being deprived of the comforts of life, and the necessary
attendances, died; many children were left orphans, wives widows,
and husbands widowers.--Our farms were taken possession of by the
mob, many thousands of cattle, sheep, horses, and hogs were taken
and our household goods, store goods, and printing press, and type
were broken, taken, or otherwise destroyed.

Many of our brethren removed to Clay where they continued until
1836, three years; there was no violence offered but there were
threatnings of violence. But in the summer of 1836, these threatnings
began to assume a more serious form; from threats, public meetings
were called, resolutions were passed, vengeance and destruction were
threatned, and affairs again assumed a fearful attitude, Jackson
county was a sufficient precedent, and as the authorities in that
county did not interfere, they boasted that they would not in this,
which on application to the authorities we found to be too true, and
after much violence, privation and loss of property we were again
driven from our homes.

We next settled in Caldwell, and Davies counties, where we made
large and extensive settlements, thinking to free ourselves from the
power of oppression, by settling in new counties with very few
inhabitants in them; but here we were not allowed to live in peace,
but in 1838 we were again attacked by mobs, an exterminating order
was issued by Gov. Boggs, and under the sanction of law an organized
banditti ranged through the country, robbed us of our cattle, sheep,
horses, hogs, &c., many of our people were murdered in cold blood,
the chastity of our women was violated, and we were forced to sign
away our property at the point of the sword, and after enduring every
indignity that could be heaped upon us by an inhuman, ungodly band of