Chapter XI: Mormon Outrages--Polygamy, etc
Previous Impressions.--A Recent Outrage.--Dr. Robinson's
Case.--Proceedings in the U. S. District Court.--An
Atrocious Murder.--The Church Implicated.--A Vigilance
Committee Proposed.--Shrewdness of Brigham Young.--His
Telegram to Sherman.--It Paid the Saints.--The Logical
Fruit of Mormonism.--Bad Teachings of Leaders.--Gentiles
_vs._ Mormons.--Remarkable Statements of a U. S. Judge.--He
Believes in Thugs and Danites.--His Views of Dr. Robinson's
Case.--Mormon Juries.--Brassfield's Case.--The Mountain
Meadow Massacre.--Brigham Young Responsible.--Andrew
Johnson on Utah.--Growth of Polygamy.--Its Practical
Workings.--A Second Wife on the Rampage.--Polygamous
Children.--No Free Schools.--Foulness of Polygamy.--The
Jury Trouble again.--Judge ----'s Remedy.--U. S. Troops
essential there.--Pacific Railroad unlikely to solve the
Problem soon.--Brigham Young's Successor.--His Cowardice
Personally.--A Brave Official.--The High Council of the
Church overrules Federal Decisions, etc. 183-198
CHAPTER XII.
_Mormonism in General._
Mormon Industry and Thrift.--Their System of Irrigation.--Small
Farms.--Good Homes.--No Drunkenness or Gambling.--Salt Lake
City again.--Mormonism itself.--A Colonization Scheme,
rather than Religion.--The Bishops Sharp Business Men.--The
Tendency of Mormon Teachings.--Mormon Disloyalty.--Mormon
Women.--Polygamy an Insult to Civilization.--A Crime against
Humanity.--It should be Stamped Out, _sans_ Ceremony, and
Instanter. 199-205
CHAPTER XIII.
_Salt Lake to Boisè City._
Ben Holliday again.--His Great Stage Lines.--Wells, Fargo &
Co.--Profits and Losses.--His Appearance and Character.--Off
for the Columbia.--Great Salt Lake.--Brigham Young's
Islands and Cañons.--Hot Springs.--Ogden City.--Bishop
West.--Joseph Young.--Brigham City.--A Ute Brave.--Ute
Squaws.--Brigham Young's Indian Policy.--Bear River.--The
Country generally.--Bad Water.--Malàde Station.--Indians
and Wolves.--Snake River.--Subterranean Stream and
Cascade.--Great American Falls.--Barren Country.--Valley
of the Boisè.--The Ride generally.--Square Meals.--Mr.
Superintendent Halsey.--A Live Man. 206-222
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