you not watch, and keep guard." "Why yes," said
the priest, "but these are Mormons." "Well I cant
hear but they mind their own business, and if
you, and this stranger (meaning )
will mind your own business, every thing
will be right." This baptist priest, treated brother
Luke Johnson with great politeness, gave him
his dinner; his wife washed his stockings, gave
him letters of interduction to men in , delivered to his charge some letters that
he had received from Jackson County, which brother
Luke brought into camp; he also stated that he had
seen a man that morning, who informed
him that four hundred men were in readiness,
on the side, at ten hours notice to use up
all the camp, and he was on his way to give them
notice a little before midnight. We heard sevral
guns fired, to the west of us, which appeared to be
answered by one directly east. There was no settle-
ment west of us nearer the state of Missouri, this
appearing so much like a signal, in addition
to the many threats of our being attacted on cross-
ing the , considered sufficant cause
of alarm to put out a double picket guard, and
place the camp in a state of defence, so that every
man might be ready at a moments notice; it
however proved to be a false alarm.
you not watch, and keep guard." "Why yes," said
the priest, "but these are Mormons." "Well I cant
hear but they mind their own business, and if
you, and this stranger (meaning )
will mind your own business, every thing
will be right." This baptist priest, treated brother
Luke Johnson with great politeness, gave him
his dinner; his wife washed his stockings, gave
him letters of interduction to men in , delivered to his charge some letters that
he had received from Jackson County, which brother
Luke brought into camp; he also stated that he had
seen a man that morning, who informed
him that four hundred men were in readiness,
on the side, at ten hours notice to use up
all the camp, and he was on his way to give them
notice a little before midnight. We heard sevral
guns fired, to the west of us, which appeared to be
answered by one directly east. There was no settlement west of us nearer the state of Missouri, this
appearing so much like a signal, in addition
to the many threats of our being attacted on crossing the , considered sufficant cause
of alarm to put out a double picket guard, and
place the camp in a state of defence, so that every
man might be ready at a moments notice; it
however proved to be a false alarm.