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was called out, and under the command of the Governor they 

 repaired to the scene of the troubles. In order to appease the 

 wrath of the indignant Gentiles, the Prophet, Jo Smith, his 

 brother Hyrum and two others of the head dignitaries of the 

 Church were arrested hy the Governor and his posse, and 

 thrown into prison. A guard was placed around the jail to 

 protect the prisoners from the clamorous mob which was 

 thirsting for their blood. This was on the 25th of June, 1844. 

 On the evening of the 27th, a band of two hundred disguised 

 men overpowered the guard, and breaking into the jail, mur- 

 dered the two Smiths and badly wounded one of the other 

 prisoners. Somewhat appeased by this sacrifice, the tumult of 

 the mob subsided a little, but it was plainly evident that the 

 Mormons would be obliged to vacate Nauvoo. Brigham Young 

 now stood in the shoes of the deceased Prophet, and prepara- 

 tions were soon being made under his directions, for the remo- 

 val of the Church to some locality where its devotees might 

 follow their peculiar creed, unmolested by the gentile world. 

 Therefore, by the direction of the High Council, ''a company 

 of pioneers, consisting mostly of young, hardy men with their 

 families," were sent in advance of the main body, which was 

 to follow in due season. These pioneers were to halt in some 

 valley of the Rocky Mountains and put in grain, an,d await 

 the arrival of another division, which was to follow in its wake 

 as soon as practicable. They located in the valley of Great 

 Salt Lake, at the period previously stated, and commenced the 

 work of irrigating the soil, and putting in crops, etc., for the 

 proper reception of their comrades, and they laid out Salt Lake 

 City. Emigrants soon flocked into the New Zion from the 

 Old, and the city began to flourish apace, and to send out 

 shoots into diff'erent parts of the Territory of Utah, the popu- 

 lation of which now numbered Avell nigh one hundred thou- 

 sand souls. 



After the resignation of Governor Young, and upon the in- 



