He cannot do it. He must not try to do
it. He has got to stand to what he did, like a man."

Bishop Dame was cowed; he did not make any denial again, but
said:

"Isaac, I did not know there were so many of them."

"That makes no difference," said Brother Haight.

It was now time to stop the fuss, for many of the young Danites
were coming around. So I said:

"Brethren, this is no place to discuss such a matter. You will
agree when you get where you can be quiet, and talk it over."

"There is no more to say; he has got to stand by it," said
Brother Haight.

We went along the field, and passed by where the brethren were at
work covering up the bodies. They piled the dead bodies in heaps,
and threw dirt over them. The bodies were only lightly covered,
for the ground was hard, and the brethren did not have proper
tools to dig with. I suppose the first rain washed the bodies out
again, but I never went back to examine whether it did or not.

We went along the field to where the corral and camp had been,
and the wagons were standing. We found that the Indians had
carried off the wagon covers, clothing, and provisions, and had
emptied the feathers out of the feather-beds, and carried off all
the ticks.

After the dead were covered up or buried (it was not much of a
burial) the brethren were called together, and a Council was held
at the emigrant camp. All the leading men made speeches; Bishop
Dame, President Haight, Bishop Klingensmith, Brothers Higbee,
Hopkins, and myself. The speeches were first: Thanks to God for
delivering our enemies into our hands; next, thanking the
brethren for their zeal in God's cause; and lastly, the necessity
of saying that the Indians did it alone, and the Mormons had
nothing to do with it.

Most of the speeches were in the shape of exhortations and
commands to keep the whole matter secret from everyone but
Brigham. It was voted unanimously that any Danite who should
divulge the secret, or tell who were present, or do anything that
might lead to discovery, should suffer death. The brethren all
took a solemn oath, binding themselves under the most dreadful
and awful penalties, to keep the whole a secret from every human
being, as long as they should live. No man was to know the facts.
The brethren were sworn not to talk of it among themselves, and
each was to kill any who proved a traitor to the Church or to the
people in this matter.

It was agreed that Brigham should be informed