ing their stay at my house all were friendly. Brigham
asked me to go with them to Cedar City, which I did.

In 1870, some time in the fall, I went from Parowan by way of
Panguich, up the Severe River with Brigham, on a trip to the
Pareah country. On this trip I was appointed a road commissioner,
with ten men to go ahead, view out and prepare the road for
Brigham and his company to travel over. While at Upper Kanab I
had a private interview with him, concerning my future. Brigham
said he thought I had met with opposition and hardships enough to
entitle me to have rest the balance of my life; that I had best
leave Harmony, and settle in some good place farther south; build
up a home and gather strength around me. After a while we would
cross over into Arizona Territory, near the San Francisco
Mountains, and there establish the order of Enoch, or United
Order. We were to take a portable steam sawmill and cut lumber
with which to build up the southern settlements, and I was to run
the mill in connection with Bishop Stewart. This I consider an
additional honor shown me by the Prophet.

From Upper Kanab I was sent across the mountains to Lower Kanab,
to Bishop Stewart's, to have him carry supplies for the Prophet
and company. I had to travel sixty miles without a trail, but I
was glad of a chance to perform any duty that would please the
Prophet. I again met the company, and went with the party to
Tokerville, where I closed arrangements with Brigham about the
sawmill. All was understood and agreed upon, and we parted in a
very friendly manner. About two weeks after leaving Brigham and
party at Tokerville, I was notified that I had been suspended
from the Church because of the Mountain Meadows affair.

The following spring I visited the Prophet at St. George, and
asked him why they had thus dealt with me, without allowing me a
chance to speak for myself; why they had waited seventeen years
and then cut me off; why I was not cut off at once, if what I had
done was evil?

"I never knew the facts until lately," he said.

"Brother Brigham, you know I told the whole story to you a short
time after it happened."

The reply he made was this:

"Be a man, and not a baby. I am your friend, and not your enemy.
You shall have a rehearing. Go up to the office and see Brother
Erastus Snow, and arrange the time for the hearing."

We arranged the time of meeting. It was agreed that all parties
interested were to be notified of the