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Yes
,
a
dangerous
matter
--
so
dangerous
that
even
the
most
saintly
dared
only
whisper
their
religious
opinions
with
bated
breath
,
lest
something
which
fell
from
their
lips
might
be
misconstrued
,
and
bring
down
a
swift
retribution
upon
them
.
The
victims
of
persecution
had
now
turned
persecutors
on
their
own
account
,
and
persecutors
of
the
most
terrible
description
.
Not
the
Inquisition
of
Seville
,
nor
the
German
Vehm-gericht
,
nor
the
Secret
Societies
of
Italy
,
were
ever
able
to
put
a
more
formidable
machinery
in
motion
than
that
which
cast
a
cloud
over
the
State
of
Utah
.
Its
invisibility
,
and
the
mystery
which
was
attached
to
it
,
made
this
organization
doubly
terrible
.
It
appeared
to
be
omniscient
and
omnipotent
,
and
yet
was
neither
seen
nor
heard
.
The
man
who
held
out
against
the
Church
vanished
away
,
and
none
knew
whither
he
had
gone
or
what
had
befallen
him
.
His
wife
and
his
children
awaited
him
at
home
,
but
no
father
ever
returned
to
tell
them
how
he
had
fared
at
the
hands
of
his
secret
judges
.
A
rash
word
or
a
hasty
act
was
followed
by
annihilation
,
and
yet
none
knew
what
the
nature
might
be
of
this
terrible
power
which
was
suspended
over
them
.
No
wonder
that
men
went
about
in
fear
and
trembling
,
and
that
even
in
the
heart
of
the
wilderness
they
dared
not
whisper
the
doubts
which
oppressed
them
.
At
first
this
vague
and
terrible
power
was
exercised
only
upon
the
recalcitrants
who
,
having
embraced
the
Mormon
faith
,
wished
afterwards
to
pervert
or
to
abandon
it
.
Soon
,
however
,
it
took
a
wider
range
.
The
supply
of
adult
women
was
running
short
,
and
polygamy
without
a
female
population
on
which
to
draw
was
a
barren
doctrine
indeed
.
Strange
rumours
began
to
be
bandied
about
--
rumours
of
murdered
immigrants
and
rifled
camps
in
regions
where
Indians
had
never
been
seen
.
Fresh
women
appeared
in
the
harems
of
the
Elders
--
women
who
pined
and
wept
,
and
bore
upon
their
faces
the
traces
of
an
unextinguishable
horror
.
Belated
wanderers
upon
the
mountains
spoke
of
gangs
of
armed
men
,
masked
,
stealthy
,
and
noiseless
,
who
flitted
by
them
in
the
darkness
.
These
tales
and
rumours
took
substance
and
shape
,
and
were
corroborated
and
re-corroborated
,
until
they
resolved
themselves
into
a
definite
name
.
To
this
day
,
in
the
lonely
ranches
of
the
West
,
the
name
of
the
Danite
Band
,
or
the
Avenging
Angels
,
is
a
sinister
and
an
ill-omened
one
.
Fuller
knowledge
of
the
organization
which
produced
such
terrible
results
served
to
increase
rather
than
to
lessen
the
horror
which
it
inspired
in
the
minds
of
men
.
None
knew
who
belonged
to
this
ruthless
society
.
The
names
of
the
participators
in
the
deeds
of
blood
and
violence
done
under
the
name
of
religion
were
kept
profoundly
secret
.
The
very
friend
to
whom
you
communicated
your
misgivings
as
to
the
Prophet
and
his
mission
,
might
be
one
of
those
who
would
come
forth
at
night
with
fire
and
sword
to
exact
a
terrible
reparation
.
Hence
every
man
feared
his
neighbour
,
and
none
spoke
of
the
things
which
were
nearest
his
heart
.
One
fine
morning
,
John
Ferrier
was
about
to
set
out
to
his
wheatfields
,
when
he
heard
the
click
of
the
latch
,
and
,
looking
through
the
window
,
saw
a
stout
,
sandy-haired
,
middle-aged
man
coming
up
the
pathway
.
His
heart
leapt
to
his
mouth
,
for
this
was
none
other
than
the
great
Brigham
Young
himself
.
Full
of
trepidation
--
for
he
knew
that
such
a
visit
boded
him
little
good
--
Ferrier
ran
to
the
door
to
greet
the
Mormon
chief
.
The
latter
,
however
,
received
his
salutations
coldly
,
and
followed
him
with
a
stern
face
into
the
sitting-room
.
"
Brother
Ferrier
,
"
he
said
,
taking
a
seat
,
and
eyeing
the
farmer
keenly
from
under
his
light-coloured
eyelashes
,
"
the
true
believers
have
been
good
friends
to
you
.
We
picked
you
up
when
you
were
starving
in
the
desert
,
we
shared
our
food
with
you
,
led
you
safe
to
the
Chosen
Valley
,
gave
you
a
goodly
share
of
land
,
and
allowed
you
to
wax
rich
under
our
protection
.
Is
not
this
so
?
"
"
It
is
so
,
"
answered
John
Ferrier
.
