I then proceeded with your aid, J. M. Hughes, and my aid, Benjamin Holliday, to the Mormon encampment commanded by Colonel Lyman Wight. We held a conference with him, and he professed entire willingness to disband and surrender up to me every one of the Mormons accused of crime, and required in return that the hostile forces, collected by the other citizens of the county, should also disband. At the camp commanded by Dr. Austin, I demanded the prisoner, demanded in your order, who had been released on the evening after my arrival in their vicinity. I took up my line of march, and encamped in the direct road between the two hostile encampments, where I have remained since, within about two and a half miles of Wight's encampment, and sometimes the other camp is nearer, and sometimes further from me. I intend to occupy this position until your arrival, as I deem it best to preserve peace, and prevent an engagement between the parties, and if kept so for a few days, they will doubtless disband without coercion. I have the honor to be, yours with respect, A. W. Doniphan, Brig-General 1st Brigade, 3rd Division Missouri Militia. [Sidenote: The Prophet's Comment.] By this it is clearly seen that the officers and troops acting under the Governor's orders had very little regard for the laws of the land, otherwise Comer, Miller, and McHoney would not have been discharged by them. I was at and about home this day, attending to my business as usual. _Sunday, 16_.--Held meeting in the afternoon, had {80} preaching and breaking of bread. I was at home all day with my family. _Monday, 17_.--I was counseling with the brethren at home and about the city. _Atchison's Report to the Governor_. Headquarters 3rd Division, Missouri Militia, Grand River, Sep. 17, 1838, _To his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief_: