PREFACE BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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.
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 FIANCEE 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
L'ENVOI.
POSTSCRIPT.
CHAPTER XLIV. MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE COMPLETE CONFESSION OF BISHOP JOHN D. LEE.
KILLING A RIVAL PROPHET.
FOOTNOTES
Faithfully, yours, Fanny Stenhouse
AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN UTAH:
THE STORY OF
A Life’s Experience in Mormonism.
An Autobiography:
BY
Mrs. T. B. H. STENHOUSE,
OF SALT LAKE CITY,
FOR MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS THE WIFE OF A MORMON MISSIONARY AND ELDER.
With Introductory Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
INCLUDING A FULL ACCOUNT OF
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE,
AND OF THE
LIFE, CONFESSION, AND EXECUTION OF BISHOP JOHN D. LEE.
FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1880.
[All rights reserved.]
TO
MY CHILDREN;
WITH
ALL A MOTHER’S LOVE AND TENDERNESS,
THIS VOLUME,
THE
STORY OF MY LIFE’S EXPERIENCE,
IS
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
