_The Meadow Shambles_ They chose William Bateman to go forward with a flag of truce.

He was short and plump, with a full, round, ingenuous face.

He was chosen, so said Klingensmith, for his plausible ways.

He could look right at you when he said anything; and the moment needed a man of this talent.

He was to enter the camp and say to the people that the Mormons had come to save them; that on giving up their arms they would be safely conducted to Cedar City, there to await a proper time for continuing their journey.
From the hill to the west of the besieged camp they watched the plausible Bateman with his flag of truce meet one of the emigrants who came out, also with a white flag, and saw them stand talking a little time.