Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason]

was in the battle commanding part of the Mormon forces on that occasion. The officer who gave the Command to the Mormons, after some kind of religious ceremony to about this amount "In the name of Lazarus God & the lamb" fire Danites” and after firing twice they charged, but which party fired first I dont recollect and further this deponeth saith not

that on the evening of the 24th Octr last while ranging under the Orders of as is below inserted I met with several Mormons & read it to them supposing they would inform the Mormons of the Character of my company. We had been informed on that evening by citizens of that we were in danger of bei[n]g attacked by the Mormons that night, whereupon I fell back to an encampment on in . On the next morning near day break my picket guard gave information that they were coming and in a few moments I saw the mormon forces forming and a few guns were fired out of the brush by the Mormons, when the fight commenced the left wing of the Mormon forces were with [p. [26]]