^20 THE TEMPLE LOT. 



proper to remark, that the Mormons have in- 

 variahly refused to sell any of the property 

 they had acquired in Missouri, but have on 

 the contrary expressed a firm determination 

 to reconquer their lost purchases. Of these, 

 a large lot, situated on an elevated point at In- 

 dependence, known as the * Temple Lot,' upon 

 which the ' Temple of Zion' was to have been 

 raised, — has lately been * profaned,' by culti- 

 vation, having been converted into a corn- 

 field ! 



END OF VOL. I. 



