Dec 2nd

^o^ of what is called Gentile Civilization whare they were
in hopes we would perish but as soon as they found that
we would live & prosper they became alarmed & were
resolved upon our destruction and Hence they send their
armies out to accomplish their Hellish purpose as soon
as it was known unto us President Brigham Young the
prophet seer and revelator & leader of the Church and
kingdom of God rose up in the strength of Israel God
and proclaimed Israel Free and said they should be
Free from that hour if they would obey his council
& follow his preceps. His councillors Heber C Kimball
& Daniel H Wells and also the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles backed up his Testimony & sustained him in
his decissions And all the people said Amen so let it
be. President Young testified unto the people in the name
of God if they would be United with him in their faith
prayers & works that the Enemy should not have
power to come into our valley that the Lord would hedge
up their way & we should not be called to shed their
Blood neither should they have power to shed ours
This principle president Young has taught from day to
day when their was evry prospect that the Enemy would
try to come. From two to three thousand of the servants
of God armed themselves & went into the mountains acco-
rding to the council of President Young & they were lead
by the valient & Noble General Daniel H Wells to Hedge
up the way of the Enemy should they attempt to come
in they formed large Entrenchments & ditches & pilled
up large masses of rocks in narrow passes so as to
roll them down upon the Enemy & destroy them should
they attempt to come in. But as the Prophets Brigham
& Heber had said so it came to pass the Lord fought
our Battles & hedged up the way of our Enemies when
they Got on Hams Fork 150 miles from our city the
storms & cold killed their Horses, Mules, & Cattle by Hun-
dreds so that when the whole armey got together with
the Govornor & Judges who had been sent by the
Government to rule & tyranize over us they had not
got team enough left alive to draw one third of
their trains so they are obliege to stop & spend the
winter in the storms of the mountains & their wisdom
is taken away so that they are not capable of writing
a letter or Document in a proper manner and this
the Lord has done in answer to the prayers of his Saints
and our brethren have been enabled to Heard them like
a herd of cattle & they have shot grape musket & minnie
balls at them from time to time & those Balls have flown
like hail around the servants of God & not a drop of
Blood shed neither have the Brethren returned the
fire upon the Enemy in no instance. Fear has so rested
upon the Enemy that they would flee into their main body
at the approach of a small number of our Brethren & thus
has the Lord Frustrated the Enemy in all their designs

o Dec 2nd of what is called Gentile Civilization whare they were in hopes we would perish but as soon as they found that we would live & prosper they became alarmed & were resolved upon our destruction and Hence they send their armies out to accomplish their Hellish purpose as soon as it was known unto us President Brigham Young the prophet seer and Revelator & leader of the Church and kingdom of God Rose up in the strength of Israel God and proclaimed Israel Free and said they should be Free from that hour if they would obey his council & follow his preceps. His councillors Heber C Kimball & Daniel H Wells and also the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles backed up his Testimony & sustained him in his decissions And all the people said Amen so let it be. President Young testified unto the people in the name of God if they would be United with him in their faith prayers & works that the Enemy Should not have power to come into our valley that the Lord would hedge up their way & we should not be called to shed their Blood neither should they have power to shed ours This principle president Young has taught from day to day when their was evry prospet that the Enemy would try to come. From two to three thousand of the servants of God armed themselves & went into the mountains according to the council of President Young & they were lead by the valient & Noble General Daniel H Wells to Hedge up the way of the Enemy should they attempt to come in they formed large Entrenchments & ditches & pilled up large masses of Rocks in narrow passes so as to roll them down upon the Enemy & destroy them should they attempt to Come in. But as the Prophets Brigham & Heber had said so it came to pass the Lord fought our Battles & hedged up the way of our Enemies when they Got on Hams Fork 150 miles from our City the storms & cold killed their Horses, Mules, & Cattle by Hundreds so that when the whole armey got together with the Govornor & Judges who had been sent by the Government to rule & tyranize over us they had not got team enough left alive to draw one third of their trains so they are obliege to stop & spend the winter in the storms of the mountains & their wisdom is taken away so that they are not capable of writing a letter or Document in a proper manner and this the Lord has done in answer to the prayers of his Saints and our brethren have been enabled to Heard them like a herd of cattle & they have shot grape musket & minnie balls at them from time to time & those Balls have flown like hail around the servants of God & not a drop of Blood shed neither have the Brethren returned the fire upon the Enemy in no instance. Fear has so rested upon the Enemy that they would flee into their main body at the approach of a small number of our Brethren & thus has the Lord Frustrated the Enemy in all their designs