State of Illinois)

Hancock County)

City of )

Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for the County of <​​> George G. Johnston [Johnstun] living on Spring Creek in , who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith— that yesterday Napoleon Hardin came to your Deponent and said that the “had sent orders for the Militia to be called out for to day at four o’clock P. M.” and to start on the 22nd. to — there to wait untill all were ready, from the different Counties in the , and then they should march out to the Prairie, they should stop on the Prairie, and send in— a flag of truce to , and demand the body of General Joseph Smith— if the people of refused to give him up— then they should exterminate the whole of them—

Subscribed and sworn to this 22nd. day of June 1844 before me

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