[naturalman1975]

It contains a lengthy section which talks about the Mormons and is not entirely accurate about their beliefs, but the part that Mormons generally find objectionable is the suggestion that unless some people who have been found lost in the desert agree to convert that they would be left to die:

"If we take you with us," he said, in solemn words, "it can only be as believers in our own creed. We shall have no wolves in our fold. Better far that your bones should bleach in this wilderness than that you should prove to be that little speck of decay which in time corrupts the whole fruit. Will you come with us on these terms?"

[SAJ]

As you recall, naturally, John Ferrier’s reply to that statement was: “Guess I’ll come with you on any terms.”, which caused, as Conan Doyle noted, even the stern countenances of the Mormon leaders to curl into a smile.