The new North-west., 1872-04-13
The altn Aorth.Afest.
Giylpg Her Husband to Secend Wife.

Giving Her Husband to Secend Wife.
Mrs. Stenhouse. in her Expose Of PO.
lygamy IN Utah" "a notice of which appears
in the nd vertsemcnt columns Of the NORTH.
WEsT.) sitter giving m account Of the Nor
mon lsbors of herself and husband. thus
relates the trying ordeal OF giving him
away to second wife:
'As the time approached for me to do
this, felt like . condemned felOu In his
cell waiting in agony the day Of his execu.
ti0n. knew that my husband suffered
also. now that it was ~ near; for he neces
sarily saw that II would make great change
in his future life. His freedom was gone.
The dreaded day Ut length arrived. As may
we'll be supposed. had passed u very wake.
full aud unhappy night, and I felt very sick
and nervous; fOrl was soon 10 bec0Me y
mother, and II seemed to mc that had not
the courage u 20 through that day. How.
ever. nerved myself to the task, and 81.
lently made my preparations for gazing to
the Endowment House The morning
was bright and lovely, and calculated TO in !.
spire joyous hopes and IInppy feelings. To
me It brought nothing but fear and tremb,
ling. could not even trust myself to speak
to my children, for was choking with sup
pressed emotion; and they, not knowing
how deeply was suffering. looked at INC
with wonder in their innocent eyes. OH
I thought, surely my husband will at last
understand the depth Of the love bear him,
for were 1t not that he believes the d0ctrine
TO be true, would even now dash this bit.
ter cup from my lips!' There was o dark.
ness before nv eyes. and, struggle 40
might, could see no ray Of light. no glim-
neSs, pSAf saeen net al 4.
and broken. hearted. and felt almost as If
the Lord had forsakcn me. c0nlI not go
to my husband for sympathy; tOr. l felt
that lis thoughts were with his young bride.
and that my sOIrOws would only worry him
ut . time when l,eINust desire to be ut peace.
The time at length arrived for Us to 70 to
the Endowment House. and there Vt the
altar the first wife il expected 10 give proof
Ut her faith In her religion by placing the
hand Of the new wifein that at her husband.
She Is asked the question by Brigham
Young. Are you willing 10 give this wo.
man To your husband. to b. lis lawful and
II you are. you will manifest it by placing
her right hand within the right hand of
your husband / did 50. But what words
can describe my feelings? The anguish, Of
o whole lifetime was crowded into that one
single moment When It was done, fcl,
that hal laid everything upon the altar
and that there was no more to sacrifice. !
had given away my husband. What more
could the Lord require of me that l could
not dO!"
Here is Mrs. Stenhousc's record of Brig.
hams wives lie is not 20 lawfully" mar.
ricd after all. 1t has been generally sups
posed that he was the possessor Of one wife
to every year Of his age, which Is now three.
score and ten; but the real number dwindlcs
down to the insignificant sum of nineteen.
True. he has . good many ''seslai" 10 him,
mot to be delivercd), but sealing d''n't
count in this world-it is the next they are
insnded for: 4'E.s~ 5>oI TnJ NE
Very cxtravagant statements have been
published Of the number of Brigham's wives
and children. How many he has had frOm
the, time he courycd Miss Martha .Biotherton
until now. II would be difficult to estimate
Some of his wives are dead; others lave
scaled ~ htW-who strayed away like those
Of Brother Heber. and ais knew moi whittier
they went. Of Brigham's present family
am acquainted witt: nineteen Of his wives.
Before he was Mormon he had wife and
family, but Of that lady know nothing,
Two Of her daughters are in Utah. His
Mormon family begins with his first legal
wife, who Is still living Mrs. Mary Ann
Angel Young. She is probably about his
own age, but is physically less preserved.
and looks much older. She is most excel.
lent Indy. and bears traces Of having had
her full share OF earthly troubles. She IL
tho mother 1T three scns s-Joseph A.. Brig
ham, Jr., John w.. and two daughiers-Al-
Sno and unu Each s,f AlNo l,ns N1,ro0
wives. The first daughter Is the third Of
four wives in y yolyRem,c household. The
other daughter Is the first wife Of u young
man, and has for companions wife her
fathers daughter by, another mother. The
eldest daughter, Alice. hos also her half:
sister rs an associate wife in her husbands
household. ..,
The legal wife Of Brigham Young is: 4.
= !. Mrs. Mary Ann Angel. !.r
His polysamic wives are:
III # M;s Mr: G'::S Gss; bsetsr, l,setsr, esi.:er',
Nv. Mrs Emilinc Free,
v. Mrs. Harriet Cook,
vi. Mrs. Twiss.
''' *. Mrs. Lucy BIsciow. -''''1 70.
x. Ms. Harriet Barney Ssagers.
-~ = :Xll. Mr.. Nasearerfie1cs,t
Kill. Mrs. Amelia Folsom, ,.y
n.m XIV. Nrs. Mary Van Cot Cobb,
NV - XV. Mn. Eliza Ann Jay Webb.
His proxy" wives an: K
XVI. Mrs. Emily Partridge, -:
XVII. Mrs. Zina b. Huntington Jacobs,
~ XVIII Mics Eliza r. Snow. l@f
These were formerly ''sesled"
GLCW GtQJossph s6mith, ep9 are now
..nroxYW XiYea ~ Bri9ham