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118 THE STORY OF MORMONISM.

people of Daviess, like the rest, began to war upon the Mormons.^^

To add to the ever-thickening troubles of the prophet, a schism broke out in the church about this time, and there were apostates and deserters, some because of disappointed ambition, and some from shame of what they now regarded as a delusion, but all carry- ing away with them vindictive feelings toward their former associates, whom they did not hesitate to de- nounce as liars, thieves, counterfeiters, and everything that is vile. Among these were Joseph's old friends Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitmer, the three witnesses to the book of Mormon; Orson Hyde, Thomas B. Marsh, and W. W. Phelps also seceding.^^

given to a certain valley where Adam, previous to his death, called his chil- dren together and blessed them. ' CorriU's Brief History, in Kidder's Mormon- inm, 131. 'The earth was divided,' says Mr Richards, 'all the land being together and all the water. Adam dwelt there with his people for some time previous to his death. Adam constructed an altar there, and it was there that he bestowed his final blessings upon his descendants. ' The place was also called Adam-On-Diahman, Adam-on-di-ahman, and again Diahman. The second of these names appears to have been the one in use among the saints. After the foundations of the temple at Far West were relaid, between mid- night of the 2jth and dawn of the 26th of April, 1839, the quorum sang the song which they called Adam-on-di-ahman. Tullidcje's Life of Brigham Youuf].

'^ They were afraid the Mormons would 'rule the county, and they did not like to live under the laws and administration of Jo Smith.' Ibid.

^^The first three were themselves accused of counterfeiting coin, and de- faming Smith's character; and others charged Smith with 'being accessory to several murders and many thefts, and of designing to rule that part of the state of Missouri, and eventually the whole republic' Hyde's Mormonism, 204; Macliufs The Mormons, 86. 'At Independence, Rigdon publicly charged Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer with being connected with a gang of countei'fciters, etc. Cowdery was afterward arraigned before the cliurch, and found giailty of "disgracing the church by being connected with the bogus business, as common report says.'" Tucker's Origin and Prog. Mor., 158-9. 'Brother Turley could not be surpassed at "bogus." A press was prepared, and the money, composed of zinc, glass, etc., coated with sil- ver, was executed in the best style. Imitations both of gold and silver were in general circulation and very difficult to detect. In fact, for a time, scarcely any other circulating medium was to be found among them.' When leaving Illinois for Council Bluffs, Hall carried in his wagon for some distance on the way a bogus pres^s, which was afterwards sold on credit in Missouri, but the seller never got his money, being afraid to go for it. flail's Mor., 20-1. Hall, v.'ho was a Mormon from 1840 to 1847, mentions this counterfeiting in connection with the Kirtland bank swindle, but does not state when the work was begun. It may have originated in Kirtland, but probably was not car- ried on to any great extent before the migration to Illinois. These rambling and general charges should be received with every allowance. 'From some