Brigham Young Page #3

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- and I wrote her and asked her--

- We came hopin' you'd

come over and staywith us.

Oh, thanks just the same,

but I-- I'm afraid I couldn't do that.

We'd sure like

to haveyou ifyou could.

We thought, seeing

you lostyour father had

something to dowith us--

- Oh, but I'm not a Mormon.

- That wouldn't make any difference.

But I--

I just don't understand.

It's been so terrible,

all this hating and killing.

- Itwon't always be like that, zina.

- I couldn't stand it.

I'vejust got to get away.

( Sobbing )

Oh, well. Now, now.

You come over

and staywith us.

( Crying )

I don't know hardlywhat to do.

Well, now, you can stay

for a little while.

And then a little later, after

you're getting to feeling better...

then you can decide.

( Crying )

(Rooster Crows )

(Hammering)

I'm afraid you folks

are making a sad mistake...

fixin' to run off

and leave a fine farm like this...

when there's

no sense to it.

Brigham Young thinks there's

sense to it. Gettin' ready

to leave by spring.

What Brigham Young thinks

and what the Lord says

are two different things.

Brother Duncan has been picked

to takeJoseph's place as prophet.

- Duncan?.

- He's had a revelation.

What does Brigham Young

say aboutyour being

head ofthe church?.

As I told you before,

what Brigham Young says

and what the Lord says...

are two different things.

Everyone knows thatJoseph

wanted me to take his place.

I was his chief counsel

long before Brigham Young

ever came along.

- I stood up for him.

- Like Brigham stood up

for him in courtyou mean?.

He'd never have been in court

in the first place ifhe hadn't

listened to fool advice.

I warned him what would happen

raising an army

instead of compromising.

""Compromising"?.

Listen.

I stood right here in this yard

and saw my father--

who'd never hurt anybody

in all his life-- beaten to death...

zina's father shot down

in cold blood.

And you sit there

and talk about compromising.

I'dratherbe shot down

than go crawling on mybelly...

asking a lot ofmurderers

to let me alone.

And I don't believe that the Lord said

anything to you at all.

If he picked anyone to be head

of this church, it was Brigham Young.

And if Brigham tells me to stay here

and fight, that's what I'm gonna do.

And ifhe tells me to pack up

and go on somewhere else,

that's what I'm gonna do.

And there's nothing you or anybody

else can say that'll stop me.

Can't anything stop me any more

than it could stop my father...

from saying he believed

in Joseph Smith even ifhe

knew he'd be killed for it.

Ifyou're in such a hurry

to talk about compromising...

you'd better get on yourway

right now.

Come on, Ma.

Eliza, I've always thought

a lot ofyou and your husband...

so I won't hold this

againstyou.

Good day.

(Hammering Metal)

Young fella's got

quite a temper, ain't he?.

Brigham Young put him up to it.

You mark mywords.

Who's that girl there

with 'em?.

I never saw her before.

Must be an outsider.

Jonathan!

Jonathan! Look!

They're headed

for Nauvoo.

You'd better get out

the backway.

Looks like

our runnin' days are over.

- Hallelujah.

- (Knocking On Door)

- Brigham Young?.

- Yes, sir.

- Come right in.

- Thankyou.

Young?.

- How doyou do, sir?.

- How doyou do?.

I've come over here

to warn you.

You'd better

getyour people out ofhere

just as fast as you can.

- Why?.

- Because I've held off

those mobs as long as I'm able.

From now on,

I can't be responsible.

You mean you want us to leave

everything we fought all our lives for?.

I mean, ifyou don't go

and go quick...

blood's going to run

like water in the streets...

and nothing I can do

will stop it.

We're not budging

one inch.

I am sorry

that's your answer...

but I'm afraid the law

can't helpyou much.

The law?.

What law?.

The law that lets

a pack ofscoundrels come in here...

and hunt us down

like wild animals?.

Burn ourhomes,

ruin our crops?

Arrest our leader

on trumped-up charges...

and then looks the otherway

when a mob breaks in and murders him?.

They call that law,

let 'em keep it.

We don't want

any more ofit.

I appreciate this warning, Major,

but, no, this time...

we're going to stand up

for our rights ifit kills us.

You tell that bunch ofhoodlums

that I said...

ifthey come over here again,

we're going to fight...

clear down to our boots

and up to our necks in blood.

You mean that, don'tyou?.

- Doyou doubt it?.

- No.

Then I guess that's all

we've got to say to each other.

- Good day, sir.

- Good day.

Funny thing that major

taking it for granted that

I was the head ofthe church.

Why didn't he go

to Angus Duncan?.

He's been going around

from house to house...

telling everybody

he's been picked to run things.

Still, ifI'm the head,

why doesn't the Lord tell me so?.

One thing's certain-- somebody's

got to be head pretty soon...

or there won't be

any church left to be head of.

(ThunderRumbling)

(ThunderRumbling)

(Thunder Continues )

You'd better put this

around you.

Brigham, they're over

at the council hall meeting--

Duncan and Crum

and the others.

They found out that

the raids are gonna start

all over again tonight.

Duncan says they're

not gonna listen toyou anymore.

They're gonna make peace

with those people over in

Carthage anyway they can.

Well, maybe he is head ofthe church.

Maybe it's up to him.

Brigham.

I stood here in Joseph's footprints.

I knelt where he did...

trying as hard as I know how

to get an answer...

but the Lord

won't talk to me.

He won't tell me what to do

one way or the other.

He didn't sayyou were

not to head the church, did he?.

He didn't say anything.

Brigham,

when you asked me ifl loved you...

I didn't

say anything either...

but that didn't mean

I didn't loveyou.

Sometimes silence is the best answer

you can give a person.

Mary Ann,Joseph told me

to run this church...

and I'm going to run it

theway it ought to be run

until the Lord says no.

(ThunderRumbles )

(Duncan ) We're headedfor

the worst trouble we've

everhad this verynight...

unless we act

and act quick.

( Man ) Minute they heard what

Brigham said about fighting,

they started organizing.

( Duncan )

I wish I 'd have been

there to hear hi m.

I 'd have shut him up

quick enough.

He's acting as if

the Lord chose him to run this--

How else should I act?.

I hearyou've been making

some sort ofa deal with

those rats over in Carthage.

Whatever it is, you're not

going through with it...

because I'm taking

the bull by the horns and

spitting in both his eyes.

- We're leaving here tonight.

- Tonight?.

- We're crossing into Iowa.

- You can't bluster

yourway into power.

It might doyou some good

to know that the Lord said--

- We cross the river

into Iowa tonight.

- Was it a revelation?.

Yes.

That's a lie.

Angus, I'd like awfullywell

to seeyou live to a ripe old age.

Maybeyou will

ifyou hold your tongue.

- But the river is frozen over.

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