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Chapter 27

           Passepartoutwasnowtheonlypersonleftinthecar,andtheElder,lookinghimfullintheface,remindedhimthat,twoyearsaftertheassassinationofJosephSmith,theinspiredprophet,BrighamYoung,hissuccessor,leftNauvooforthebanksoftheGreatSaltLake,where,inthemidstofthatfertileregion,directlyontherouteoftheemigrantswhocrossedUtahontheirwaytoCalifornia,thenewcolony,thankstothepolygamypractisedbytheMormons,hadflourishedbeyondexpectations.

           "Andthis,"addedElderWilliamHitch,"thisiswhythejealousyofCongresshasbeenarousedagainstus!WhyhavethesoldiersoftheUnioninvadedthesoilofUtah?WhyhasBrighamYoung,ourchief,beenimprisoned,incontemptofalljustice?Shallweyieldtoforce?Never!DrivenfromVermont,drivenfromIllinois,drivenfromOhio,drivenfromMissouri,drivenfromUtah,weshallyetfindsomeindependentterritoryonwhichtoplantourtents.Andyou,mybrother,"continuedtheElder,fixinghisangryeyesuponhissingleauditor,"willyounotplantyoursthere,too,undertheshadowofourflag?"

           "No!"repliedPassepartoutcourageously,inhisturnretiringfromthecar,andleavingtheEldertopreachtovacancy.

           Duringthelecturethetrainhadbeenmakinggoodprogress,andtowardshalf-pasttwelveitreachedthenorthwestborderoftheGreatSaltLake.Thencethepassengerscouldobservethevastextentofthisinteriorsea,whichisalsocalledtheDeadSea,andintowhichflowsanAmericanJordan.Itisapicturesqueexpanse,framedinloftycragsinlargestrata,encrustedwithwhitesaltasuperbsheetofwater,whichwasformerlyoflargerextentthannow,itsshoreshavingencroachedwiththelapseoftime,andthusatoncereduceditsbreadthandincreaseditsdepth.

           TheSaltLake,seventymileslongandthirty-fivewide,issituatedthreemileseighthundredfeetabovethesea.

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