13. Kane to Jeremiah Black, November 29, 1860, Kane Collection, BYU.
Index
abolition. See slavery
Anderson, Kirk, 306n2, 309, 311, 314, 333n12
Adams, Charles Francis, 53
Anderson, Washington F., 390
Adams, George J., 52
anonymous publication, gentlemanly
agriculture in Utah territory, 186, 188
tradition of, 86
alcohol
Appleby, William, 43, 44, 49, 206n35,
Indians, selling or giving liquor
219, 223
to, 428
Arapeen (Ute chief), 312n14
liquor taxes in Salt Lake City, 447
Arctic expeditions
alcoholism and drunkenness
Franklin, Sir John, and Franklin
of Alfred Cumming, 331, 333, 340, 347
expedition, 88–89, 155n17,
of John W. Forney, 109n3, 393
165n3, 189n7
of Hector McLean, 224
of Elisha Kane, 6, 77n31, 88–89, 93,
of Alexander Wilson, 283, 336,
104, 155, 189, 196–197, 215–216
339–340
Thomas L. Kane’s plans to continue,
of Joseph A. Young, 490
215–216
Allen, James, 16, 18, 21, 34n9, 77
Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell
American Bureau of Mining
Expedition in Search of Sir John
Information for Utah, 451n16
Franklin (Elisha Kane, 1856), 189n7,
American Fur Company, 32
196–197n25
American Indians. See Indians
Arizona, Mormon settlement in,
and Indian lands
465–467, 469, 474, 475–476, 478,
American Party, 198, 200
487–488, 492, 503
American Philosophical Society,
army, U.S.
62, 498
allowed into Utah, 276, 278–281
America’s Crystal Palace Exhibition
armaments and ammunition,
(New York World’s Fair or
destruction of, 370, 373
Exhibition of the Industry of All
civil liberties endangered by
Nations, 1853–1854), 156
continued presence of, 336, 339
514
Index
army, U.S. ( Cont.)
Compromise of 1850 and, 84
Civil War, guard on mail route
Mormons alleged to have killed,
during, 382
219, 292n9
complaints of behavior of soldiers
proposed as state
and camp followers, 290–298,
representative, 70–71
299, 301–302, 323, 336–343
reappointment of Young as governor,
Cumming’s travel with Kane to Salt
interference with, 172
Lake City without escort
on slavery and Utah, 102–103,
of, 254–259
195n21
dispatched with replacement
as territorial secretary, 172, 176–177
governor, 219–220, 221, 229n8
Babcock, A. B., 420–421
economic benefits to Mormons from
Baker-Fancher wagon party, 228
presence of, 299n1, 317, 321, 345,
Bancroft, George, 15
370–371
bank notes spent by Kane in Utah,
federal judges, Mormon fears of army
decision not to cash, 263–265
collusion with, 322–330, 333
Bannock Indians, 246, 337n6
Floyd on need to retain in Utah, 320
baptisms
Fort Bridger, burning of, 233, 271
of Walter M. Gibson, 5
Indians and, 337–339, 342
Grant’s death following performance
in Kansas territory, 230n8, 322
of rebaptisms, 203
removal from Utah, 345, 352–353, 354,
Zerubbabel Snow, rebaptism of, 92
367, 370–371, 373
of Walkara, 167
supplies, Mormon offer of, 245–248
by Brigham and Phineas Young, 5
Yates ammunition, confiscation of, 428
of Brigham Young, 5
assassination
Baskin, Robert M., 442
fears and rumors regarding Brigham
Bates, George C., 441–443
Young, 203, 433, 442–443
Beaver Island, Lake Michigan, 117
of Joseph Smith, 433
Bee, Barnard Elliott, 280
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad,
Beehive House, 188n6, 244
426, 467n9
Bellevue Hospital Medical College,
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph
New York City, 389
Company, 422
Bennett, James Gordon, Jr., 469
Atlantic Monthly, 267
Bennett, James Gordon, Sr., 141, 287,
Attwood, Robert, 313n17
288, 388
Benson, Ezra Taft, 52–53, 63, 123n1,
Babbitt, Almon
127, 279n14
appointment of Mormons as Utah
Benton, Thomas Hart, 38, 78n34,
territorial officials, interference
116n12, 156, 200
with, 92, 103
Bernhisel, John M.
Brocchus and, 108
appointments of Mormons as
character and conduct of, 71, 80, 87,
territorial officials and, 91,
101–103, 116, 128–129, 176–177
92, 103n41
Index
515
bank notes spent by Kane in Utah,
Isaiah 29:14, 373n17
failure to cash, 263, 264
Matthew 13: 3-9, 75n26
character of, 71, 128–129
1 Peter 2:24, 75n25
Compromise of 1850 and, 84
Proverbs 29:2, 374n19
as congressional delegate for Utah,
Biddle, Charles J., 371
129, 188, 371, 372, 376, 378, 379
Big Cottonwood Canyon, 227, 229, 281
congressional delegate for Utah offer
biography of Brigham Young, Kane’s
to Kane and, 173, 176, 177
intention to write, 434–435, 453,
as counsel for Mormons on
454–455, 460
establishment of Utah as
Black, George A., 451n16
U.S. territory/state, 65n3,
Black, Jeremiah S.
68, 71, 80
lobbied by Kane, 217, 219, 220,
Gibson’s New Guinea plan and, 360
268, 330
image of, 69
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Kane, Elizabeth, on, 166n5
and, 334, 344–346
on Kane in Civil War, 380
probate courts, Kane seeking opinion
Kane on Mormon plural marriage
on, 351
to, 140
on William C. Staines, 511
opposition of territorial officials and,
Alexander Wilson, appointment
125, 138, 140, 141, 142, 209, 212n2
of, 283, 285
on publication of Kane’s
Blair, Francis P., 393
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Blair, Seth M., 92
lecture, 82
blessings. See patriarchal blessing
reappointment/retention of Young as
Boggs, Lilburn W., 26, 274, 274n12
governor, efforts to secure, 171–173,
bonds, railroad, 405–409, 410, 412,
178–179, 181n13, 182, 206n37, 216
423n18, 476n11
seal rings delivered by, 104, 105n50
&nb
sp; Book of Mormon
sleigh robe for Kane and, 88n27, 93
2 Nephi 27:26, 373n17
Stephen A. Douglas and, 102
3 Nephi 21:27, 105n46
statehood efforts of, 190, 191, 192, 196,
4 Nephi 1:15, 105n48
200–201, 207n30, 272, 381
Young’s first reading of, 5
travels between Washington and
Boston Post, 53n12
Utah, 94, 221, 228–229
Boyle, Henry G., 17, 20
Utah War and, 234, 235–236, 267,
Brandebury, Lemuel G., 92, 108, 110,
270n18, 275, 280
123–125, 141, 349n18, 357n2
on William Smith accusations, 79
Bridger, Jim, 233
Young complaining about territorial
Brigham Young Express and Carrying
officials to, 204
Company (Y.X. Carrying
biblical citations
Company), 205, 213–214n6, 227,
Ecclesiastes 9:11, 373n13
248n11, 299, 300
Ephesians 2:2, 106n51
Brigham Young University, 483, 488
516
Index
Bringhurst, William, 214n8
bunghole, coming in at, 97
Britain. See Great Britain
Burr, David A., 314–315
Brocchus, Perry C.
Burr, David H., 204, 216, 293n14,
appointment as associate justice
307n3, 311, 313–314, 318n10
for Utah, 92
Burr, Frederick H., 293, 314n21
biographical information, 108
Burton, Robert T., 246, 313n17, 421–422,
federally appointed councilors,
425, 427, 448
suggestion to run Utah by, 357n2
business interests. See finances and
opposition to Mormons,
business interests
123–127, 349n18
Butler, Pierce, 365
recommendation from Kane to
Young for, 108–109, 110
Cabot, Henry, 306n2, 311n9
Broderick, David, 304–305
Cairns, Daniel, 313
Brown, J. Robert, 428
Calhoon, John C., 96
Brown, Samuel, 312n14
California
Browne, Albert G., Jr., 296, 429–430
assumptions of Mormon settlement
Buchanan, James (as president). See also
in, 16, 25–26, 43
Utah War
combined California-Utah state
anti-polygamy legislation and, 357
proposal, 71–72, 92n5
Cabinet and, 334n15
hostile politicians in, 26
judges and army, lobbied on Mormon
statehood, 70, 71–72, 83
fears of collusion between, 325,
California Third Volunteer Infantry, 382
330, 333
California trail, Indian attacks on,
Kane and, 205, 215–222, 333–334
337–338
Magraw criticizes Mormons to, 175n15
Call, Josiah, 312n14
overworked at beginning of
Cameron, J. Donald, 502n9
presidency, 217, 218
Cameron, Simon, 393, 398n7,
presidential election of 1856,
415, 416n9, 433, 436–437,
198–201, 205, 207, 214
444n22, 502n9
replacement governor of Utah
Camp Crittenden, 370, 373n14
appointed by, 180, 219–220
Camp Douglas, 382, 432, 440, 441, 442
unofficial communications,
Camp Floyd, 276, 299, 301n7, 311n10,
preference for, 333–334
339n9, 341, 347, 353, 354, 370, 373
Utah borders trimmed by, 364
Camp Ridgely, 324
Young’s letter to, 205
Camp Scott, 12, 245, 246, 249–250,
Buchanan, James (as secretary of state),
252n13, 253n15, 255, 267, 271,
15, 57n5
275n13, 278, 281, 282, 285n8,
Bucktail Regiment, 370, 374, 416n13
293n17, 430
Buffalo Courier (newspaper), 112–122
Canada
Buffington, Joseph, 92
Vancouver’s Island, Mormon
Bullock, Isaac, 428
negotiations with British
Bullock, Thomas, 213n5
over, 17, 25
Index
517
Young on American annexation
Cass, Lewis, 75, 76n28, 120, 229n8,
of, 372, 372n12
324–325
Young’s idea of moving Mormons to
Cedar City, Utah, 132, 136n10, 239
British Columbia, 436–439
census of 1850, in Utah territory,
Cannon, George Q.
100n33, 124, 126, 140
anti-polygamy legislation and, 357
Central Pacific Railroad, 405, 408
belongings delivered to Kane by, 291,
Centre City, Utah, 307–308
297–298, 320n20
Chase, Salmon P., 383
biographical information, 287
Chicago fire (1871), 442
on Civil War, 381
cholera, 185
as congressional delegate for Utah,
Chorpening, George W., 304n17
481n6, 482, 488
Christianity, Thomas L. Kane’s
on death of Joseph A. Young, 490n7
conversion to, 7, 234, 235, 266
educational institutes, Mormon
ciphers, 434, 437, 438, 472
establishment of, 483
Civil War
on European mission, 366, 367, 376
Cannon on, 381
image of, 449
Dranesville, Battle of (1861), 371
Kane and, 287–288, 315, 352, 354,
emigration from Europe affected
357–359, 365, 381–382, 448,
by, 276
449–450, 452, 453, 484
Gettysburg, Battle of (1963), 380
letter of introduction for,
Harrisonburg, Battle of (1962), 380
287–289, 293
Kane in, 370, 371, 374, 378, 378–382,
McKean arrest of, 431
399–400
on Mexican project, 492–493,
Mormon guard on mail route
495–496, 499, 500–502, 504, 506
during, 373n16
as Mormon representative in East,
Mormon spiritual interpretation of,
287–289, 297, 342, 343
371, 374
on Mountain Meadows massacre,
Mountain Meadows massacre
334n16, 344
and, 346
on New York Historical Society
Munson’s Hill, Confederate
lecture by Kane, 331–332
occupation of, 372
plural marriage, right to serve as
national interest in Mormon issues
Utah delegate due to, 357
muted by, 369
on slavery, 304
removal of army from Utah and,
statehood efforts of, 272, 316–321,
354n11, 370–371
370, 381, 445n24, 450, 493n13
tariffs, 396–397, 398
Utah newspapers forwarded to, 321
Utah statehood and, 369–370, 381
will of Brigham Young drawn up by
Brigham Young, Jr. importuned to
Kane and, 471–482, 485–487
join in, 381, 386
Carpenter, Matthew, 477
Young on, 371–377, 385
Carrington, Albert, 134, 135, 241
Clawson, Hiram B., 313, 442
Carstairs [Carstares], William, 154
Clay, Henry, 83, 471n3
518
Index
Clayton, William, 370–371,
Kane’s refusal to run for, 92n5, 94,
479n1, 485n9
173–177, 179–183
Clinton, Jeter, 447
Kinney as, 383
Clinton v. Englebrecht (U.S. Supreme
Connor, Patrick E., 382
Court, 1872), 431, 447–452
Constitution, Young on importance of,
Coahuila (American Philosophical
147–148
Society lecture and pamphlet
constitutional conventions in Utah
by Thomas L. Kane,
of 1856, 190
1876), 498
of 1860, 369
coal deposits, Utah, 132, 136
of 1867, 369
Cobb, Augusta Adams and Henry, 51–55
of 1871, 450
Cobb, Brigham Y., 51
consumption/tuberculosis, 3, 4, 51
Cobb, Charlotte, 51
“contractor’s war,” Utah War viewed
coins, gold, Mormon minting
as, 269
of, 64–65
Cooke, Phillip St. George, 373n14
Colfax, Schuyler, 400
Cooke, William, 312
Colorado territory, 364, 383
Corwin, Thomas, 141
Compromise of 1850, 11, 83–84,
Council Bluffs, Iowa (Kanesville), 17,
91, 103n40
34n7, 44, 45, 48, 49n22, 57, 58n9,
Comstock Lode, discovery of, 364
65, 116n13, 127, 165
Comte, Auguste, 6–7, 95n16
Cox, Jacob D., 393n5
conflict (between Mormons). See also
Cradlebaugh, John
excommunications
arrival in Utah territory, 309, 314
Babbitt, character and conduct of, 71,
Mormon fears of collusion
80, 87, 101–103, 116, 128–129
between army and, 322–325, 327,
Godbe, reform demands of, 418, 475
328n25, 330, 333, 344, 350n20,
Morrisites, 421–422, 425
352n3, 354
Reformation movement within
Mountain Meadows massacre and,
Mormonism, 203
322–323, 330, 344, 346
Congress
Young’s doubts about, 320
abolition of territorial government,
Cragin, Aaron H., 411
bill proposing, 477
Craig, Columbus L., 295, 302, 307,
anti-polygamy legislation, 192, 201,
314, 320
356–359, 363, 381, 410–416, 504
Crawford, George W., 96n19
Kane as Liberal Republican candidate
Crichton, James, 88
for, 454
criminal cases, probate courts trying,
congressional delegates for Utah
202, 224, 347n10, 349–350, 353,
Bernhisel as, 129, 188, 371, 372, 376,
354–355, 410, 421
378, 379
Cullom, Shelby M., and anti-polygamy
Cannon as, 481n6, 482, 488
bill, 410–412, 414, 415, 416n10
Hooper as, 336, 337, 367, 402
“culture of honor,” 115n10
Index
519
Cumming, Alfred
Danites, 219, 223
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