| 43 at different times as his counselors, but we have not been able to obtain the names of all the leading officers.
At their General Conference held at Voree, Wisconsin, April 6,1846, the following action was taken regarding the Twelve:-
"It was unanimously resolved:-
"1. That we sustain and uphold Elder John E. Page by our faith and prayers and confidence as one of the Twelve.
"2. That we cordially and affectionately invite Elder William Smith and Wilford Woodruff to take their places in the church as members of the Quorum of the Twelve.
"3. That Elder Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde, John Taylor, Willard Richards, George A. Smith, and Lyman Wight be left to the ordinary course of discipline."-Voree Herald, June, 1846.
At the same conference a High Council was formed for the trial of Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor, Willard Richards, and George A. Smith. For some reason, not stated, the names of Orson Pratt and Lyman Wight were not included in the charges. The seven tried were found guilty-Young, Kimball, and Hyde of all the charges, and the other four of "the principal part of them." The charges were for "conspiracy to overthrow the order of the church," "usurpation," "tyrannous administration," "teaching false doctrine," and "blasphemy," with a separate charge against Orson Hyde for "falsely pretending to a revelation from God." The penalty was as follows:-
"After a full hearing, and the remarks of six members of the council, President Strang pronounced the unanimous judgment of the council that Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor, Willard Richards, and George A. Smith, be excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan in the flesh.
"The proceedings of the High Council in the premises were submitted to the conference and unanimously approved."-Voree Herald, April, 1846.
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