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Men of the Mormon Battalion started for home blazing a new road over Carson Pass. Ezra Allen and two others were killed by Indians at a place called Tragedy Springs. Word was spread to the east about gold in California by Latter-day Saints of the Mormon Battalion. After U.S. President James K. Polk announced gold in California to Congress, unrestrained hysteria resulted in a mad rush to the gold fields. Argonauts passed through Salt Lake City on the way to California, both enriching the Saints and tempting them to flee to the gold fields. The notion to flee the Valley for California created a crisis for President Young and the Church.
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