And for the purpose of giving that information I was invited to a school house where it was said the people had assembled. I went there and was admitted. The men being paraded before the door when I arrived in number about 40 or 50— It was remarked that these were tried men and we all marched into the house— A guard was placed around the house and one at the door then commanded<​commenced​> making Covenants with uplifted hands— the first was that if any man attempted to move out of the or pack their things for that purpose that any man then in the house, seeing this seeing this without without saying anything to any other person, should kill him and haul him aside into the brush, and that all the burial he should have should be in a turkey-buzzards guts— so that nothing should be left of him but his bones.

That measure was carried in form of a covenant with uplifted hands— after the vote had passed he said now see if any one dare vote against it, and called for the negative vote & there was none. The next Covenant that if any persons from the surrounding Counties Came into their town walking about no odds who he might be, Any one of that meeting should kill him and throw him aside into the brush. this passed in manner as the above had passed

The third Covenant was conceal all these things. then observed that the kingdom of Heaven had no secrets— that yesterday a man had slipt his wind, and was drag[g]ed into the hazel brush, and said he— "the man who that lisps it shall die." There was several companies organised at this meeting, and volunteers called for, and I having assigned to me the Command of the express Company Called for volunteers wanting to be doing something to make a show. a Deft. [p. [55]]