CHAPTER XVI

Incidents of a Return Trip from Santa Fé -- Calibre of our Party -- Return Caravans -- Remittances -- Death of Mr. Langham -- Burial in the Desert -- A sudden Attack -- Confusion in the Camp -- The Pawnees -- A Wolfish Escort -- Scarcity of Buffalo -- Unprofitable Delusion -- Arrival -- Table of Camping Sites and Distances -- Condition of the Town of Independence -- The Mormons -- Their Dishonesty and Immorality -- Their high-handed Measures, and a Rising of the People -- A fatal Skirmish -- A chivalrous Parade of the Citizens -- Expulsion of the Mormons -- The Meteoric Shower, and Superstition, etc. -- Wanderings and Improprieties of the 'Latter-day Saints' -- Gov. Boggs' Recipe -- The City of Nauvoo -- Contemplated Retribution of the Mormons, 87