[ Full-text transcription of: Witness Captain Samuel Bogart, Commander of the Volunteer Unit against Mormons ]
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Wyatt Cravens a witness produced sworn and exca
=mined for the State deposeth & saith he was one in
Capt Bogard’s Company and was present at the fights
with the mormons on the 25th day of October last about
day break in Clay county, Parley P Pratt and Capt Patton ap
peared in Command of the company that made the attack
upon us, we were lying in Camp when we head them
coming we got up and prepared for
came n about 60 yards of us & formed the line of battle
they then approached in a body numbering as near as
I can guess to about 150 armed with guns swords &
pistols to about 40 yards when the firing commenced
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Nehemiah Odell Sent. A witness produced sworn
and examined for the State deposeth and saith that he
was in the
-mons on the 25th of October last says Parley P Pratt was
in the battle Commanding part of the Mormon forces on
that occasion. The offices who gave the Command to the
Mormons, after some Kind of religious ceremony to
about this amount “In the name of Lazarus God &
the Lamb “ fire Danites” and after firing twice they char
=ged, but which party fired first I don’t recollect and
further this deponent saith not Nehemiah Odell
Captain Samuel Bogart a witness produced
sworn and examined for the State deposeth and
saith, that on the evening of the 24th Octs last while
ranging under the Orders of Genl Atcheson as is
below inserted I met with several Mormons &
read it to them supposing they would inform
the Mormons of Caldwell the characters of my com
=pany. We had been informed on that evening by citizens
of Ray that we were in Danger of being attacked by the Mor-
=mons that night, whereupon I fell back to an encamp
ment on
near day break my picket guard gave information that
they were coming and in a few moments I saw the
Mormon forces forming and a few guns were fired
out of the brush by the Mormons, when the fight
commenced the left wing of the Mormon forces were with
in about 30 steps of my sight. and in numbers were
about 150 or 200 as I supposed and further this depo
nent saith not Samel. Bogart
The Order under which Capt Bogart was ranging
the north part of Ray county when attacked by the Mor
=mons was produced and read in court as evidence
And is as follows Liberty Octr 23 1838
Head Quarters 3rd Division M. M.
Capt S Bogart Sir Your Communication
by express has been received You are hereby ordered
to range the line between
with your Company of volunteers and prevent
if possible any invasion of Ray county by any
persons in arms whatever: You will also take care
to enquire into the state of things in Daviss county &
make report thereof to me from time to time I
will endeavour to be with you in a few days time
signed David R. Atcheson
Major Genl 3rd Div M.M.