Brigham Young Page #7

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that nobody else

has even put foot on.

Sometimes I think

I'm being punished...

for saying

the Lord told me to take charge.

I don't think so.

Not afterwhatyou've done

to hold us together.

(People Chattering)

If I only knew for sure

where we're heading.

You set out to find a place

across the Rocky Mountains...

where we could live in peace

according to Joseph's plan.

That's what the people

trusted you to do.

I wouldn't

disappoint 'em.

Mary Ann, you're as fine a wife

as a man ever had.

Sometimes, I don't know

what I'd do withoutyou.

Always the same,

never complaining.

You're neverjealous

ofthe others.

No, Brigham.

Sometimes, I think the Lord

has been almost too good to me...

just letting me take care

ofa fine man likeyou.

That's funny.

When folks have been together

as long as we have, it's--

it's kind ofhard to say

what's in your heart...

about lovin' a person.

I know.

Remember

when I was courtin' you...

how we used to sit out just

like this on moon-bright nights?.

( Chuckles )

Mm-hmm. I remember.

Supposeyou had to do it

all over again?.

Would you still have me...

knowing all

you do about me...

and all thatyou've

had to go through?.

Yes, Brigham.

I'd do it exactly the same.

(Young)

Well, Lord, here we are again.

All I keep hearing

is talk ofgold in California.

So far I haven't said anything,

that is, the way I feel about it...

figuring that as long

as we 're heading west,

they'll be satisfied.

I can 't

keep that up forever.

I'm not feeling

very well myself.

I don 't seem to be able

to eat or sleep.

And then I'm all cold inside,

kind ofshaky.

I must have got hold

ofsome bad water back yonder.

Maybe it's a touch

ofmountain fever...

from eating that

rabbit stew the other night.

You've got to help me

find the right place, Lord...

and find it quick.

Because I can't go on

like this much longer.

( No Audi ble Dialogue )

I tel I you, Mary Ann,

ifwe lose him, we're done for.

Well, they're leavin'.

They're goin' to California.

- Leavin'?.

- It's that white-livered skunk Duncan.

- Didn'tyou talk to him?.

- Talk to him?. Sure.

That doesn't do any good.

- Theycan't leave him like this.

- That Duncan's so shrewd...

he's got people thinking everything

he's doin' is to help Brigham.

Go hitch up the horses

and help me get him into the wagon.

- You're not takin' him?.

- I am.

He's not able to move.

He'd never forgive me

oryou either ifwe let

the people go on without him.

- Woman, he'll die.

- He can't stand it.

I know the risk

I'm takin'.

But if Brigham has to die,

it'll bewith his people.

You'd want it thatway,

wouldn'tyou, Clara?.

It'll kill him.

I'll hitch up the horses.

You get him ready.

Come on.

- Where arewe?.

- High up in the mountains, Brigham.

What's that strange noise

I keep hearing?.

It's an echo. The wagons

sound like a lot ofhammers goin'.

Porter set to whistlin' a while

back. You'd have thought it was

a dozen flutes playin'.

Look out and tell me

whatyou see.

There's nothing

but mountains.

Overyonder's one

a mile high.

No, not there.

Look south.

The mountains

suddenly fall away?.

- Over here they do.

- You can see, maybe...

a hundred miles

straight off.

Yes, I can.

Pull up.

This is the place.

We'll build our homes

down there.

It was a revelation.

He knew it

before we even got here.

It was a revelation.

- ( Whispering )

- It was a revelation.

I thought we were going

to California.

So did I.

You said that Brigham Young

himselfwould want to go.

Well,

I thought hewould.

This isn't the place.

This isn't the place!

Lookat it.

It's nothing but a lot ofdesert!

Just a lot ofsand and rock!

We'll shrivel up

and die like rats.

We're going to California,

doyou understand?.

- We're going to set up our own church.

- Areyou?.

Yes, we are.

We letyou drag us away from Nauvoo.

We left every cent,

everything we owned in the world.

We've watched you mark every

foot ofthe way up here...

with the bodies

of ourwomen and babies,

and we haven't said a word.

But when it comes to stopping

and settling in a place like that--

the most desolate country

we've seen yet--

with California just up ahead waiting

for us, it's time to call a halt.

He says God told him

this is the place.

But I say it was

the devil talking.

And as far as I'm concerned,

the devil can keep it!

- We're going on!

- All right, Angus.

That's the way

to California.

I'm not

going to stopyou.

I wouldn't lift

my little finger to hold you...

or anybody else

that feels the same way.

Moses went up in the hills

like this once...

and right away the devil

started putting in his licks.

Remember how he got the people

to build a golden calf

and to start worshipping it?.

You rememberhowmad

Godand Moses got...

andhow close Godcame

to washing his hands

ofthe whole business?

I don't claim

to be a Moses...

but I say to you just what

he said to the sons of Levi:

""Who is on the Lord's side,

let him come unto me."

Well, you can have

your desert. I'm going

to California.

( Angus ) Come on.

You said you were comin', didn'tyou?.

You're goin',

aren'tyou?.

Well, areyou comin'

ornot?

Think ofyourfamily

andyour children.

What's the matter withyou?

You're not gonna buildyour home

down in that desert, are you?

You'l I al I starve to death.

Come on. Get up and get goin'.

You said you were comin' with me.

Think ofyour family!

Our hearts...

are mighty humble

and mightythankful.

Lord, we'll make

this desert blossom.

There'll be hamlets

and cities...

vineyards and orchards...

with every kind

oftree there is.

There'll be no filth

in our cities.

There'll be no ugliness

ofany sort but...

broad, clean streets

with flowing water.

Andthe law ofthe valley

shall be that...

no man maybuy orsell land...

forall land

will be held in common.

It'll be measured off

to him, both in the city

and for farming.

And any man may have

as much as he can till...

but he's got to take care

ofall he gets.

All wood and timber will

belong to the community, too...

as well as ditches

and canals.

Anyperson caught

trying to take greedy advantage

ofthese materials...

will be run

out ofthe valley.

Now, as to the city itself...

it shall be built in

blocks often acres each...

with streets

eight rods wide...

and with gardens and lawns

on both sides.

Right in the middle,

I'm setting aside ten acres

for the temple...

which we 'll start building

the day we get our first crop

in the ground.

We 're going to establish

Joseph 's idea ofthe United Order...

and build

a mighty empire here...

based on labor and love

and fellowship.

And this time,

doggone it...

I mean to see

that we stick to it.

( Brass Band)

- ( Continues )

- zi na. Come on. We have to hurry!

( Continues )

- ( Ends )

- I t's a nice sight

to see you people...

come up here to put your food

in a common storehouse...

to be rationed out

to everybody alike

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