let him know any thing about it but keep it from him that his feelings may not be harrow up as he is about ready to step into his grave. But I will say no more but give way for Br Cutler

Br Cutler arose and said I can bear my testimony that what Br Wells has said is strictly true according to the best of my knowledge. If I was to talk untill sun down the whole could not be told. I have been kept in Nauvoo by the hand of God others wanted to have been here and would have been had it not been necessary to have stoped to save our brethren there who could