Se había producido pocos meses antes un cisma en el Pueblo Elegido, tras la rebelión contra los Ancianos de algunos jóvenes miembros que, separados del cuerpo de la Iglesia, habían dejado Utah para convertirse en gentiles.
There had been a schism among the Chosen People a few months before, some of the younger members of the Church having rebelled against the authority of the Elders, and the result had been the secession of a certain number of the malcontents, who had left Utah and become Gentiles.