ciiap. YI. 
EXECUTIONS IN 1849. 
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“ I believe in God, for He has made all things, and I follow 
(or believe) the Gospel of God. And in regard to fighting or 
quarrelling, if we, who are one people, fight and quarrel 
(among ourselves), what good would be done ? But if the 
enemies of our country come, the servants of God will fight. 
And in regard to swearing, if the truth is told, does swearing 
make the truth a lie ? And, if a lie is told, does swearing 
make the lie truth ? For the truth is truth, and a lie is a lie, 
whether sworn to or not. I put my trust in God, and in 
Jesus Christ, the Saviour and Redeemer of all; He is able to 
be that to all that believe.” 
Of the numbers implicated some idea may be formed from 
the fact, that at one time and at one place, 37 who had 
explained or preached the Word were reduced to slavery with 
their wives and children; 42 who had possessed books were 
made slaves, and their property seized; 27 who had possessed 
books, and who had preached, or explained, were made slaves 
with their wives and children; 6 with whom it was a second 
offence were imprisoned; 2055 had paid one dollar each; 18 
had been put to death; 14 hurled from the steep rock; and 
4 burnt alive. 
Those who had been appointed to die were treated with 
the greatest indignity. They were wrapped in old torn or 
dirty mats, and rags were stuffed into their mouths. Seven¬ 
teen of them had been tied each along a pole, and had been 
thus carried between two men bearing the pole on their 
shoulders to the place where sentence was to be pronounced. 
One of their number being a young female, walked behind the 
rest. Four of them being nobles were not killed in the or¬ 
dinary way, as there is an aversion to the shedding of the 
blood of nobles ;—they were therefore sentenced to be burned. 
When the sentence was pronounced, some derided, and the 
condemned were then carried away to the places of execution. 
The four nobles were burned alive in a place by themselves. 
