There were many sick, who were thus inhumanly driven from their
houses, and had to endure all this abuse and to seek homes where
they could be found. The result was, that a great many of them
being deprived of the comforts of life, and the necessary
attendances, died; many children were left orphans, wives widows,
and husbands widowers.--Our farms were taken possession of by the
mob, many thousands of cattle, sheep, horses, and hogs were taken
and our household goods, store goods, and printing press, and type
were broken, taken, or otherwise destroyed.
Many of our brethren removed to Clay where they continued until
1836, three years; there was no violence offered but there were
threatnings of violence. But in the summer of 1836, these threatnings
began to assume a more serious form; from threats, public meetings
were called, resolutions were passed, vengeance and destruction were
threatned, and affairs again assumed a fearful attitude, Jackson
county was a sufficient precedent, and as the authorities in that
county did not interfere, they boasted that they would not in this,
which on application to the authorities we found to be too true, and
after much violence, privation and loss of property we were again
driven from our homes.
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