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and life for me to travel to Beaver at this
present time. I am, and have been for some
time an invalid.

2nd

What offices either Ecclesiastical, Civil
or Military did you hold in the year 1857?

Answer

He saith:-

I was the Governer of this Territory
and ex-officio Superintendent of Indian affairs,
and the President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter day Saints during the year
1857.

3rd

State the condition of affairs between
the Territory of Utah and the Federal Government
in the summer and fall of 1857?

Answer

He saith:-

In May or June 1857 the United
States mails for Utah were stopped by the
Government,-all communication by mail
was cut off. An Army of the United States
was en route for Utah with the ostensible design
of destroying the Latter day Saints, according
to the reports that reached us from
the East.

4th

Were there any United States Judges here during
the summer and fall of 1857?

Answer

He saith:-

To the best of my recollection there
was no United States Judge here in the latter
part of 1857.

5th

State what you know about trains, of