called the Expositor. They set the Prophet up without
mercy. They soon got after Brigham for trying to influence Martha
Brotherton to be sealed to Joseph. Her father found it out and
helped to expose them, which made it rather hot for them. The
next move of the Prophet and his friends was to get the City
Council to pass an ordinance declaring the Expositor to be a
nuisance, unless the proprietors would close it up.

When I moved to Nauvoo I had one wife and one child. Soon after I
got there I was appointed as the Seventh Danite. I had superiors
in office, and was sworn to secrecy, to obey the orders of my
superiors, and not let my left hand know what my right hand did.
It was my duty to do as I was ordered, and not to ask questions.
I was instructed in the secrets of the Priesthood, and taught
that it was my duty, and the duty of all men, to obey the leaders
of the Church, and that no one could commit sin so long as he
acted as directed by his Church superiors.

One day the Danite Chief came to me and said that I must take two
more Danites whom he named and watch the house of a widow woman
named Clawson. I was informed that a man went there nearly every
night about ten o'clock, and left about daylight. I was to
station myself and my men near the house, and when the man came
out knock him down and mutilate him; it would not be inquired
into if we killed him.

It was my duty to report unusual orders that I received from my
superiors to the Prophet, Joseph Smith, or in his absence, Hyrum.
I went to the house of the Prophet to report, but he was not at
home. I then called for Hyrum, and he gave me an interview. I
told him the orders I had received from the Chief, and asked him
if I should obey or not. He said to me:

"Brother Lee, you have acted wisely in listening to the voice of
the Spirit. It was the influence of God's Spirit that sent you
here. You would have been guilty of a great crime if you had
obeyed your Chief's orders."

Hyrum then told me that the man I was ordered to attack had been
sealed to Mrs. Clawson, and their marriage was a most holy one;
that it was in accordance with a revelation which the Prophet had
recently received direct from God. He explained to me fully the
doctrines of polygamy, wherein it was permitted, and why it was
right. I was greatly interested in the doctrine. It accorded
exactly with my views of the Scripture, and I at once accepted
and believed in the doctrine as taught by the