to us with the 8 Oclock Boat, then go home & sleep till 10 Oclock & go & get all the
Men you can to delver themselves up with you at 10 Oclock & stand your Triel [and] it
may do some good. I tell you in the name of Israels god the[y] shall not have power
to hurt you: he repeated these Last words 3 Times, we walked down to the River
& he & Hyrum W. Richards W. Clayton W. Law General [Dunam] & W. W. Phelps the[y]
started across the river in a Sciff. & I went & dismissed the Legion &c as I
was told & Left word with the Guard at the Mansion to have the Horses sent over
with the 8 Oclock Boat, without fail. at 9 A.M. I went down to get the others
to delver themselves up with me. When I got To the Mansion I found that the
horses was not sent along I found on Enquiry that Emma Locked the barn dore &
would not Let Josephs Horse go as she Had the Key in his Pockett. I asked her
for the Key, she would not Let me have it. I took up an ax & said I would
stave open the dore & send the Horse along, then she said if I would no^t do it
she would sent them over with the Next Boat without fail & you may go & deliver
your self up & rest contented that the[y] will get the Horses. I hunted for the Men
called for in the Writ & found Stephen Peery, & Harvey Richfield & another
Whose Name I have forgot we deliverd ourselves up. When I was going to give myself
up there appeard to be considerble exitement Manifested by A. Cutler R. Cahoon
Lucan Woodworth H. Kimball & a Number of others. the[y] wanted to get a council
found & send a committee to Invite Joseph back. the[y] said it was a Balable
Case & there was no danger as the[y] would bale him To any amount the[y] Might
ask they said it would Break up the Place & Lissen the Value of Property also Ruin
a number of Men for Joseph to Leave. they wanted me to be One of a Committee
to wait on Joseph. I riplied mind your Own business Brethirn & Let Joseph
alone. I have got my Orders from him & I will die before I vary from them
I then went & deliverd myself up alone, the Oficer having the Writ told me to get as
many as was going to deliver themselves up & get a suficient guard & come on in
the afternoon as the[y] did not wish to Wait any Longer I got the aforesaid Men that
was willing to deliver themselves up, & Philemon Merrell with a guard of Elevin
Men with him, & we Proceeded to Carthage about 5 Oclock P.M. when we arived
at Carthage there was considerable exitement because Joseph & Hyrum was not along
& a good many Threats by the people that the[y] would have ^them^him or the[y] would go &
destroy Nauvoo. General Demming took us in his charge. also Our ammo & the arms
of our Guard. he promised on the Honor of a Man to deliver them up to us again
he reported to the Governor that we had come but he would not receive us that
Night as the[y] were not ready to try us. General Demming Lodged us Guard & all
in the Upper Room of the Jail where Joseph was Killed & set a guard round us

about 11 Oclock at Night John A. Hicks sent along an Oficer with a Writ for
One of any Guard. there was with the Officer about 12 Men I told them to wait
Ontill day Light as we should all be there. I recieved a Letter from Gen Demming
about day light informing me that the Governor would not receive us as prisnors, as
Joseph & Hyrum was not along. he said there was evil desighnd against us especialy
me & he said we had better take care of ourselves. we councild togather in Prison
& concluded that the Prisnors & I would clear Leaving Our Guard to get our Horses
& come after us, which we did Keeping of[f] the road ontill we got about half
way to Nauvoo. I began [thereafter] Oneasy as our Guard did not follow as was expected
here we see a company coming from Nauvoo. When the[y] come up I found that
it was Joseph & Hyrum going to give themselves up. I went to Joseph & showed
him the Litter [Letter] I got from Gen Demming & Told him what had Passed & the
Threats that had been Mad[e]. he re[a]d the Letter & Told me about the committee
Going to him in Iowa saying that he had always said he would stand by them
ontill death but now as the Woolf had come he left the flock for the W
To be destroyed. he remarked I could not stand such Language as that & said
If the People do not want me to Live for their sake I do not want to live for
my own. he said he told them he would go back & dilevr himself up &
go Like a Lamb to the Slaughter. then I asked him if I might go with
him & die with him he Looked up at me & smiled saying I have told you
that they will not have power to hurt, you but you may go along. I got into
the Wagon & rode with him ontill we got to Bro A. Fellows House from
there we see an armd force of about 100 Men coming from Carthage both
them & us Came to a halt. when we sent a flag of Truce to see what
was wanted here any Guard that was to bring on our Horses came up to us the[y]
said after we Left several of them was Taken with Writs & General Demming
interfeard & took them from the Oficers several Times. at Last he Put them
in a Hollow square formd by Cap Dunns Company & instructed them to
dilever the Guard safe to me which Cap Dunn did. here Cap Dunn came
up saying he had an Order from the Governor for the Public arms. about that
Time I Looked towards Nauvoo & see Two men ride Quickly towards the City
I asked Joseph if he had sent an Express Back he said no. I told him there
was 2 Men going. he hung his head about a Minute & replied the
Wicked fleeth when no man pursueth here we returned to Nauvoo & deliv
erd up the the arms & We returnd to Carthage about 10 Oclock P.M.
next day we were brought up for Triel & all got bail. when fixing to return
home Joseph & Hyrum was taken with another Writ for Treason

to us with the 8 Oclock Boat, then go home & sleep till 10 Oclock & go & get all the Men you can to delver themselves up with you at 10 Oclock & stand your Triel it may do some good. I tell you in the name of Israels god they shall not have power to hurt you: he repeated these Last words 3 Times, we walked down to the River & he & Hyrum W. Richards W. Clayton W. Law General Dunam & W. W. Phelps they started across the river in a Sciff. & I went & dismissed the Legion &c as I was told & Left word with the Guard at the Mansion to have the Horses sent over with the 8 Oclock Boat, without fail. at 9 A.M. I went down to get the others to delver themselves up with me. When I got To the Mansion I found that the horses was not sent along I found on Enquiry that Emma Locked the barn dore & would not Let Josephs Horse go as she Had the Key in his Pockett. I asked her for the Key, she would not Let me have it. I took up an ax & said I would stave open the dore & send the Horse along, then she said if I would not do it she would sent them over with the Next Boat without fail & you may go & deliver your self up & rest contented that they will get the Horses. I hunted for the Men called for in the Writ & found Stephen Peery, & Harvey Richfield & another Whose Name I have forgot we deliverd ourselves up. When I was going to give myself up there appeard to be considerble exitement Manifested by A. Cutler R. Cahoon Lucan Woodworth H. Kimball & a Number of others. they wanted to get a council found & send a committee to Invite Joseph back. they said it was a Balable Case & there was no danger as they would bale him To any amount they Might ask they said it would Break up the Place & Lissen the Value of Property also Ruin a number of Men for Joseph to Leave. they wanted me to be One of a Committee to wait on Joseph. I riplied mind your Own business Brethirn & Let Joseph alone. I have got my Orders from him & I will die before I vary from them I then went & deliverd myself up alone, the Oficer having the Writ told me to get as many as was going to deliver themselves up & get a suficient guard & come on in the afternoon as they did not wish to Wait any Longer I got the aforesaid Men that was willing to deliver themselves up, & Philemon Merrell with a guard of Elevin Men with him, & we Proceeded to Carthage about 5 Oclock P.M. when we arived at Carthage there was considerable exitement because Joseph & Hyrum was not along & a good many Threats by the people that they would have them or they would go & destroy Nauvoo. General Demming took us in his charge. also Our ammo & the arms of our Guard. he promised on the Honor of a Man to deliver them up to us again he reported to the Governor that we had come but he would not receive us that Night as they were not ready to try us. General Demming Lodged us Guard & all in the Upper Room of the Jail where Joseph was Killed & set a guard round us

about 11 Oclock at Night John A. Hicks sent along an Oficer with a Writ for One of any Guard. there was with the Officer about 12 Men I told them to wait Ontill day Light as we should all be there. I recieved a Letter from Gen Demming about day light informing me that the Governor would not receive us as prisnors, as Joseph & Hyrum was not along. he said there was evil desighnd against us especialy me & he said we had better take care of ourselves. we councild togather in Prison & concluded that the Prisnors & I would clear Leaving Our Guard to get our Horses & come after us, which we did Keeping off the road ontill we got about half way to Nauvoo. I began to [illegible] Oneasy as our Guard did not follow as was expected here we see a company coming from Nauvoo. When they come up I found that it was Joseph & Hyrum going to give themselves up. I went to Joseph & showed him the Letter I got from Gen Demming & Told him what had Passed & the Threats that had been Made. he read the Letter & Told me about the committee Going to him in Iowa saying that he had always said he would stand by them ontill death but now as the Woolf had come he left the flock for To be destroyed. he remarked I could not stand such Language as that & said If the People do not want me to Live for their sake I do not want to live for my own. he said he told them he would go back & dilevr himself up & go Like a Lamb to the Slaughter. then I asked him if I might go with him & die with him he Looked up at me & smiled saying I have told you that they will not have power to hurt, you but you may go along. I got into the Wagon & rode with him ontill we got to Bro A. Fellows House from there we see an armd force of about 100 Men coming from Carthage both them & us Came to a halt. when we sent a flag of Truce to see what was wanted here any Guard that was to bring on our Horses came up to us they said after we Left several of them was Taken with Writs & General Demming interfeard & took them from the Oficers several Times. at Last he Put them in a Hollow square formd by Cap Dunns Company & instructed them to dilever the Guard safe to me which Cap Dunn did. here Cap Dunn came up saying he had an Order from the Governor for the Public arms. about that Time I Looked towards Nauvoo & see Two men ride Quickly towards the City I asked Joseph if he had sent an Express Back he said no. I told him there was 2 Men going. he hung his head about a Minute & replied the Wicked fleeth when no man pursueth here we returned to Nauvoo & deliv erd up the the arms & We returnd to Carthage about 10 Oclock P.M. next day we were brought up for Triel & all got bail. when fixing to return home Joseph & Hyrum was taken with another Writ for Treason