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(Nathan)
Pa.

(Ben)
Well; who cares
what people think?

You better care.

Joshua.

Joshua.
Joshua!

[grunting]

He did try to warn us.

[glass shattering]

You"ve ruined me.
Do you hear me?

You"ve ruined me.
The baby.

(Ben)
Did Joshua do this to you?

[gunshot]

l"ll never forgive my son Joshua
for what he did.

We were a family
before Joseph Smith

and his Mormon religion
divided us.

Then came the mobs
and the lies and the hatred.

Joseph Smith and the Mormons
were driven off their land

in Missouri by the mobs.

God"s land of Zion was lost.

So the Mormons
put all their faith

into finishing
their Holy Temple in ohio;

three hard years
of work and sacrifice.

Today is March 27; 1836;

and Joseph is dedicating
the Temple to the glory of God.

[congregation singing]

(Joseph)
o Lord God of lsrael;

accept this house;
the workmanship of thy servants.

We have done this
out of our poverty.

Remember Thy suffering saints;
o our God;

and we will rejoice
in Thy name forever.

(all)
We"ll sing;

and we"ll shout
with the armies of Heaven.

Hosanna; hosanna
to God and the Lamb.

Let glory to them
in the highest be given

henceforth and forever;
amen and amen.

[sweeping orchestral music]

[speaking Hebrew]

Zion shall be redeemed
with judgement

and her converts
with righteousness.

That"s chapter one
of lsaiah.

That"s right;

chapter 1 verse 27
in your old Testament.

lt"s very good;
Mr. Smith.

Do you believe that?

Zion; yes;
it"s in the Scripture.

Yes; l believe it.

Your turn; Mr. Young.

Why do l do this?

l have a hard enough time
with English.

(Emma)
Excuse me.

oh; no; no; no;

but someone would like
to say good night to her papa.

l"ll put her down.

one moment; gentlemen.

(man)
And you; Mr. Smith;

do you believe that Zion
will be redeemed?

l know it will be.

[horse neighs]

[glass shatters]

Nathan; get some water.

WIlliam; come with me.

You there!

Come back.

Did they do this
because l am here?

(Joseph)
No.

They do this
because l"m here.

Any ideas who it might be?

You remember Symonds Ryder?

l do.

l remember when
he was baptised.

He grabbed your hand
with both of his;

and he said;

Joseph; l"ll stand by you
come hell or high water.

And then l spelled
his name wrong in a revelation;

with an l instead of a Y.

Sometimes l don"t know
who my friends are.

(Nathan)
We got the fire out.

Do you have any idea
who it was?

(Nathan)
Could have been worse.

[sighs]

Joshua.

What are you doing
out of bed; son?

What hurt your back?

A man a long time ago.

Why"d he do it?

All right;
that"s enough; Joshua.

Lydia.

Come here.

l just went to try and talk
some sense into someone once.

lnstead; l said some
really mean; hurtful things;

and then l got hurt.

Does that man
live in Kirtland?

No; Joshua;
he"s a long way from here.

[spirited music]

[horse neighs]

(boy)
That"s Mr. Richard Wesley.

Pardon?

Best cotton factory
in all of Savannah.

You see that?

That means Mr. Wesley
wants that load.

Well; what if
someone else wants it?

lf Mr. Wesley wants it;
he"ll get it.

ln a week or so;
that cotton will be on its way

to England or Boston;
l"ll bet you.

or Missouri.

(boy)
ln the market for cotton?

What you need
is someone who knows

the ins and outs
of this business.

And who would that be;

your pa?

My pa"s dead; sir.

l"m sorry.

l"m talking about me.

ln the cotton business;
it"s who you know.

(Joshua)
l suppose you know
just about everybody.

Pretty much.

Now; l"m guessing this service
isn"t for free; is it?

l won"t be charging
you anything.

of course; when we"re done...

(woman)
Will!

lf my services
are worth something--

(woman)
WIll?

Will!

WIll; where on Earth
have you been?

Did l or did l not tell you
to stay where l could see you?

You are in trouble; mister;
believe you me.

l"m up there trying to keep
a roof over our heads;

and l don"t need you running off
like an l-don"t-know-what.

Ma"am;

it"s not his fault.

Excuse me?

l just arrived here
from Missouri;

and Mr. WIll was kind enough
to be showing me

the ins and outs
of the cotton business.

Will; give it back.

Mister...

Joshua Steed.

l"m sorry; Mr. Steed.
How much did he take from you?

Excuse me?

How much did he charge you for
showing you the ins and outs?

Not a penny.

Honest; Mama; l wasjust
trying to help him out.

Honest.

All the same;
it"s time you were coming home.

Pleased to meet you;
Mr. Steed.

Now; ma"am; l don"t know how
they do things down South;

but where l"m from;
when a man gives his word;

he"s expected to keep it.

Now; l gave my word
to Mr. Will as a gentleman

that he would show me

the ins and outs
of the cotton business.

Now; l know l did that
without asking you;

and for that;
l apologize.

But a man"s word
is his bond.

Excuse me;
l didn"t catch your name.

lt"s Caroline;
Caroline Mendenhall.

Well; l don"t know
how it is out West;

but here; gentlemen don"t take
12-year-old boys with them

to do their business.

Well; heck; Mrs. Mendenhall;
in Missouri;

we have 12 -year-olds
running for governor.

How long are you in town;
Mr. Steed?

As long as it takes.

Will; you be home
in time for supper.

Now; Mr. WIll; l believe you
were going to show me something.

(WIll)
You did pretty good...
for a first timer.

(Joshua)
Thanks to you; Mr. WIll.

(WIll)
l just got your foot
in the door.

You did the rest.

(Joshua)
You sure this is all right?

of course; she"d be offended
if you didn"t come.

Evening; sir.

WIll you be staying
for dinner?

l; uh--

Yes; he will; Eli.

Will; honey--

Ms. Mendenhall.

Mr. Steed.

Will was just
saying that...

You"ll stay for supper;
Mr. Steed?

l don"t mean to come
waltzing in unannounced.

Nonsense; it wouldn"t be
any trouble at all.

Then l accept.

You run and wash up;
young man.

Eli; would you
set another place; please?

Yes; and thank you; ma"am.

Come on; little fella.

You"re sure
it"s not a problem?

Quite sure.

Come on;
you heard your mama.

Come on; wash up.

Thank you.
Thank you; Eli.

This is really
quite good; ma"am.

l enjoy some time
in the kitchen now and again.

Which is every day
since we let the help go.

More wine; ma"am?

Except for Eli.

She"s getting better; though.

William...

l can most definitely tell

that you"re not
from around these parts.

Maryland until
about seven years ago.

l never thought
l"d be staying this long;

but then my husband died;
and; well;

here we are.

Well; isn"t that something.

You folks being from Maryland;
me from Missouri.

And here we are.

Yes; isn"t that something.

Did you grow up in Missouri?

Uh; no; Vermont; mostly.

Really?

My late husband
was from Vermont.

What part are you from?

Rutland.

And your family"s
still there?

No; not any more.

[romantic instrumental music]

(Caroline)
How do you like Savannah;
Mr. Steed?

What l"ve seen so far;
l like very much.

Tell me about Missouri.

lt"s got a rugged beauty
all its own

with wide-open spaces
and deep skies;

deep skies that can
turn on you in a heartbeat.

ls it very dangerous?

No; not very;
once you get to know it.

See; the future
of these United States

is in the Mississippi
and Missouri Rivers.

The future
is in lndependence.

How does a man like you
stay a bachelor this long?

What kind of
a question is that?

An honest one.

Well; l guess l just haven"t
found the right gal.

Gal?

How do you like Savannah;
Mr. Steed?

What l"ve seen so far;
l like very much.

Come on; love.

[cow moos]

(Jessica)
Papa Steed?

l"ve got something to say.

And what might that be?

l"ll be heading
back to Missouri.

There"s a group heading out
next Thursday.

Me and Rachel--Rachel and l
will be riding with the owens.

Jessica.

lt"s something l"ve
been thinking about for a while.

A letter came
from Bishop Partridge.

He says that things
are settling down.

They need a schoolteacher.

lt"s gonna
be tough on Joshua.

He"s got nothing
to do with this.

l meant little Joshua.

He"s gonna miss Rachel.

Father Steed;
l have to go.

l just can"t see why anybody
would want to go back there.

There"s still saints there.

Maybe not in Jackson County
but in Missouri.

They still hope for Zion.

Zion.

lf there is such a place;
it"s not in Missouri.

l feel like l"m
supposed to be there;

like there"s something
there waiting for me.

Why are you going
back to Missouri?

Please tell me
that it"s not for him.

Tell me that
that door"s closed.

The Lord
will open the way.

[upbeat guitar music]

Well; this is it.

lt isn"t much;
but we do all right.

(Caroline)
There"s your name;
big as anything.

There"s our name.

[laughs]

Congratulations; Joshua;
Mrs. Steed.

Caroline.

And you must be obadiah.

Yes; ma"am.
Pleased to meet you.

Well; now l can see why he"d
want to bring you home with him.

For the life of me;

l can"t figure out
why you"d want to come.

Bobby.

Hey.

Robert Johnson;
Justice of the Peace; ma"am.

Ah; l"ve heard stories.

What has he
been telling you?

l"m sorry.
This is my son; Shane.

(Caroline)
This is WIll.

(Shane)
Hi.

The cotton arrived safely
in Saint Louis.

Great; l just want to show them
around the freight yard

before l take them up
to the house.

Everything in order?

Will; what do you say
we take a look around?

Yes; sir.

Gentlemen.

(Bobby)
Looks like we"re gonna have
a new governor; maybe you heard.

[laughs]

That was Joshua Steed;
wasn"t it?

Not sure.

(Joshua)
Let"s take a look.

Well;
this isn"t Savannah.

No; it isn"t;
but it"s beautiful.

Thank you.

There l was building this
big empty house for myself.

What l didn"t know
was that the entire time;

l was building it for you.

(man)
Fire.

[cannon booms]

[crowd clapping and cheering]

[excited violin music]

(woman)
Mrs. Steed;

l"m Annie Shaw;

your boy WIll"s
schoolteacher.

Mrs. Shaw;
nice to finally meet you.

l hope Will"s
no trouble.

(Annie)
oh; he"s no trouble at all.

Smart as a whip;
that boy.

Heck; he"ll be teaching me
one of these days.

Now; l"m notjust
fooling you neither.

[laughs]

Welcome to the frontier;
Mrs. Steed.

You"ve done wonders
for Mr. Steed; l might add.

He"s a changed man.

lndeed.

Well; you know; l mean;
not that he"s--

[cheers and applause]

That"s my cue.

Excuse me.

[light instrumental music]

How's that?

lt"s not bad

if we want to get there
sometime tomorrow morning.

Give them a little whip
of the wrist.
Ya.

There you go.

12 years old;
just learned to drive a team.

City boy.

Ha.

(Caroline)
How old were you?

l don"t know; three;
four at the most.

Nuh-uh.

Uh-huh.

And who taught you?

Pa; l guess.
l don"t really remember.

ln Vermont?

oh; yeah; it was years before
we moved to New York.

New York?

ls that where
your family lives now?.

l suppose.

l don"t really know.

There; just like that.

(Brigham)
There are people in this town
who never owned a cow

until they came here.

But now they"ve got a few cows
and a sheep or two.

They become puffed up
in pride and selfishness;

and their minds
have become attached

to the things of this world.

They"ve become covetous.

Thanks for coming; Ben.

l know how much
you wanted to be here.

(Brigham)
This much we do know

The acreage
that has been purchased

was bought mostly on credit.

Brother Brigham; brethren;
that"s because we was told

that as more saints
gathered to Kirtland;

they"d buy the land from us.

We all bought on credit.

Joseph did too;
did you not; Joseph?

Well; now they"re
all gathering;

but they"re so dirt poor;
nobody is buying nothing.

That"s true;

but there"s also been
some high living among us.

l"m seeing plenty
of new wagons

and new dresses
bought on credit too.

Now; l am not
pointing any fingers.

l am just saying

that with the amount
of speculating that"s going on;

the church as a whole is
finding itself in serious debt;

and it"s crippling us.

We still owe $13; 000
in unpaid notes on this Temple.

lf we don"t pay that;
we could lose it.

Brother Joseph.

Yes; Brother Parrish?

What do you think
we should do?

l think we should
charter a bank;

print our own currency;

create a stronger
cash economy.

Would that be
just for the saints?

Not exclusively.

We"ve already looked
into applying

to the legislature
for the charter.

Brethren; l think
this could really help us;

help get the church
back on its feet financially.

Yes; Brother Parrish?

ltjust concerns me that
a charter could take months;

if not longer.

l"m not sure we could hold
our creditors back that long.

The Lord works
in mysterious ways.

Far be it for me
to question

how He may or may not
answer a prayer.

[crowd muttering quietly]

(Parrish)
That was interesting.

Joseph has never been good
with handling money.

We all know that.

lt has nothing to do
with his calling as a prophet.

That boy is still
God"s mouthpiece.

Hejust needs
to let someone else

handle the financial affairs
of the church; that"s all.

Let him spend his time
on more important matters.

(boy)
Hey; Will; that"s
a pretty shirt you got.

My sister"s got one
just like it.

Did your pa
buy it for you?

My pa says
he"s a Mormon killer.

What?

A Mormon killer.

Get him.
Get him; WIll.

Get him.
Get him.

(boy)
Punch him in the face!

Get him.

You look beautiful.

Did those wagons make it
in time from Santa Fe?

Yeah; barely.

Fenton"s gonna
hear about it too.

That"s cutting it
too close.

Have a seat.

They"re heading downriver
later today.

How you feeling?
You ready for tonight?

l suppose.

l know what Bobby likes;

but l"ve never fed
a governor before.

Ah; a juicy steak
and some sipping whiskey;

he"ll be fine.

Will got
in a fight today.

Did he win?

Who are the Mormons?

They"re a bunch
of religious fanatics

living out in Clay County.

Bobby"s been kind of
keeping an eye on them.

And your brother"s
one of them?

Why do l feel like
l"m pulling teeth here?

What do you want to know?.

My mother; my family
got involved with them

before l came out West.

l haven"t seen
much of them since.

Seven years;
don"t you miss them?

Wouldn"t you?

What about your father?

He could be dead
for all l know.

[foreboding music]

[horses whinnying]

Brothers and sisters;
welcome to Zion.

l"m Brother John Griffith.

Bishop Partridge asked us
to come out and meet you.

The state of Missouri"s
making a place for us

in Caldwell County
just north of here.

There"s a lot of good soil

and a pretty little
settlement at Haun"s Mill.

Well; things
are looking up in Zion.

Mrs. Steed;

that was some of
the best steak l"ve ever eaten;

including my wife"s.

But don"t tell her
l said that.

Do you hear that; Miranda?

(Miranda)
Yes; ma"am.

l really mean it.

l want to thank you
for your hospitality.

Well; you are most welcome.

Now; we don"t
want to keep you.

l"m sure you
have things to do.

We"re just gonna sit here
and chew the fat for a bit.

Ah; that"s right.

Caroline;
thank you so much.

oh; l"m fine.

Aren"t you tired?

Why don"t you go upstairs?

No; really;
l"m fine.

[chuckles]

Good then.

l"d be pleased
to bore you

as long as you"d
care to be bored.

Not at all.

Well; l"ll get
right to it then.

You know under Governor Dunklin;
the militia was lacking;

more a collection of a local
militia than anything else.

But all that
is about to change.

l"ve allocated the funds
to create a true militia;

an army to protect
the state of Missouri

from enemies without
or within.

Joshua; you know the
lndian threat is always here.

A strong militia just makes
the boundary lines more clear.

l mean; think about it
a real army;

the uniforms;
the weaponry; everything.

We need you; Mr. Steed.

The men around here
respect you.

They"ll follow you.

And l know we see
eye to eye on things.

l want to offer you
a captaincy

in the state militia
of Missouri.

Well; thank you; Governor;

but l have
a freight company to run

and a baby on the way.

Joshua; this won"t take
all that much time.

We"re just keeping
the peace than anything else.

(Boggs)
l"m sure you"re aware
of the situation

with our friends up north.

Would that be the Mormons?

Yes; that would
be the Mormons.

We"ve given them
their own county

to do with what they want;
within reason;

as long as they agree
to stay there

and not settle
outside of it.

Can you do that?

Caroline.

No; she"s right.

There are
constitutional issues here;

but it"s an unfortunate
necessity of the times;

for their protection
as much as anything.

See; but they ain"t
staying put.

Joshua; you understand
the complexities of all this;

and l need you
to help me contain it;

to keep these folks--

well; like Bobby said;
within their boundaries.

l don"t think
we"ve got him.

No; he"ll come around.

You better be right.

We need him.

This thing goes
the way it should;

you"ll find the governor
most grateful.

You"d be surprised
the doors l can kick open.

Ya.

He"s a nice man.

So...

This isn"t a good
time for me; Bobby.

Well; l would be honored
to serve under you; Captain.

l"ve got other reasons

for wanting
to contain this situation.

This has been floating around
for the last few weeks.

A band of Mormons
are calling it their manifesto.

They"ve got a list
of names there;

and they"re swearing vengeance
in the name of Joe Smith

on some of us that pushed them
out of Jackson County.

You"ll notice
that my name

isn"t the only one
on that list.

Joshua; it's not
just us they want to kill.

lt"s our families too.

l seen someone lurking
around my place two nights ago.

Got Margaret and the children
scared to death.

But l"m not gonna
run away from this.

l can"t.

This is my home.

You help me on this one;
Joshua; as a friend?

No; keep it.

[dog barking]

(Joshua)
Let"s get home.

[gunshot]

Get down.

Stay put.

Get up.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Good.

Let"s go out the back.

Don"t tell
your mom about this.

That was close; Bobby.

Did he see you?

l don"t think so.

l-l-l-l don"t like
taking potshots at a friend.

Well; l don"t either;

but l just don"t think
our little manifesto

is gonna be enough.

Joshua"s gonna need another push
in the right direction.

(Joshua)
How do l look?

Like a soldier.

Ben; l need
to ask you a question.

Shoot.

You"ve heard
of the bank we"ve started;

the Kirtland Safety Society.

l have.

A lot of people
are buying stock;

notjust saints;

but not you.

Can l ask why?

l think
you"ve got problems.

From what l understand;

most of the bank"s capital
is in land.

Land"s not liquid.

You can"t buy potatoes

or carry it
in your saddlebags.

They have gold and silver
to back it up; Pa.

We have $15; 000
in hard money reserves.

That should shore up
our reserves

and pay off
a lot of our creditors.

And how much
of the banknote value

do you plan on circulating?

A lot more than that.

All banks do that.

lt"s risky.

You still got
some enemies out there;

and one of them could use
this bank business

against you
to embarrass you.

The value
of the banknote falls;

someone could buy up
a slew of them;

bring them in
and demand face value;

put you in a fine pickle.

You think someone"s
gonna buy a bunch of money

just to make it worthless?

They"d lose as much
as anyone else.

[chuckles]

l"m not saying
that it"s likely; Nathan.

l"m just saying
that it could happen.

Well; we"ll just have to pray
it doesn"t;

right; Ben?

l think
we"re ready.

(Joseph)
Gentlemen; if we"ll follow
the principles of righteousness;

this endeavor will be a great
blessing to the saints.

They"ve started settling
down here along the Missouri

out in Carroll County.

But what"s
really got me bothered

is; they"ve started
forming alliances

with some of the
border tribes out there.

As the militia
of the state of Missouri;

you are to use all
peaceable means of coercion

to get these renegades
back where they belong

by means of the spoken word
and the printed word.

Get rid of this Mormon problem
that we have here in Missouri.

(man)
Yeah!

(Boggs)
People of Missouri
are to be made aware

of where the battle lines
have been drawn.

Now; if this sounds like
a military campaign; it is.

Keep them in their box; boys;

otherwise what we have
on our hands is civil war.

This way; run.

[gunshot]

[screaming]

[horse neighs]

[gunshot]

But when you put
the T and H together;

you get a thh sound.

(all)
The; this; that.

Sister Steed.

Ah; l"m sorry
to interrupt your teaching.

You gotjust a minute you could
read something over for us?

l can get
the gist of it; but...

Where did you get this?

Well; they"re
all over the place.

What"s it say?

Well; for one thing;

it says the Mormonites
have been in cahoots

with the lndian for some time;

plan to attack
the true Missourians

and drive them out.

That"s not true.

Well; it ain"t.

But that don"t really matter;
does it?

The damage is done.

What does this mean?

Well; it ain"t good.

No; it means we step one foot
outside of Caldwell County;

and it"s liable
to get shot off.

Thank you.

Brother Rawson;
you can wait outside.

l"m sorry;
Sister Steed.

l"ll come back later;

make sure the children
get home safe.

Thank you.

We bought that land
fair and square.

Now you"re telling us
to give it up.

We"re not telling you
to walk away from it.

You sell your land;
you get what you can for it.

Buy yourself a little piece
in Caldwell County.

When; this winter?

(Bobby)
No; of course not
this winter.

This week.

l just planted.

Who"s gonna pay
for our lost crop; you?

Governor Boggs?

Listen up.

We"re not
your enemies here.

We"re doing this
for your protection

and the protection
of your families.

l know you; Joshua Steed.

l know what you did

to our families
back in Jackson County.

What else do you know?.

l know you"re no friend
to the Mormons.

You should worry
about your family;

and l"ll worry about mine.

[crowd shouting]

This ain"t the time.

Get out of the way.

[fire crackling]

[dog barking]

Get inside.

oh.

(Caroline)
You can"t be part
of something like this;

no matter what
the Mormons believe.

(Joshua)
You don"t understand.
lt"s getting worse.

lt"s as dangerous for them
as it is for us.

Dangerous; how?

Making someone
stay put is one thing;

but now; burning their homes;
beating them?

Boggs is taking
this too far.

He can"t ask you
to do this.

He"s not asking;
Caroline.

They have little children
just like we do; Joshua.

Please tell me
you won"t do this.

Why would you?

Fine.

You want to know?.

Here.

Why didn"t you tell me?

l don"t know.

l thought you might--

What; leave?

WIth WIll.

Don"t you know me?

Do you think
l came here on a whim?

This goes a lot deeper
than that for me.

l hope it does for you.

l didn"t come here
for security

or even for Will
to have a father.

l came here for you.

[banjo music]

Brothers and sisters;

the last thing we need
to do right now is panic.

Let"sjust keep cool heads;

and we will
work through this.

(Joseph)
Please; please;
let me assure you;

we are doing everything we can
to resolve these problems.

l"ve just returned
from the bank of Geauga

in an effort to secure
an additional guarantee;

but as you know;

financial crisis has hit banks
all across the United States.

Now; what we need to do
is not panic.

We trusted you; Brother.

You told us to.

l told you based upon
the principles of righteousness

that you would be blessed;

but there has been much
greed and corruption among you.

[all speaking angrily at once]

(Brigham)
Calm down.

[crowd yelling]

Word got out this morning
that the value had plummeted.

People started cashing out
for hard monies.

l tried to keep a handle on it;
but word spread like fire.

How far into our reserves?

[quietly]
They"re gone; Brother Joseph.

lt"s all gone.

How did this happen?

Why didn"t
you shut the door?

l tried; but...

(man #1 )
What are we going to do?
We believed in you.

(man #2 )
You can"t stay
in there forever!

What have you done;
Brother?

You"ve stolen
from the reserves.

You"ve stolen much.

Don"t blame this on me.

Don"t you
blame this on me.

Warren.

(man)
Where are you going?

Where are you going?

l know where you live!

What is it?

Joseph.

Burning up.

[knock at door]

May we come in;
Brother Harris?

As much as he can
drink of it.

Thank you.

oh; you--

Shh; don"t talk.

You carry
too much of the load.

Let your friends
help you.

My friends?

Yes; your friends

Hyrum; Brigham;

your father; Nathan Steed;
your friends.

Good day;
Sister Steed.

Ben.

(Mary Ann)
What did Martin
and Brother Parrish want?

Well; there"s a meeting
at the Temple tonight;

and they want me to go.

WIthout Joseph there?

They didn"t say.

Ben; he won"t be there.

They almost lost him
last night.

l"m sorry to hear that.

Brigham and Nathan
will be there.

l can"t believe Martin is
in with Parrish and his group.

Thought he had
better sense than that.

And so is David Whitmer;
WIlliam Smith.

l don"t think Joseph
has too many friends right now.

And you;

are you his friend?

Seems like Martin
wants you on their side.

Well; l got Martin and Parrish
wanting me to go;

Nathan and Brigham
asking me to go;

and l"m not even
a member of the church.

What l got to say about Joseph"s
got nothing to do with anything.

Why do they
want me to go?

Because you"re Ben Steed...

And that means a lot.

What are you going to do?

lt"s not my affair.

[sighs]

Ben; you"re the most
honest man l know.

Why can"t you be honest
with yourself?.

l see you
when you talk to Joseph.

l see it in your eyes.

After all these years;

don"t you think
l know you by now?.

Why can"t you
admit it to yourself?.

Remember when Joseph
got pulled from his house;

tarred and almost
beat to death;

and then his son died
because of the mob?

Then he and Brigham
had to go into hiding

because someone
wanted to kill him.

l know a couple ex-Mormons

that would hang Brigham
from the nearest tree

if they got the chance.

Since we"ve been here;

have you ever felt
threatened or in danger?

Rebecca or Matthew?.

No.

Nathan?

Melissa; any of
the grandchildren?

No; Ben.

Do you think it would stay that
way if l joined your church?

Joseph is dying.

(Ben)
l may be late.

Pray for your pa;
children.

[light knocking]

[whispers]
Emma.

[whispers]
oh; hello.
Thank you so much.

ls he any better?

No; his fever
hasn"t broken yet.

l am worried.

Please; don"t stay long.

Thank you.

Mary Ann said that
you weren"t doing so well;

so l thought that l would;
um; come by.

Seems like a long ways
from Palmyra; doesn"t it?

l always thought that l would
live my days out there.

Joseph Smith; farm boy.

[sighs]

Farm boy talking about
angels and prophets

and expecting people
to believe you

and teaching me forgiveness.

Even my family following
after you as if--

as if you were
led by God himself.

l don"t want
my family hurt;

and l don"t know
what to do about it.

Joseph Smith is a good man.

No one is saying otherwise.

He"s meant well;

and he"s tried hard;

but he"s lost
his prophetic gift.

[crowd muttering]

(Parrish)
And what"s happened with
the Kirtland Safety Society

is just one more
unfortunate proof of that.

No thanks to you;
Brother Parrish.

How much did
you run off with?

You can choose to believe
what you want;

but l believe it"s time;

and l propose
that Joseph Smith be removed

from his office
as Prophet

and our good brother
David Whitmer;

one of the three witnesses
of the Book of Mormon;

be sustained
to take his place.

[crowd shouting angrily]

Brethren; brethren;
we will have order;

or we will clear this room.

l wonder why we don"t
have the courage to do this

when Joseph is present.

lt"s no accident
this meeting was called

when he couldn"t be here.

And why isn"t he here?

Because he is on his deathbed;

not expected
to make it through the night;

unable to speak.

Now; why do you think

the Lord would want
to silence him; Brother Steed?

Silence him?

Let"s not make every illness
a curse from God.

Joseph Smith
claimed to be a prophet.

He promised the saints
their money would be safe;

and he lost it all.

He brought us
to this crisis.

[wood flap slams]

This is a crisis; brethren;

a time when Earth and hell
are in league

to overthrow the Prophet
in the Church of God.

Joseph Smith is a prophet.

Have you all forgotten
what that means?

He was called of God;

and only God can release him.

Do you think that you can
just vote him out of office

like some kind
of petty politician?

You may rail at him

and slander him
as much as you choose;

but you cannot destroy the
appointment of a prophet of God.

l could tell you things

that would make you question
Joseph"s prophetic calling.

Then don"t tell me.

Because what l know...

l know.

But l"ll tell you
what you can do.

You can cut the thread
that binds you to the Prophet;

and you can sink yourselves
to hell if you choose.

(Jacob)
Enough.

Enough!

This man;
this man is nothing

but a lick skillet
to Joseph Smith.

Who is he
to talk to us this way?

You; boy...

Brother Bump;

if you think it would
give you any relief;

why don"t you come forward
and try to lay your hands on me.

(Ben)
Just leave me
out of this; Martin.

Ben; he promised
in the name of the Lord

that if we put our money there;
it would be safe.

He promised.

And you heard him
say that?

Warren Parrish did;
and l believe him.

Now look at it.

Whole church is on
the verge of bankruptcy;

never mind my own losses.

ls this about money?

oh; Ben; you know me
better than that.

He promised.

ln the name of God;
he promised.

There"ll be no fence-sitters
on this one; Ben.

You"ll have to decide
one way or the other.

[crickets chirping]

What?

[horse neighs]

[grunting]

Brother Joseph.

How is he?

Better than
he was last night.

We"ll leave you two alone.

You don"t look so good.

[laughs]

My friend.

(Joseph)
Stand still and see
the salvation of God.

(Ben)
All this talk
of prophets and revelation.

You believed
that God used to talk to man.

There"sjust
no room for doubt.

(Ben)
A man has to give up
everything he"s got.

What are you so afraid of?

Why can"t you
be honest with yourself?

one of these days; you"re going
to have to make a choice.

Cold; Pa?

l don"t feel it.

[chains clinking]

[metal clanging]

[steam hissing]

You coming in for dinner?

Well; l"m almost done.

Mary Ann.

What?

l"ll be in soon.

(Smith Sr.)
Brothers and sisters;

my son Joseph is out of town
on church business

and has asked me to conduct
today"s Sunday service.

[door clicks]

But my heart is heavy.

Bitterness has entered
our church;

bitterness and betrayal.

(Parrish)
objection.

We resent the insinuations

Brother Smith
has leveled upon us.

He speaks of betrayal

and looks right at us.

Step aside; sir;

and let Brother Whitmer
speak to the saints.

(Smith Sr.)
Brother Parrish;
may l remind you

that l hold the floor.

Let him be heard!

[crowd talking excitedly]

Silence!

This is the house
of the Lord;

and you come in here
like armed thugs;

even my own son William.

And you; Warren Parrish;

you"re nothing but
a thief and a liar.

How dare you come in here
and demand to be heard.

(Parrish)
How dare you.

How dare you?

Have you no shame?

Warren; don"t.

Halt; l kill
the first man that moves.

Martin.

[gunshot]

[screaming]

What now?.

We go forward;

try to understand
the Lord"s will in all this;

and then try and do it.

What about Parrish
and his group;

Martin Harris?

We forgive them.

Forgive?

After what they"ve done here
in the house of God

and what they tried to do
to your father;

you just want
to forgive them?

The Lord said;

Pray for them
which do spitefully use you

and persecute you.

Until Martin humbles himself
and repents;

his path will
only lead to bitterness

and eventually to hell.

But that"s his lot.

ours is to forgive.

And how do you
do that so easily?

lt"s not easy;

especially when someone
close to you has been hurt.

This work is bigger
than you and me; Ben.

lt"s bigger
than Martin.

lt"s bigger
than Warren Parrish.

lt"s bigger
than this Temple.

The kingdom rolls forward.

You just have to decide
where you stand.

l stand with you.

You"ll have to stand
with me in Missouri.

We left some things
undone there; you and l.

This door is closing;

but another
is already opening.

Papa;

l love you.

l love you.

l"m gonna miss you.

[crescendoing orchestral music]

(woman #1 )
lsn"t she the cutest thing?

Look at that hair.

(woman #2 )
Ruth; she"s beautiful.
What"s her name?

(Caroline)
Savannah.

(woman #2 )
Savannah;
that"s a perfect name.

Mrs. Steed; you must be
about the happiest mama around.

l"m sure l am.

(woman #1 )
Say hello to Mr. Steed.
Bye-bye.

l bet she doesn"t know
what happened

to the first Mrs. Steed.

Pardon me.

Missouri.

Grandpa!

Hello!

[Ben laughs]

oh; my goodness.

Hello.

(Jessica)
Welcome to Zion;
Papa Steed.

Ben Steed.

John Griffith.

(Bobby)
There"s about 500 more
that"ll be here in a week.

Joe Smith is leading them.

lt"s Jackson County
all over again.

Just a matter of time

before he"s got them
all fired up

to go and get
their land back.

lt"s not their land anymore;

never was.

l know that.

Smith doesn"t.

Last time l spoke to Mr. Smith;
he threatened me.

l think it"s time to send him
a very clear message.

Scatter the flock.

Do it before he arrives.

Well; it could get messy;
Governor.

These are people
that swear

they"d give their lives
for their Zion.

[chuckles]

Well; now they can prove it;

but you make sure
Mr. Steed is with you.

Steed goes along;

you won"t have trouble
getting others.

[humming melodically]

How was Savannah today?

She was fine.

She come to town?

You didn"t stop by.

l must have forgotten.

lt"s just
you usually stop by.

Why; is that what
you like your women to do;

stop by when
they"re in town?

[Savannah cries]

[sighs]

What?

Miranda; will you
take the baby; please?

Yes; ma"am.

What?

You tell me what.

What do you want
me to tell you?

l want you
to tell me about you.

l want you to tell me
what happened

between you
and your brother.

(Joshua)
Will; sit down.

(Caroline)
Between you and your father;

between you and the Mormons;

between you
and God knows who else.

l want you to tell me

so l don"t have to find out
from some biddy on the street

who knows more about
my husband than l do.

l said sit down!

l want you to tell me
about Jessica

and Rachel.

(Bobby)
How long does
this have to go on?

l mean; what do
these Mormonites want?

We"ve given them
their own county.

What we need to do is;

we need to come together
as Americans.

We need to do something.

We need to get up as a group;

as a people;
and resist this plague.

l wanted to tell you
so many times

every day.

Then why couldn"t
you tell me?

Those things
are dead and gone.

Everything"s different now.

[knock at door]

Mr. Johnson is here.

Caroline;

l"m sorry to call so late.

See she"s got you busy there.

What can l do for you; Bobby?

Well...

Maybe we could talk
in private for a bit.

l"ve kind of got
my hands full here.

(Bobby)
of course.

lt"s just; uh; more of our
friends are moving in up north.

Well; that"s been
going on for a long time.

(Bobby)
No; not like this.

l don"t need
to remind you of...

certain threats
that have been made.

(Joshua)
She knows; Bobby.
What is it?

Joe Smith is coming back.

We really need to talk.

Alone.

Caroline; can you
take Savannah upstairs?

Joshua...

Take her upstairs.

So you sleep on it;
and l"ll swing by tomorrow.

Good night; Caroline.

oh; there is
one other thing.

The word is that there"s
a whole clan of Steeds

running around up there.

l didn"t know your daddy
was a Mormon.

Good night;
you two.

Eli;

leave us; please.

Joshua;

it"s your family;
your father.

Don"t you want to see them?

[breathing heavily]

Because they"re Mormons?

What could the Mormons
have possibly done to you

to make you
hate them so much?

What did they do to me?

They took my girl.

They took my family.

They took my daughter.

They took my wife.

Your wife?

What; are you going
to hit me too?

Joshua; where are you?

Don"t you walk out on us.

[thunder rumbles]

[solemn music]

You going home; Mr. Steed?

Are you the Steeds?

Yes; ma"am.
l"m Nathan Steed.

l"m Caroline Steed.

l"m married
to your brother Joshua.

What have you done
to your son?

That was 1 ; 200 pounds.

Next one
will be double that.

Good; good.

[horse neighs]

You look awful; Mr. Steed.

Must be on the outs
with the missus.

[laughs]

You going already?

You coming?

No.

(man)
Aw; come on; Steed;
come with us.

[crowd assenting]

Now; look;

Joshua; Boggs wants you
with us on this one.

There"s gonna be
a whole lot of open land

when those Mormons are gone.

l thought this was about
protecting our families.

lt is.

lt is.

Right.

Now; come with us.

Not this time; Bobby.

Well; if you"re
worried about losing her;

you"re too late.

Stopped by your place
on the way in;

and old Eli said
she"s already gone.

lsn"t that
what he said; George?

That"s what he said;
young uns too.

Come on;
go with us; Joshua.

l gave you my answer.

Suit yourself.

Well; l"ll be sure
to say hi to your brother

when l see him.

[laughter]

Let"s go.
Ya.

[horses neighing]

Caroline!

God; please;
don"t let me lose her.

[sniffs]

Just give me
one more chance;

please; just one more chance.

What are you doing here?

The things l said that night--

l meant to make peace.

Nathan;

you have to go.

You have to go right now.
They"re gonna attack Far West.

When?

Now; right now.
You have to go.

You have to go
and get Mom and the others.

You need to go.

Joshua; Joshua;
come with me.

l can"t.

l got my own family
to deal with.

Joshua.
l can"t.

l can"t.

Caroline"s in Far West.

[horse neighs]

Well; look who showed up.

Turn around and go home;
Bobby.

[chuckles]

That ain"t
gonna happen tonight.

Listen; the Mormons
know you"re coming.

They"re waiting for you.

Come on; boys;
use your heads.

(Bobby)
Am l gonna have to go back

and tell the governor
of this state

that the men of Missouri
are afraid of a few Mormonites?

Why don"t you tell them
who else is there; Joshua.

Seems Mr. Steed here"s been
keeping a dark secret from us.

That"s right
His daddy"s a Mormon.

[crowd muttering]

lsn"t that right; Joshua?

Yeah; that"s right.

So is my mother
and my brothers and my sisters.

Right now; Caroline
and my children are in Far West.

l"m just asking you
to turn around tonight.

Listen Bobby;

it"s not
what l signed up for.

Steed"s always been
straight with me.

l"m not gonna
hurt his family.

(man #1 )
This ain"t right.

(man #2 )
l don"t know about this.

[men muttering]

Well; then
l am sorry to hear that;

l truly am.

Don"t do it; Bobby.

Get rid of it.

Now!

Joshua...

Bobby; l got the shot.

Forget it; George.
You might miss.

You"re still a little bit
outnumbered; Mr. Steed.

Yeah; you"re right.

l"d only have time
to take out one of you.

Are you willing to die
for the Mormons?

Funny; Bobby; l was about
to ask you the same thing.

Now tell them
to turn around and go home.

Bobby.

George; forget about it.

Mr. Steed"s not going
to hurt anybody tonight.

l should have
shot you that night.

Shut up!

Go home!

My good friend;
Bobby Johnson.

Go home; Bobby.

okay.

[horse whinnies]

[gunshot]

Mama.

Joshua"s here.

Papa.

No.

l can"t.

l can"t.

The Lord will open the way.

(Nathan)
Pa;

He will.

Maybe this place
really is Zion.

[Savannah coos]

Pa.

When l saw the cuts
on Nathan"s back;

l said; There"s
no forgiveness for this.

So did l.

We were both wrong.

[uplifting orchestral music]

(Ben)
l don"t know
what the future holds for us;

for my family;
or for the Mormon people;

but for me;
this place is Zion.