come, on which Coun. “ stated that while he I was at one of the men who had followed , recanted and came to him me to request him me to make a confession for him before the church. He I replied he I would rather the man would make his confession himself, but he appeared unwilling to do it at present but urged me to do it for him and in a while he would come before the church himself and make his confession. I accordingly told the saints in the meeting what he said to me and what kind a confession he wanted me to make. I then stated to them my views on such characters by telling them how the negroes come. I told them that in the council in heaven when Satan rebelled there were some who took an active part in the rebellion but [p. [208]]
Hyde spent much of the fall of 1844 procuring supplies and preaching in St. Louis. He returned to Nauvoo on 24 January 1845 but probably left Nauvoo by 5 February and was again in St. Louis by 18 February. As evidenced by his absence from council meetings until 18 March, it is likely that he remained in St. Louis until around that time. (Young, Journal, 24 Jan. 1845; Receipt, Orson Hyde to J. L. Kimball, Warsaw, IL, 5 Feb. 1845, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU; Orson Hyde, St. Louis, MO, to Brigham Young, Nauvoo, IL, 18 Feb. 1845, Brigham Young Office Files, CHL; Orson Hyde, St. Louis, MO, to Newel K. Whitney, Nauvoo, IL, 27 Feb. 1845, Newel K. Whitney, Papers, BYU.)