Isaac Gallandhad set out to milk the Mormons dry. After getting properly baptized he wormed his way into Joseph’s confidence and became his chief land agent. Joseph had already purchased from him $18,000 worth of land in and about Nauvoo, giving him Mormon-owned Missouri land in payment. He had also exchanged Missouri land for $80,000 worth of Galland’s Half-Breed lands in Iowa.* Galland’s title to the Nauvoo tract was genuine, but his deeds to the Iowa territory were all forged.
