An Englishwoman in UtahAN ENGLISHWOMAN IN UTAH.Reading editionChapter navigation50 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.PREFACE.AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN UTAH.Chapter I · MY EARLY LIFE.Chapter II · MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO MORMONISM.Chapter III · THE LABOUR OF MY LIFE BEGUN:—HOW THE MORMON MISSIONARIES MADE CONVERTS.Chapter IV · LIFE AMONG THE SAINTS—MY NEW ENGAGEMENTS.Chapter V · THE FIRST WHISPERINGS OF POLYGAMY.Chapter VI · MY HUSBAND’S MISSION—I AM LEFT ALONE.Chapter VII · OUR MISSION IN SWITZERLAND—MUTTERINGS OF THE COMING STORM.Chapter VIII · THE REVELATION ON “CELESTIAL MARRIAGE.”Chapter IX · MISSIONARY WORK—TEACHING POLYGAMY.Chapter X · MORMONISM IN ENGLAND—PREPARING TO EMIGRATE.Chapter XI · EMIGRATING TO ZION:—WE ARRIVE IN NEW YORK.Chapter XII · LIFE IN NEW YORK:—CONDUCTING A MORMON PAPER.Chapter XIII · SAINTLY PILGRIMS ON THE WAY—THE “DIVINE” HAND-CART SCHEME.Chapter XIV · A TERRIBLE STORY:—THE HAND-CART EMIGRANTS CROSSING THE PLAINS.Chapter XV · MARY BURTON’S STORY CONTINUED:—TERRIBLE ENDING OF THE HAND-CART SCHEME.Chapter XVI · WE FORSAKE ALL, AND SET OUT FOR ZION:—OUR JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS.Chapter XVII · MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE CITY OF THE SAINTS.Chapter XVIII · BRIGHAM YOUNG AT HOME:—WE VISIT THE PROPHET AND HIS WIVES.Chapter XIX · THE WIVES OF BRIGHAM YOUNG:—THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DAILY LIFE.Chapter XX · WAYS AND WORKS OF THE SAINTS:—THE PROPHET’S MILLINERY BILL.Chapter XXI · MYSTERIES OF THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE—FEARFUL OATHS AND SECRET CEREMONIES.Chapter XXII · SECRETS OF SAINTLY SPOUSES:—A VISIT FROM MY TALKATIVE FRIEND.Chapter XXIII · SOCIAL LIFE IN SALT LAKE CITY:—BALL-ROOMS, “WALL-FLOWERS,” AND DIVORCE.Chapter XXIV · THE ORIGIN OF “THE REFORMATION:”—EXTRAORDINARY DOINGS OF THE SAINTS.Chapter XXV · THE “REIGN OF TERROR” IN UTAH:—THE REFORMATION OF THE SAINTS.Chapter XXVI · THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE:—“I WILL REPAY, SAITH THE LORD.”Chapter XXVII · WHAT WOMEN SUFFER IN POLYGAMY:—THE STORY OF MARY BURTON.Chapter XXVIII · HOW MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN UTAH—A NEW WIFE FOUND FOR MY HUSBAND.Chapter XXIX · TAKING A SECOND WIFE:—THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST.Chapter XXX · TRIALS—THE SECOND WIFE CHOSEN—SHADOWS OF LIFE.Chapter XXXI · MARRIAGE FOR THE DEAD—ENTERING INTO POLYGAMY—THE NEW WIFE.Chapter XXXII · DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS OF THE SAINTS:—POLYGAMY FROM A WOMAN’S STANDPOINT.Chapter XXXIII · LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF POLYGAMY—MARRIAGE AND BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD.Chapter XXXIV · MY DAUGHTER BECOMES THE FOURTH WIFE OF BRIGHAM YOUNG’S SON—THE SECOND ENDOWMENTS.Chapter XXXV · REALITIES OF POLYGAMIC LIFE—ORSON PRATT: THE STORY OF HIS YOUNG ENGLISH WIFE.Chapter XXXVI · “OUR” HUSBAND’S FIANCÉE—A SECOND WIFE’S SORROWS—STEPS TOWARDS APOSTASY.Chapter XXXVII · SOME CURIOUS COURTSHIPS—BRIGHAM RUINS OUR FORTUNES—BELINDA DIVORCES “OUR” HUSBAND.Chapter XXXVIII · MARY BURTON—LIFE’S JOURNEY ENDED: REST AT LAST.Chapter XXXIX · MY HUSBAND DISFELLOWSHIPPED—WE APOSTATIZE—BRUTAL OUTRAGE UPON MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF.Chapter XL · AMUSING TROUBLES OF MY TALKATIVE FRIEND—CHARLOTTE WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR!Chapter XLI · AFTER WE LEFT THE CHURCH—INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES—THE MORMONISM AND MORMONS OF TO-DAY.L’ENVOI.POSTSCRIPT.Chapter XLIV · MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE—COMPLETE CONFESSION OF BISHOP JOHN D. LEE.KILLING A RIVAL PROPHET.FOOTNOTESPrevious chapter ←PREFACE.Next chapter →Chapter I · MY EARLY LIFE.All chapters and sections (50)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE BY MRS. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.PREFACE.AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN UTAH.Chapters1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041Other sectionsL’ENVOI.POSTSCRIPT.Chapters44Other sectionsKILLING A RIVAL PROPHET.FOOTNOTES← PREFACE.CHAPTER I. MY EARLY LIFE. →
