Brigham Young Office Journal, November 30, 1860, CR 1234 1, Church History Library (scribe: George D. Sims):
The
President observed [that] it is not remarkable that the [US] Government
sh[oul]d follow us with a mob[?] still; it is damnable of them. They came here
but could not harm us. They grumbled at us burning up their wagons. What the
Devil was their wagons here for[?] Perhaps they did not think of it, but we
could have whipped all before us even in Missouri if we our retreat had
been as good as it was here. The President continued his remarks, and gave an
account of the mobbings and drivings this people had received from the United
States. He then quoted the prophecy of Joseph Smith, against the United States,
and remarked [that] his prophecies are now, in part, being fulfilled. He then
spoke of the downfall of Senator Steven A. Douglas.
Transcription taken from:
George D. Smith, Brigham Young,
Colonizer of the American West: Diaries and Office Journals, 1832-1871, 2
vols. (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2021), 2:234
