175 years ago today - Oct 28, 1845

B.[righam] Y.[oung:] I am on hand to answer the ends of the law any time'[.] I am informed that Dr. Williams has made an oath about the 12 making bogus'[.] tthe Govr. of Iowa is going to make a demand to take us into Iowa territory'but I will not go there' ... Ill defy any man to say I ever broke any law'[.] I never will break any law'[.] I wont be taken to Jail by any kind of process alive'they must take me dead '...

[Minutes, as quoted in Minutes of the Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1910-1951, Privately Published, Salt Lake City, Utah 2010]

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