An Englishwoman in Utah

An Englishwoman in Utah
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Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse. An Englishwoman in Utah

An Englishwoman in Utah

Table of Contents

PREFACE. BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

PREFACE

AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN UTAH

CHAPTER I. MY EARLY LIFE

CHAPTER II. MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO MORMONISM

CHAPTER III. THE LABOUR OF MY LIFE BEGUN:—HOW THE MORMON MISSIONARIES MADE CONVERTS

CHAPTER IV. LIFE AMONG THE SAINTS—MY NEW ENGAGEMENTS

CHAPTER V. THE FIRST WHISPERINGS OF POLYGAMY

CHAPTER VI. MY HUSBAND’S MISSION—I AM LEFT ALONE

CHAPTER VII. OUR MISSION IN SWITZERLAND—MUTTERINGS OF THE COMING STORM

CHAPTER VIII. THE REVELATION ON “CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.”

CHAPTER IX. MISSIONARY WORK—TEACHING POLYGAMY

CHAPTER X. MORMONISM IN ENGLAND—PREPARING TO EMIGRATE

CHAPTER XI. EMIGRATING TO ZION:—WE ARRIVE IN NEW YORK

CHAPTER XII. LIFE IN NEW YORK:—CONDUCTING A MORMON PAPER

CHAPTER XIII. SAINTLY PILGRIMS ON THE WAY—THE “DIVINE” HAND-CART SCHEME

CHAPTER XIV. A TERRIBLE STORY:—THE HAND-CART EMIGRANTS CROSSING THE PLAINS

CHAPTER XV. MARY BURTON’S STORY CONTINUED:—TERRIBLE ENDING OF THE HAND-CART SCHEME

CHAPTER XVI. WE FORSAKE ALL, AND SET OUT FOR ZION:—OUR JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS

CHAPTER XVII. MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CITY OF THE SAINTS

CHAPTER XVIII. BRIGHAM YOUNG AT HOME:—WE VISIT THE PROPHET AND HIS WIVES

CHAPTER XIX. THE WIVES OF BRIGHAM YOUNG:—THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DAILY LIFE

MRS. MARY ANN ANGELL YOUNG [Number One.]

LUCY DECKER SEELY YOUNG [Number Two.]

CLARA DECKER YOUNG [Number Three.]

HARRIET COOK YOUNG [Number Four.]

LUCY BIGELOW YOUNG [Number Five.]

MRS. TWISS YOUNG [Number Six.]

MARTHA BOWKER YOUNG [Number Seven.]

HARRIET BARNEY SEAGERS YOUNG [Number Eight.]

ELIZA BURGESS YOUNG [Number Nine.]

SUSAN SNIVELY YOUNG [Number Ten.]

MARGARET PIERCE YOUNG [Number Eleven.]

EMMELINE FREE YOUNG [Number Twelve.]

AMELIA FOLSOM YOUNG [Number Thirteen.]

MARY VAN COTT COBB YOUNG [Number Fourteen.]

ELIZA-ANN WEBB DEE YOUNG [Number Fifteen.]

“MISS” ELIZA R. SNOW [Number Sixteen.]

ZINA D. HUNTINGTON JACOBS YOUNG [Number Seventeen.]

EMILY PARTRIDGE YOUNG [Number Eighteen.]

AUGUSTA COBB YOUNG [Number Nineteen.]

CHAPTER XX. WAYS AND WORKS OF THE SAINTS:—THE PROPHET’S MILLINERY BILL

CHAPTER XXI. MYSTERIES OF THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE—FEARFUL OATHS AND SECRET CEREMONIES

CHAPTER XXII. SECRETS OF SAINTLY SPOUSES:—A VISIT FROM MY TALKATIVE FRIEND

CHAPTER XXIII. SOCIAL LIFE IN SALT LAKE CITY:—BALL-ROOMS, “WALL-FLOWERS,” AND DIVORCE

CHAPTER XXIV. THE ORIGIN OF “THE REFORMATION:”—EXTRAORDINARY DOINGS OF THE SAINTS

CHAPTER XXV. THE “REIGN OF TERROR” IN UTAH:—THE REFORMATION OF THE SAINTS

CHAPTER XXVI. THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE:—“I WILL REPAY, SAITH THE LORD.”

CHAPTER XXVII. WHAT WOMEN SUFFER IN POLYGAMY:—THE STORY OF MARY BURTON

CHAPTER XXVIII. HOW MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN UTAH—A NEW WIFE FOUND FOR MY HUSBAND

CHAPTER XXIX. TAKING A SECOND WIFE:—THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST

CHAPTER XXX. TRIALS—THE SECOND WIFE CHOSEN—SHADOWS OF LIFE

CHAPTER XXXI. MARRIAGE FOR THE DEAD—ENTERING INTO POLYGAMY—THE NEW WIFE

CHAPTER XXXII. DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS OF THE SAINTS:—POLYGAMY FROM A WOMAN’S STANDPOINT

CHAPTER XXXIII. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF POLYGAMY—MARRIAGE AND BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD

CHAPTER XXXIV. MY DAUGHTER BECOMES THE FOURTH WIFE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG’S SON—THE SECOND ENDOWMENTS

CHAPTER XXXV. REALITIES OF POLYGAMIC LIFE—ORSON PRATT: THE STORY OF HIS YOUNG ENGLISH WIFE

CHAPTER XXXVI “OUR” HUSBAND’S FIANCÉE—A SECOND WIFE’S SORROWS—STEPS TOWARDS APOSTASY

CHAPTER XXXVII. SOME CURIOUS COURTSHIPS—BRIGHAM RUINS OUR FORTUNES—BELINDA DIVORCES “OUR” HUSBAND

CHAPTER XXXVIII. MARY BURTON—LIFE’S JOURNEY ENDED: REST AT LAST

CHAPTER XXXIX. MY HUSBAND DISFELLOWSHIPPED—WE APOSTATIZE—BRUTAL OUTRAGE UPON MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF

CHAPTER XL. AMUSING TROUBLES OF MY TALKATIVE FRIEND—CHARLOTTE WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR!

CHAPTER XLI. AFTER WE LEFT THE CHURCH—INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES—THE MORMONISM AND MORMONS OF TO-DAY

L’ENVOI

POSTSCRIPT

CHAPTER XLIV. MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE—COMPLETE CONFESSION OF BISHOP JOHN D. LEE

KILLING A RIVAL PROPHET

FOOTNOTES

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Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse

The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism

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No; it was too late—I could not now return;—I tried to persuade myself that I did not even wish to;—in a word, affection, and what I thought duty, were at war together in my heart. All my former ties and associations must now be severed, however terrible the cost might be; and I was bound not only to submit, but even to glory in the sacrifice. Thus I argued away the regrets which would at times agitate my very soul, and cause me much painful thought.

The trial of my profession in the new faith came swiftly to my door. My marriage-engagement must be broken off, though I knew not how that could honourably and conscientiously be done. Of myself I had no wish to draw back from anything that I had promised of my own free will; and much less did I desire to be faithless to my solemnly plighted word.

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