They were henceforth to be the free and independent State of Deseret.
"Do you want to know," asked Brigham, in the tabernacle, "what is to be done with the enemy now on our borders?
As soon as they start to come into our settlements, let sleep depart from their eyes until they sleep in death! Men shall be secreted along the route and shall waste them away in the name of the God of Battles.

The United States will have to make peace with us.

Never again shall we make peace with them." And they sang with fervour:-- "By the mountains our Zion's surrounded, Her warriors are noble and brave; And their faith on Jehovah is founded, Whose power is mighty to save.
Opposed by a proud, boasting nation, Their numbers compared may be few; But their Ruler is known through creation, And they'll always be faithful and true.".