[ Full-text transcription of: Witness Nathanial Carr, Mormon ]
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not fear, that this
had been given to him by
the spirit of
prophecy in the name of Jesus
Christ. Sidney
Rigdon appeared to rejoice at
the information,
and gaive unto the thing-
A few days before
the Militia got to Far
west Jos Smith Jr
observed that he did not in
-tend to obey the
laws any longer, that he had
had a great may
(“law suits” crossed out) writs served
on him, & that
he was of age, and did not intend
to have another
served on him- And further
this deponent saith
not-
James C. Owens
Nathaniel Carr. a
witness produced, sworn
and examined in
behalf of the State deposeth
and saith- While
the last expedition was
going on in Daviess
county a portion of the
troops returned to
-ded before Mr
Rigdons door- A letter was
produced by him.
Recd as he said from Jos
Smith Jr &
Lyman Wight, and perhaps Hiram
Smith, and I think
Elias Higby- The letter
was read, which
stated something like this
that all things
were going on well in Daviess
that they had
nothing to fear, and that the enemy was
in their hands,- I
understood from what was
said in the letter
that they knew this from
revelation. The letter was read to about 200
men most of them
under arm- The town
appeared under
military rule, picket guards
were sent out
morning & evening_ this state
of things was
continued for three or four weeks
& until the
mormons surrendered their
arms. When the forces that went out to
attack Bogart were
collecting about
I heard them say
that a mob was collecting near
Fields who had
taken some of the brethran prison
-ers, and that they
were collecting a company
to release them-
and further this deponent
saith not, Nathaniel Carr