Topics.—­1.  Presiding authority in the Church. 2.  The Twelve sustained. 3.  Action of Sidney Rigdon. 4.  Mobbings. 5.  The removal.

Questions and Review.—­1.  Where were Joseph and Hyrum buried? 2.  What were the feelings of the Saints? 3.  Why were the Saints troubled about a leader? 4.  Where were most of the Twelve at the time of the martyrdom? 5.  When the First Presidency is taken away, what is the next presiding authority in the Church? 6.  What did Sidney Rigdon want? 7.  What testimony was given the Saints at the meeting on August 8th? 8.  What became of Sidney Rigdon? 9.  What did the enemies of the Church expect to do by killing Joseph Smith? 10.  Who first planned the move to the mountains? 11.  Tell about the work of the mobs. 12.  Why did the Saints work so hard to finish the temple, knowing they would have to leave it? 13.  When did the move westward begin?

CHAPTER XXVI.

THE BATTLE OF NAUVOO.

Leaving the main body of the Saints traveling westward, in this chapter I wish to tell you about what happened to those who remained in Nauvoo; and by the way, this is the last chapter of this little history in which mobs will play an important part.

In the summer of 1846 there were about six hundred Saints in Nauvoo, most of whom had been unable to get away.  Many were poor, some were sick, and there were many old people and children.  Many non-"Mormons” had bought property from the Saints who had left, and had moved into the city.  The mob called these friendly citizens “Jack Mormons.”

Naturally, one would think that these few Saints would be left to get ready to move in peace; but not so.  If there is any doubt of the brutal character of the mob, what they now did will remove that doubt forever.

On July 11, eight brethren were engaged in cutting grain in a field twelve miles from Nauvoo.  A mob surrounded them, and then taking them one by one, whipped them severely.  Two of these mobbers were afterwards arrested, and to get even for this, the mob carried away five other brethren who were abused by the mobbers for twelve days before they were released.

The next move of the mob was to get writs of arrest for many persons in Nauvoo.  A John Carlin was unlawfully appointed a constable to serve these writs, that is, make the arrests, and he raised a large body of men to help him; but behind all this, the real object was to drive the remaining “Mormons” from the city.

Governor Ford was now notified of the actions of these mobbers, and he sent Major Parker to Nauvoo, who was to raise volunteers and defend the city.  Four companies of troops were organized by the governor’s order; but instead of treating the invaders as they truly were, a mob, Major Parker made a treaty with their leader in which it was agreed that the “Mormons” would leave the state within sixty days.  The mob leader thought this fair enough, but the mobbers did not.  At this, their leader resigned and a man by the name of Brockman took command of the crowd.  He gave the order to march towards Nauvoo, which they gladly did.