and came to this people in the mountains. Then I saw
many thousands of women and children take refuge in
the timber, hazel rough, ^brush?^ or any place where they could
conceal themselves from the turmoil that was going on
in the States, and when the word reached this people of
their situation, there were hundreds of the Seventies call-
ed upon to go and hunt them up, and bring them
to this people in Utah. Then the Government of the
United States patched up their difficulty, and elected
a new congress, which assembled again to do business.
The crusade still continued against the Latter-day
Saints. Our enemies attributed all their troubles to the
Saints, and the crusaders raised such a howl and sent
forth their petitions to Congress, that the first business
they did was to order one hundred thousand of the best
and most able bodied men that could be obtained
to come against us. When this became known to the
Saints, instructions were sent forth for all of the inhabi-
tants of the Territory to gather into valleys, as near as
possible to the Temples, and the people gathered into Salt
Lake, Cache, Utah, and Sanpete Counties, and to St. George,
until there was a family to nearly every acre of land,
and all the country around was filled with our people,
and water broke forth where before there had been no wa-
ter, so that all the land could be cultivated. I saw also,
that all the old men who had honored their priesthood,
became spry and young again. I also saw that the greater

and came to this people in the mountains. Then I saw many thousands of women and children take refuge in the timber, hazel rough, brush? or any place where they could conceal themselves from the turmoil that was going on in the States, and when the word reached this people of their situation, there were hundreds of the Seventies called upon to go and hunt them up, and bring them to this people in Utah. Then the Government of the United States patched up their difficulty, and elected a new congress, which assembled again to do business. The crusade still continued against the Latter-day Saints. Our enemies attributed all their troubles to the Saints, and the crusaders raised such a howl and sent forth their petitions to Congress, that the first business they did was to order one hundred thousand of the best and most able bodied men that could be obtained to come against us. When this became known to the Saints, instructions were sent forth for all of the inhabitants of the Territory to gather into valleys, as near as possible to the Temples, and the people gathered into Salt Lake, Cache, Utah, and Sanpete Counties, and to St. George, until there was a family to nearly every acre of land, and all the country around was filled with our people, and water broke forth where before there had been no water, so that all the land could be cultivated. I saw also, that all the old men who had honored their priesthood, became spry and young again. I also saw that the greater