[Brigham Young Sermon] Bro Brigham arose and [made] some pointed and appropriate remarks. He called upon the Lord to bless this place for the good of the saints. and curse every Gentile who should attempt to settle here' with sickness, rottenness, and death also to course the Land of Missouri that it might cease to bring forth Grain or fruit of any kind to its inhabitance' and that they Might be cursed [with] Sickness, rottenness and death. that their flesh might consume away on their bones' and their blood be turned into Maggots. and that their torments never cease, but increase until they leave the Land' and it be blessed for the possessions of the Saints. he also cursed Mr. Miller the Indian Agent who came upon the Boat and said if there was any Liquor unloaded here he would spill it Br Young dared him to do it. and said if he had done it he would have taped his veins for him. if he had died the next moment for doing so. for he had no right to come here and interfere with that which was none of his business. for his place was among the Indians. he upbraided the Guard for neglecting their duty and exposing their Cattle to the Indians. -- Winter Quarters, Nebraska [MRJ 216-17]
[source: The Complete Discourses of Brigham Young, Ed. Richard S. Van Wagoner, Smith-Pettit Foundation, Salt Lake City (2009), http://bit.ly/BY-discourses]
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