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I. | My Early Life | 1 |
II. | My First Introduction to Mormonism | 7 |
III. | The Labour of my Life begun—How the Mormon Missionaries made Converts | 16 |
IV. | Life among the Saints—My New Engagements | 25 |
V. | The First Whisperings of Polygamy | 33 |
VI. | My Husband’s Mission—I am left Alone | 41 |
VII. | Our Mission in Switzerland—Mutterings of the Coming Storm | 56 |
VIII. | The Revelation on “Celestial Marriage” | 67 |
IX. | Missionary Work—Teaching Polygamy | 76 |
X. | Mormonism in England—Preparing to Emigrate | 86 |
XI. | Emigrating to Zion—We Arrive in New York | 97 |
XII. | Life in New York—Conducting a Mormon Paper | 103 |
XIII. | Saintly Pilgrims on the way—the “Divine” Hand-cart Scheme | 111 |
XIV. | A Terrible Story—The Hand-cart Emigrants crossing the Plains | 123 |
XV. | Mary Burton’s Story continued—Terrible ending of the Hand-Cart Scheme | 132 |
XVI. | We forsake all, and set out for Zion—Our Journey across the Plains | 145 |
XVII. | My First Impressions of the City of the Saints | 152 |
XVIII. | Brigham Young at Home—We visit the Prophet and his Wives | 163 |
XIX. | The Wives of Brigham Young—Their History and their Daily Life | 168 |
XX. | Ways and Works of the Saints—The Prophet’s Millinery Bill | 179 |
XXI. | Mysteries of the Endowment House—Fearful Oaths and Secret Ceremonies | 189 |
XXII. | Secrets of Saintly Spouses—A Visit from my Talkative Friend | 202 |
XXIII. | Social Life in Salt Lake City—Ball-rooms, “Wall-flowers,” and Divorce | 209 |
XXIV. | The Origin of “The Reformation”—Extraordinary Doings of the Saints | 224 |
XXV. | The “Reign of Terror” in Utah—The Reformation of the Saints | 235 |
XXVI. | The Mountain Meadows Massacre—“I will Repay, saith the Lord” | 247 |
XXVII. | What Women Suffer in Polygamy—The Story of Mary Burton | 259 |
XXVIII. | How Marriages are made in Utah—A New Wife found for my Husband | 268 |
XXIX. | Taking a Second Wife—The Experience of the First | 278 |
XXX. | Trials—The Second Wife chosen—Shadows of Life | 285 |
XXXI. | Marriage for the Dead—Entering into Polygamy—The New Wife | 293 |
XXXII. | Domestic Arrangements of the Saints—Polygamy from a Woman’s Standpoint |
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