Captain Patten (who was called by the prophet Captain Fearnaught) took command of about one hundred armed men, and told them that he had a job for them to do, and that the work of the Lord was rolling on … He made a rush into Gallatin, dispersing the few men there, and took the goods out of Stolling’s store, and carried them to ‘Diahmon, and I afterwards saw the storehouse on fire. When we returned to ‘Diahmon, the goods were deposited in the Lord’s storehouse. … On the day Patten went to Gallatin, Colonel Wight went to Millport, as I understood. I saw a great many cattle, furniture, etc. brought into our camp by the Mormons.
Deposition of Sampson Avard [founder of the Danites] in criminal court of inquiry on the trial of Joseph Smith, jr., and others, for high treason and other crimes against the State, November 1838.
Document containing the Correspondence, Orders, etc. in relation to the disturbances with the Mormons; and the evidence given before the Honorable Austin A King, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri. General Assembly of the State of Missouri, 1841.