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The very friend to whom you communicated your misgivings as to the Prophet and his mission, might be one of those who would come forth at night with fire and sword to exact a terrible reparation. Hence every man feared his neighbour, and none spoke of the things which were nearest his heart. THE VERY FRIEND TO WHOM YOU COMMUNICATED YOUR MISGIVINGS AS TO THE PROPHET AND HIS MISSION MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE WHO WOULD COME FORTH AT NIGHT WITH FIRE AND SWORD TO EXACT A TERRIBLE REPARATION HENCE EVERY MAN FEARED HIS NEIGHBOUR AND NONE SPOKE OF THE THINGS WHICH WERE NEAREST HIS HEART
ut—rumours of murdered immigrants and rifled camps in regions where Indians had never been seen. Fresh women appeared in the harems of the Elders—women who pined and wept, and bore upon their faces the traces of an unextinguishable horror. Belated wanderers upon the mountains spoke of gangs of armed men, masked, stealthy, and noiseless, who flitted by them in the darkness. These tales and rumours took substance and shape, and were corroborated and re-corroborated, until they resolved themselves into a definite name. To this day, in the lonely ranches of the West, the name of the Danite Band, or the Avenging Angels, is a sinister and an ill-omened one. Fuller knowledge of the organization which produced such terrible results served to increase rather than to lessen the horror which it inspired in the minds of men. None knew who belonged to this ruthless society. The names of the participators in the deeds of blood and violence done under the name of religion were kept profoundly secret. BEGAN TO BE BANDED ABOUT RUMOURS OF MURDERED IMMIGRANTS AND RIFLED CAMPS IN REGIONS WHERE INDIANS HAD NEVER BEEN SEEN FRESH WOMEN APPEARED IN THE HAREMS OF THE ELDERS WOMEN WHO PINED AND WEPT AND BORE UPON THEIR FACES THE TRACES OF AN UNEXTINGUISHABLE HORROR BELATED WANDERERS UPON THE MOUNTAINS SPOKE OF GANGS OF ARMED MEN MASKED STEALTHY AND NOISELESS WHO FLITTED BY THEM IN THE DARKNESS THESE TALES AND RUMOURS TOOK SUBSTANCE AND SHAPE AND WERE CORROBORATED AND RE CORROBORATED UNTIL THEY RESOLVED THEMSELVES INTO A DEFINITE NAME TO THIS DAY IN THE LONELY RANCHES OF THE WEST THE NAME OF THE DANITE BAND OR THE AVENGING ANGELS IS A SINISTER AND ILL OMENED ONE FULL A KNOWLEDGE OF THE ORGANIZATION WHICH PRODUCED SUCH TERRIBLE RESULTS SERVED TO INCREASE RATHER THAN TO LESSEN THE HORROR WHICH IT INSPIRED IN THE MINDS OF MEN NONE KNEW WHO BELONGED TO THIS RUTHLESS SOCIETY THE NAMES OF THE PARTICIPATORS IN THE DEEDS OF BLOOD AND VIOLENCE DONE UNDER THE NAME OF RELIGION WERE KEPT PROFOUNDLY SECRET
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