Sir Your name is un known to me but believing you will use your ade in feriting out & exposing all afendors of the civil laws of oure land, I take the liberty of solisiting the information you be able to give me of cirten Mormons who I am told ar setling in your country who have ben guilty of high misdemeniors & violations of law. The[y] as a body are the most [indiscernible word] set of faniacks that ever disgraced God almighty. The[y] are cupible of every [indiscernible word] of viliany The[y] no doubt ar pretending to be intirely inosent and with those who ar not aquainted with thare conduct in Missouri the[y] may [indiscernible word] for a while but the clovenfoot will soon appear that the[y] had [committed] conspirice [and] treason against the state is an uncontroutable fact There own documents shous the who[le] conspir[a]cy--& ar now on file in court I [indiscernible word] the [indiscernible word] with the celebrated Dr. Sampson Avirt [Avard], and received those documents & handed them over to Gen. John B. Clark I also seen the property of the citizens of Davis County filled up in what the [Mormons] cald the local storehous under the controle of Bishop Partrage [Edward Partridge] & in his lots & stable we found six horses that had ben stolen from my company on the morning of the twenty fifth of October 1839 [1838]--         
     They no doubt will try to induc the people to believ that when the[y] atacked me on Crooked River that I was heading a mob but the fact is [they] consider all Missouri mob[s] as the [indiscernible word] said by reference to Genl D Atchisson [Atchison]. Any gentleman can testify himself my company was under Genl orders which order is on file in court And if I have not ben orderd out I was several miles in Ray County proper but [not] to cary out treasonable designs. Jo Smith & Sidney Rigdon orderd their band of Danits [Danites] to make an atack on me which the[y] did And in that ingagement thare was Chief David Patton [Patten] & six outhers fell on the ground [with] several others mortally wounded. But I being thirty five strong was forced to leave the field with the los[s] of one man Killed & four wounded In that company of Mormons was the folowing individuals I (wish to no whare thay are) Charles Rich (he took comend after Patton fell, Daniel Avrey [Avery], James Durfy [Durfee or Durphy], John P. Greene, John Carhy [Carey], George Morey he stole a large gray horse four years old this spring [and] has ben seen with the same in Illinois [and] the horses [indiscernible word] fine [and] has a large head, James H. Rollings [Rollins], Frances Higby [Higbee] -- Elias Higby [Higbee]. The[y] also took to Illinois a horse the[y] stole from me He was a fine [indiscernible word] sorel [with] white hind legs [a] strip of white in his face four years old this spring [and] [indiscernible word] a little & when [indiscernible word] throws his four feet out He's a smooth clean limber horse Also one [indiscernible word] mair [indiscernible word] fine [and] one other sorel & 20 or thirty horses of other citizens. Any information you may feel disposed to give me will be thankfully received. I also have large demands on them & wish to no when the[y] are selling You will have occasion to keep your stables & smoke houses locked until you rid your [indiscernible word] of that class of beings It is rumured here that Joseph Smith & the four others prisoners however, made thare escape from the guard who ware guarding them to Columbia, Boon County I think the report is tru
     Please wright to me Direct the [letter of] yours to Far West Caldwell Co Mo I am with respect wary--
 Samuel Bogart

  Post M. Quincy