The noise was taken by the other searchers as a signal to them that the hunted family had been found, and knowing that this would be so, the man and his sons hurried the woman and younger children to a secluded spot at a little distance, and seeking convenient cover determined to make a desperate effort to protect those for whose safety they were responsible.  Unfortunately for the successful carrying out of this plan, the helpless section of the party was discovered first.  The avenging party then divided up into two sections, one of which dragged away the woman and her young children, and the others went in search of the man and his two sons.  They speedily found them, and in the fight which followed two lives were lost on both sides.

The oldest son of the escaping party was wounded and left for dead.  Several hours later consciousness returned to him, and the first sight that met his gaze was the dead bodies of his father and brother.  A chance was offered him to escape, but weak as he was from loss of blood, he determined to follow up the kidnaping party, forming the desperate resolve that if he could not rescue his mother and sisters, he would at least save them from the horrible fate that he knew awaited them.  This resolve involved his death, for he was no match for the men he was contending against.  No grave was ever dug for his remains, and no headstone tells the story of his noble resolution and his intrepid effort to carry it into execution.

There were hundreds, and probably thousands, of similar incidents, and Mormonism proved a sad drawback to the happiness of a people who otherwise had before them prospects of a most delightful character.  Brigham Young proved a marvelous success as a ruler.  He had eighteen wives and an indefinite number of children, estimates concerning the number of which vary so much that it is best not to give any of them.  It is generally stated and understood that the so-called revelation calling upon the chosen people to practice polygamy, was an invention on the part of Young, designed to cover up his own immorality, and to obtain religious sanction for improper relationships he had already built up.  However this may be, it is certain that polygamy had a serious blow dealt at it by the death of its ardent champion.  Since then stern federal legislation has resulted in the practical suppression of the crime, and in recent years the present head of the church has officially declared the practice to be improper, and the habit dead.

Brigham Young’s grave, of which we give an illustration, has been visited from time to time-by countless pleasure and sight-seekers.  Like the man, it is unique in every respect.  It is situated in the Prophet’s private burial ground, which was surveyed and laid out by him with special care.  He even went so far as to select the last resting place for each of his eighteen wives, and so careful was he over these details that the honor of resting near him was given