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Great Salt Lake City
September 14th 1857

Col William H. Dame
Parowan Iron Co

Herewith you will
receive the Governors Proclamation declaring
martial law. You will probably not be called
out this fall, but are required to continue
to make ready for a big fight another year,
the plan of operations is supposed to be
about these. In case the U.S. Government
should send out an overpowering force we
intend to desolate the Territory and conceal
our families, stock and all of our effects
in the fastnesses of the mountains where
they will be safe while the men way lay
our enemies, attack them from ambush,
stampede their animals take the supply
trains cut off detachments, and parties
sent to Kanyons for wood, or on other ser-
vice. To lay waste everything that will burn
houses, fences, trees fields grass that they
cannot find a particle of anything that will
be of use to them, not even sticks to make
a fire for to cook their suppers. To waste
away our enemies and lose none that will
be our mode of warfare. Thus you see the
necessity of preparing, first secure places in
the mountains where they cannot find us,
of if they do where they cannot approach