Cumming that he had no need of an army to help him take charge of his
office, and even prevailed on him to go back to Salt Lake City with him.

To this, General Johnston of the army was very much opposed. The president
had sent him with an army to put the governor into his office, aided by
sword and cannon; but now, if the governor could enter peaceably upon his
duties there would be no need of him or his soldiers. The general didn't
like it a bit; but nevertheless, Governor Cumming went with Colonel Kane to
Salt Lake City in charge of some of the Utah militia.

Governor Cumming was received with the respect due such an officer, and
duly installed into his position. He found the records and books of the
courts safe, and learned that the reports which had led the president to
send the army were not true.

The new governor was a good man. He said the troops would have to come into
the valley in the spring, but the people's rights would be respected, and
no harm should be done to any of them. The Saints, however, could not trust
the army. They remembered the scenes of the past, and resolved that they
should not be enacted over again in the valleys of Utah. So, early in the
spring, the order came for all the Saints to pack up their goods, get
together their stock, and move southward, leaving their deserted homes in
the care of a few guards who were to set fire to everything should the army
attempt to locate in the settlements.

On seeing the Saints thus leaving their hard-earned homes, the kind-hearted
old governor entreated them not to do so, promising them full protection.
When his wife arrived from the camp of the army and saw the towns lonely
and deserted, she burst into tears and pleaded with her husband to bring
the people back. The governor, however, could do nothing. The 30,000 people