One day while in this jail, a mean of
meat was brought to them. Joseph the Prophet put a piece to his mouth and
quickly laid it down saying, 'Don't eat a it of it. It is not fit to eat.'
Whereupon the men who had served it laughed and said, 'We feed the Mormons on
their own beef,' meaning human flesh. General Doniph[a]n was disposed to favor
the brethren as much as he could. Brother Henry said that only God knew what
their suffers were while confined there. (Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, 1936, p. 6)
