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The Mexican had already conceived an instinctive antipathy towards the Mormon "hereticos;" and we might rely upon his fidelity to our cause. The scheme exactly suited the eccentric character of this singular man; and he entered upon his duties con amore, and at once. By his assistance we soon procured the required costumes and pigments; but neither were to be "put on" in the presence of the Utahs.
True that they were Americans; that their father and mother had settled in the valley a long time ago; that no one knew whence they had come, except that they had crossed the great plains from the eastward; that they were hereticos, and that the padres could never succeed in bringing them into the fold of the Church; that these would have expelled, or otherwise punished them, but for the interference of the military Comandante; and furthermore, that both were always regarded by the common people of the settlement with a feeling of superstitious dread.
Naturally anxious to behold a country from which we had hitherto been excluded for so many years, we all applied for leave to go on shore, and obtained it. Even the seamen were allowed the same indulgence, and went in parties of twenty and thirty at a time. We were followed and gaped at by the people; but shunned at the same time as "hereticos."
"You shall have it, then, cavallero at least so much as I know of it myself: for it is reasonable to suppose that Don Jose did not tell me all he knew. This much: the nina was with a caravan that had come from one of your western states. It was a caravan of Mormons. You have heard of the Mormons, I suppose those hereticos who have made settlements here beyond?" "I have."
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