Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-10-02

TlDn,-llG iOiiOWluE lGtASl lVAAs ~
who has recently made his escape from Salt
Lake. under difficulties, we find going the rounds
ofour exchanges. Itisaddressed to his brothers,
who reside in New York, and is written from
Council Bluff City, Iowa;
I guess YOU are anxious TO know the reason
WHY left Salt Lake. shall try, IN the iIrSt
Mace TO inform you what man must do to be
a Mormon. He must give himself, ms AMY my
and all his possessions over 10 bingham
! Young. and then he'll have TO give the tenth OF
Z all his income-the tenth days wOrk--lnd he
must keep from two to ten wives. II ne don
ngrec TO these things, he had better quit; but,
4 by doing so, he is in danger oil losing MS me
avery minute. for they would rather kill him
than let him be the means of letting the world
know how things arc in their midst. many
have been shot down In trying to escape. nave
seen dozens shot down on the street; md three
dnys before left, saw three persons killed
merely because they intended to escape: ihey
we're shot down in place called Springfield,
while they were preparing their trunks to leave
This took place about s o'clock on SUNDAY
morning, within fifty yards oil the gate OF the
city. The first was a Young man called w Iillan
Parish; he received seven balls IN ms Goay'-
The second was his father, and the third was
man called Poster, whose body received as many
as fifteen balls. The old man was pierced IN
the back and had his throat cut in three differ
cnt places saw them lying down, and conld
name the persons who killed them Brigham
Young has got men for this purpose. Their
number is four hundred They are called the
"Destroying Angels.'' Their Captains name
is William Hickman, and the second in COM
mnnd is Porter Rockwell.
The walls around the city are fifteen feet high,
and they arc surrounded by a deep and wide
moat. The city is entered by four gates, which
are watched in the night time. The gates are
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through at once destroying Angels go cut
ON the plains in the spring in order to intercept
those who may escape from the city. Many
left an foot last January. They sleep by day
and travel by night. | know of men and wo-
tnen who have travelled this way-the men
dressed us women, and the women as men. |
came across some who were very short of food;
the little they had they gave TO the women, and
the mon were principally sustained dythe t0"-
mems mill!
left Salt Lake City ON the nth of April, in
company with two Wclchmen and an African
The few Mormons who knew of our intentions
said that we would never reach the States alive,
but I told them was determined to try, what
ever would occur On Saturday Cthe day alter
we left We had Travelled thirty miles from the
CITY, when we saw three men following us
They were sentby the authorities of the city t"
catch us. The name of one was Patrick
- P.;o.j,,o, yon,1, mi. nm tiroJ biS W..
10 Brigham 1OuilS. IDlS Ildn urea HIS re-
volYer at me. They then came near as on their
horses AMI inquired oar names, and when we
refused to tell them, they swOrc that they would
blow orr id brains out" With that, one
nj them raised his revolver ms if he was going
10 use tho had one each side of the saddle
! then took out my revolver and told him to fire
if nc liked. Ihnd six rcyogvcrs with me, and
rifle, containing in all thirty seven balls. An
Otllc ball was then fired at me, which whiStled
by inv left check. then fired at him, aud one
hall hit him on the leg, and another ON the
shoulder. my friends by this time had run in
the woods, and was left TO fightit ont myself
] then lost my foo ing and one of the men run
at me with knife, and cut my belt and took
ont four of my revoIverS. | had the other two
hid in my boots got hold of one Of them and
fired, aud succeeded in keeping them of for
some time, till had chance to run to the
woods, where l got the assistance of my
friends.
We continued to travel that day and the fol-
lowing night, and succeeded in reacEing place
called Fort Brtger, which is 1l3 miles from the
valley. The number Of our pursucrs Had now
to twenty, and we mad to put to the
woods again. We Travelled till night, and were
so fortunate as to meet host of friendly In
Llians, who gave us Buffalo meat to cat. The
next day we overlook numher of wagons, known
IS Mrs. Rabbits train, in number twenty eight /
| was hired to drive one wagon which was
lrawn by six mules. We had some trouble |
With lot of Indians, called the "Crow Tribe.
They were we'll armed and about thousand |
strong About six hundree shots came into
our tents. We killed about thirty Indians, and
they killed five of our men,