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Show 20 Bancroft, " tthich like all the others was a rather tense affair. It wee the mission of the Kornons to convert the Indians, who were their brethren and not to kill thee." It is of interest to notice more in detail this Utah war of 1850. " W © have an inkling of the complications arising among Indiana, Mormons and the federal • authorities, in the account given by Captain Howard Stanebury of the United States Army TopograpSical Engineers, who spent the winter of X& IS- 1& 5Q ® ® ong the Indiana. He writes in hie officii! report:- " The president ( Young) was extrenely averse to harsh treatment, hut, pfter several conciliatory overtures had been resorted to in vain, he very properly date r~ ained to put a atop by force. Before coming to this deoiaion the authorities called upon ae to consult as to the policy of the meaouro, and to request the ex- \/ preasion of ray opinion as to what raight be the vi- 3ir of the United State* government. Knowing as I did rrKjst of the oircutnetancee, and feeling convinced thit some action of the & ind would ultimately have to be resorted to, .... I did not hesitate to say that .... the expedition ws* s a raeaeure not only of good policy, but one of absolute necessity and self- preservation. |