Original sentence: About 800 Non-Mormon vigilantes from Clinton and other counties began to harass Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, burning numerous outlying homes and plundering property.After Smith and the militia under Lt.Colonel Wight raised troops for the action and set out to disperse them immediately.General Doniphan already had troops raised to provide relief.Hinckle had arrived in Adam-ondi-Ahman, General Parks was informed of the situation and ordered Lyman Wight, a colonel under General Parks, and also a leader in the church, to put down the mob.Hinckle, a member of the church.History of the Church, Volume 2 Chapter 11.Joseph Smith's Journal Entries.Joseph Smith, returning from De Witt, was informed by General Doniphan of the plight.No conflicts were recorded.Refugees began to flee to Adam-ondi-Ahman for shelter in the cold winter.The troops marched under Lt.These events are corroborated by Joseph Smith's private journal entries, and General Atchison's and General Park's letters to Governor Boggs immediately following the event.Upon news of the militia's intent to disperse the mob, they fled, setting fires to their homes later to blame the mormons
Edited sentence: Apostle David W.Fleeing, the mobbers set fire to their homes and fields and blamed the mormons later.Non-Mormon vigilantes from Clinton and other counties began to harass Latter Day Saints in Daviess County, burning numerous outlying homes and plundering property.On October 14, the church presidency led the Caldwell militia north to Adam-ondi-Ahman, to defend church members from these raids and to actively push non-Mormons from Daviess.Patten led the attack on Gallatin, Lyman Wight headed the troops assigned to Millport, and Seymour Brunson led a smaller detachment against the Grindstone Forks settlement.Splitting into three companies, the Mormons marched on the three major non-Mormon settlements in the county under the direction of General Parks and as official state militia.The purpose was to disperse the mobs forming to attack Adam-ondi-Ahman and restore order to the county