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as an Elder in the Church of Jesus Chirst
of Latter day Saints he preached several times
on his way south and also on his return
and tried to impress upon the minds of
the people the necessity of great care as to
their grain crops as all the crops had been
short for several years previous to 1857 and
many of the people were reduced to actual
want and were suffering for the necessaries
of life.

Deponent further saith that he
advised the people to furnish all emigrant
companies passing through the Territory with
what they might actually need for breadstuffs
for the support of themselves and families
while passing through the Territory, and
also advised the people not to feed their
grain to their own stock, nor sell it to
the emigrants for that purpose.

Deponent further saith that he
never heard of or knew of any attack upon
said emigrant train until some time after
his return to Salt Lake City and that while
near Fort Bridger he heard for the first
time that the Indians had massacred an
emigrant company at Mountain Meadows.

Deponent further saith that he
never at any time either before or after
that massacre was accessory thereto; that
he never directly or indirectly aided, abetted,