The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-05-26
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Progress of the Mormon Treason

Progress of the Mormon Treason.
A letter from Salt Lake city gives the
following account of proceedings there
that indicate the designs OF Mormons to
create an Indian out, break as diversion
in favor Of their contemplated rebellion.
Arapeen, the chief fofthe Pah Utah In
dians, has been in the city recently.
While here he was very assiduous in en-
beavers to ascertain what the Mormons
were going to fight the Americans for
He said they had been urging him to join
them in such a war, but declared that he
had refused absolutely to have anything
to do with it. There is food for medi
tat'on and conjec ure thee statements
Of the friendly chief, taken in connection
with movements known to be contem
plated by the Mormons who seek his al
lance. Brigham Young, lIeber Kimball.
and other heads of the church propose
to leave here in April for trip north.
They take with them two or three hund-
red men, the names of large list Of
whom were read Of publicly in the Ia
bernacle on Sunday, the 21st ult. Where
they are going or with what design is
profound mystery. Some say that they
are ahuut to leave the country entirely
and settle in the British Possessions; but
| can see no reason to put any faith in
so improbable a rumor. The British
Possessions present no such eligible loca-
tion as that the MormOns now occupy,
and their removal would involve an i'm
mense expenditure and loss Of property,
such as they could not hope for the tOler-
alton and Indifference at the hands the
British Government which they have
enjoyed under the flag Of the Union An
other rumOr is that they go to Bitter
Root Valley in Washington Territory, to
establish there new stake. Still an
other suggestion is, that Brigham is
going on tour among the Northern IN
dians, ttexcite them against the Gentle
whit and induce them to jo,n the Nor
me IN war against the Government
E ,.es. should any be sent out against
lem. My own impressions favor the
iatter view, although it is net imprc bable
that the founding of colony in Bitter
Root Valley is part Of the programme.
The only clue we have to their proposed
route is letter from Brigham shown by
Arapeen, in which the former invites
the Chief to accompany him on his tour
stating that he will pass through the
country OF the Bonacks, the Nez Perces
and the Flatheads.
There has been great deal OF activity
lately in that mystery Of mysteries, the
Endowment House,. and hundred OF the
new converts have passed through the
degrees, and taken the fearful Mormon
oath in which the swear fealty to the
Prophet and enternal enmity to the Gov
erument of the United States. As
large proportion of these new converts
are ignorant. proselyted foreigners just
arrived from the Old World, you may
suppose that tins oath is sworn with a
will, and without mental reservation
The ceremony Of imitation is generally
concluded by the sealing Of one or
more women to every male; and on one
day not long since fifty males were thus
taken as spirituals. - Unappropriated
women are becoming scarce in the Ter
rtory, and the poiygamous monsters OF
the Mormon church are beginning to
compel the merest children to their wick
ed embraces. 1t was only few days ago
that two little girls between 10 and IL
years Of age, were sealed to old men. 1t
is very common occurrence .or girls OF
il years to be taken as wives. One OBJ
ject seems to be to get these children
into the horrible system Of polygamy
before they are old enough to think for
themselves, or the natural delicacy OF the
sex shall be aroused and rebel against it.