Chapter XXIV

ATTEMPTS TO DRAFT SAINTS INTO MOB SERVICE AGAINST NAUVOO--THREATENED INVASION FROM MISSOURI--JAMES A. BENNETT URGED TO COME TO NAUVOO.

Effort to Draft Chester Loveland into Mob Service.

Roads Leading into Nauvoo Picketed.

Affidavit: Call, Evans, and Horner--Treatment of Nauvoo Committee by Levi Williams _et al_.

Preparations for an Attack.

Report of Dr Southwick.

Affidavit: Carlos W. Lyon.

An Appeal to President Tyler.

Affidavit: Mont and Cuningham--Attempt to Draft them into Mob Service.

Affidavit: Allen T. Wait--Attempt to Draft him into Mob Service.

Affidavit: Isaac Morley _et al_.--Attempt to Draft into Mob Service.

Affidavit: Hancock, Garner, Lofton--Attempt to Draft them into Mob Service.

Affidavit: James Guyman--Threats of Invasion from {XV} Missouri.

Affidavit: Obediah Bowen--Attempt to Draft him into Service of Mob.

Affidavit: Alvah Tippetts--Violence of John Williams Upon.

Reinforcement for Nauvoo from Ramus.

Letter: Joseph Smith to Ballantyne and Slater--Advice on Moving into Nauvoo.

Affidavit: Greene and Bernhisel--Threatened Invasion from Missouri.

Letter: Willard Richards to James Arlington Bennett--Affairs in Nauvoo--Western Movement.

CHAPTER XXV.

THE TWELVE CALLED FROM EASTERN MISSION--GOVERNOR FORD AT CARTHAGE--NAUVOO DELEGATION TO GOVERNOR--THREATS AND CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE PROPHET'S LIFE--GOVERNOR FORD INVITED TO NAUVOO TO INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS.

The Apostles Called Home.

A Prophecy--No Gun Fired on Part of Saints.

Letter: Robert D. Foster to John Proctor--Fragment--Instruction as to Property.

Hyrum Smith's Fidelity to the Prophet.

Letter: Governor Ford to Mayor and Council of Nauvoo, Asking Representatives to Meet him at Carthage.

Joseph H. Jackson at Nauvoo.

Letter: Joseph Smith to Governor Ford--Submitting Documents.

Affidavit: John P. Greene--Joseph H. Jackson Threatens Prophet's Life.

Affidavit: Joseph Smith--Conspiracy Against Affiant's Life.

Affidavit: Joseph Jackson--Francis M. Higbee's Threat to Kill the Prophet.

Affidavit: Joseph Jackson--Reporting Mob at Pilot Grove.

Letter: Joseph Smith to Governor Ford--Inviting the Governor to come to Nauvoo and investigate Conditions.

CHAPTER XXVI.

PREPARATIONS TO DEFEND NAUVOO--MOB MOVEMENTS ON CARTHAGE ROAD--GOVERNOR FORD'S REVIEW OF HANCOCK COUNTY DIFFICULTIES--JOSEPH SMITH'S ACCOUNT OF THE SAME DIFFICULTIES--DEFENSE OF HIS OWN AND ASSOCIATES' COURSE.

Orders from Nauvoo's Entrenchment.

Affidavit: Edward Robinson--Threats Against Nauvoo.

Affidavit: James Olive--Mob Movements on the Carthage Road.

Affidavit: George G. Johnston--Militia Under Governor to Move on Nauvoo.

Affidavit: Gideon Gibbs--Mob on La Harpe Road.

Affidavit: Luman H. Calkins--Nauvoo {XVI} Conspiracy Against The Prophet's Life.

The Prophet's Life.

General Orders.

A Petition to hear the Prophet Speak.

Letter: Governor Ford to Mayor and City Council of the City of Nauvoo.

Letter: Joseph Smith to Governor Ford--Defending the Action of the City Council in the _Expositor_ Affair.

CHAPTER XXVII.

GOVERNOR FORD'S WRONG VIEWPOINT--ELDER TAYLOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR AT CARTHAGE--CLOSE OF THE PROPHET'S JOURNAL NARRATIVE OF HIS LIFE.

Governor Ford's Biased Judgment.

Elder John Taylor's Account of Interview with Governor Ford at Carthage.