The story of the Mormons : from the date of their origin to the year 1901
History
xxv, 637 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
8932602
I. The Mormon origin
Facility of human belief
The Smith family
How Joseph Smith became a money-digger
First announcement of the golden Bible
The different accounts of the revelation of the Bible
Translation and publication of the Bible
The Spaulding manuscript
Sidney Rigdon: His biography
"The everlasting gospel"
The witnesses to the plates: Text of the two "testimonies"
The Mormon Bible: Some of its errors and absurdities
Organization of the church: Smith's ordination by John the Baptist
The Mormons' beliefs and doctrines
church government II. In Ohio
The first converts at Kirtland
Wild vagaries of the converts
Growth of the church: The appointment of elders
Gifts of tongues and miracles: How persons "spoke in tongues"
Smith's Ohio business enterprises
Last days at Kirtland III. In Missouri
The directions to the saints about their Zion
Smith's first visits to Missouri
The expulsion from Jackson County
Fruitless negotiations with the Jackson County people
In Clay, Caldwell, and Daviess counties
Radical dissensions in the church
Beginning of active hostilities
A state of civil war
The final expulsion from the state IV. In Illinois
The reception of the Mormons
The settlement of Nauvoo
The building up of the city
The Nauvoo city government
The Mormons in politics
Smith a candidate for president of the United States
Social conditions in Nauvoo
Smith's picture of himself as autocrat
Smith's falling out with Bennett and Higbee
The institution of polygamy
Public announcement of the doctrine of polygamy
The suppression of the Expositor
Uprising of the non-Mormons
The murder of the prophet
After Smith's death: The people in panic
Rivalries over the succession: The claim of the prophet's eldest son
Brigham Young: His early years
Renewed trouble for the Mormons: More charges of stealing
The expulsion of the Mormons
The evacuation of Nauvoo
Nauvoo after the exodus V. The migration to Utah
Preparations for the long march: Uncertainty of their destination
From the Mississippi to the Missouri
The Mormon Battalion
The camps on the Missouri
The pioneer trip across the plains
From the Rockies to Salt Lake Valley
The following companies: Their leaders and make-up VI. In Utah
The founding of Salt Lake City
Progress of the settlement
The foreign immigration to Utah
The hand-cart tragedy
Early political history
Brigham Young's despotism
The "reformation"
Some church-inspired murders
Blood atonement
Territorial government
Mormon treatment of federal officers
The Mormon "war"
The Mormon purpose
Colonel Kane's mission
The peace commission
The Mountain Meadows Massacre
After the "war"
Attitude of the Mormons during the southern rebellion
Eastern visitors to Salt Lake City
Gentile irruption and Mormon schism
The last years of Brigham Young
Brigham Young's death
Social aspects of polygamy
The fight against polygamy
The Mormonism of to-day