[Danites] There is incontrovertible evidence that a few "rough-rider" type minute men were appointed by Brigham Young as early as to act as lawmen in the new Mormon settlements on the plains, and later in the Salt Lake Valley. This was necessary in the absence of any civil administration. 1847
[source: Utah History Encyclopedia: Danites, http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/d/DANITES.html]
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