New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-17


sors ouly fifteen infant children veIe saved. nc a.
count was given by the Irdians them lives y t's
MoIDobe ct Cedar City, to which place they o,1us
the obi!d;en who were purchased from thenl oy .ae
people Of that city, Whether the case as gneo u au
6cieitt 10 account for ihe result or wbstaer ~
csuse s at the bottom the TRANSACTION We wiz ieaVe
tie reader 10 fo'm his own conclusion. we Ca
fcarcey believe that party uaTsiDg aons ms.
wsy would ent 10 the manner desonbed-'ns' IS, 10
poison the Of OF, and also the ~ai9l' teu
epdaI eeIipg The lives Of those who we're comiag sei
them. Ye, this ia the story told By al vno nave
sp ken Of the mss.aere II is states, the emsrs1's
ta1 which died. sDd they placed poison ~ .lo
body arc also poisobed water standing IN poois IoI
the rurp of killing the Indians that sevefai Q, loe
tribe bad oed from this cause, and tna, 'hs Nhois
force mustered pursued the train ard coming up Win
them at the above place. which favored their
purpose, attacked and murdered the wh1ie parry, *
cept few infant children. The Indians state .ua.
the made but charge the party, Ia "h4;1 .uey
cut off the greater portion OF the z EN-, aua men
guarded the outlets Of the canon and than shot the
won and mel down ss they came out ioi wat tn'
that one man was makiog bis escape WE isN Gun III
6ren and they folio we'd lin, killed him. ara took .ne
children fifteen IN number the eldest under hve years
Of age. The report brought 10 San belnaluiHo
BY Mesfrs. Sidney Tanner and w. Mathews. TO-
The fp,lowir letter from Mr. j. W. Chrlstiln OF Sa1
BeIpeIGino, 10 Mr.. G. n. Whitman OF this cry hss
been kindly placed at our disposal and we give II az
length as Il the fullest report of the massacre, an
the cause which led TO it, that hiss Ieacaed U.s.
writer seems to intimate that tie hormons "lli oe
held Tesponsble for the MURDER and 10 iols fespect
is fully borne out By present Indications Tor genera
belief peIvades the public mind here that the lod,ans
were instigated TO this crime by The DesHoylle
Ar els Of the church and that the blow fell on tnese
enjersnts from Arksusas in retbutlon OF the oeata u
Parey Pratt which took place in that STATE. Ihe tru'a
~ the matter will rot be known until the Governme nt
make al investigation Of the affair. This SHOULD o'
done to place the blame in the right quarter as wen as
to ic chastisement on the immeda ste actors IN t1e
fearful trsgedy who reporte to be the Santa CIaa
fribe of Indians The following Is tbs letter.
"SAN BERs,RDISO, Oct. !, 1854.
al take this opportunity of informing you OF tbs
murder OF entire train of emgrants on their way
from Missouri ard Arkansas 10 this State, via Great
Salt Lake City, which took place, according to the
best il fomaton can possibly acquire which ls PHI
marily, through Indisnel, at the Mountain Meadows
which at near the rim CT the Great Basln and
some distance south of the most southern Mormon settle
u.nts between the 10th and 10Th ult. IL is abso
ueIy ODE Of the most horrible ma sacIes haze ever
had the painful necessity Of relating. go
"The company consisted OF about l3t or 81 man
women anc children ard including s)me forty or forty
five CAPABLE of bearing arms They were in posse ieioa
OF quite an amount Of stock consisting OF horses mules
and oxen. The encampment was attacked ABOUT Gay
light in the morning, go say The Indians, by tue CON-
biz ed forces of all the various tribes immediately III
that sectio of The country II appears that the ms
oIty Of The slain at the first onset made by the
Indians. The remaining forces fJrmed themselves
into the best petition their circumstances would allow
but before they could make the necessary arrangement
for protecting themselves from the arrows, there were
but few left who were able to bear arms. After hay
ing coIralled their wagons and dug ditch Tor tne
pTote they continued TO fire upon the Indians for
one or two days. the Indans had secreted t1em-
selves that according to their own statement, there
was Dot one Of them killed and but few Of them wound
cd They the emgrants then sent out flag OF truce,
borne by a little giri and gave themselves up TO the
II ercy of the saysges who Immediately rushed III and
slaughtered all of them with the exception OF hiteen
infsIt Chi dren that have Stree been purchase1, Win
much difficulty, by the Mormon Interpreters =.
I rait he
cal purposes to relate the causes which gave fse 10
the above described catastrophe, from the simple ttct
that it will be attributed to the Mormon peope, let me
circumstances Of the case be wh1t they may. B9t II
teems from statement which received from Elders
VIM Mathews and VIM. Hyde, who were In Great
Salt Lake City at the time this train was there recruit
ing their fit cut" ard the road to this place
at the time when they were murdered, but several
days oun ey in the rear-somew where about the Bes-
vtr Mountains, which are between Parawan and FIJI
Cities, that the causes were something ike toese
The train camped at Corn Creek, near Fillmore City,
where there is Indian village, the Inhabitants OF
wi ich have rased crop Of wheat a few melons &c
And in trading with the Iodsns they gave them cash
for wheat and they not knowing the value OF com,
were severely cheated. They wanted blanket Tor
sack of wheat but they gave them fifty cents and told
th. m that amount would buy blanket. They also
had az OK with them which had died, and they put
sychnne in bin for the purpose Of poisoning the In
disns aad also put poison Of some description IN the
water which is standing in holes. Ieis eccason ssa
several deaths among them, within few days after
the departure Of the train. And upon this II seems
the danp gathered Themselves together, and had no
doubt chosen the place of attack and arranged every
thrg before the train arrived at the place where they
were murdered.
cit was sscertaired by some of the interpreters
from few of the Indians who left at 1rn Creek,
that most Of the Indians in the country had left but
they could not learn for what purpose and before any
steps could be take TO ascertain what vas the cause,
the story was told that they were 81 killed;
"You5s, truly, j. "AkD 1hhisr'AN
TuE Fy1sRlyr MAss.CRE.-EdHoryof The San
Francisco Herald: have Just had conversation
with Mr.. b who has read a letter from Orson hyde,
received here day before yesterday Oct from san
Berps,dino, at which place Hyde recently arrived,
with an escort Of thirty men, from Salt Lake, aad
where his letter Wrttea 10 brother Mormon hero,
Mr. l. He writes that he left Salt Lake just two days
seI the unfortunate emgrant train passed that pace,
srd overlook them p time to save the children re.
msiDrg ave-hfteen infants only; thst the bodies OF
llS persons, men, women and children, were lying
DpOn the ground, prey TO the buZgards, many OF
whom were Of the "back out order" who hsd joined
the CaliforDis emigrsnt train for security in travelling
HYDE whites tsst be earred from the settlers In the
vicinity Of the place f thai the Indians fred
upon the camp about two hours before day, killing
large humber, and then refreshed The emigrsnss
The formed corral with their wagons, ard 81 d:y'
light the Ii dans returned TO the attack. Thst the
little Girl about twelve years DID, with sg Of
render; II at she was killed and the entire train de
strcyed leaving the bodies upon the ground, which
Orton Hyce bim.ef counted llS he arriving at the
spot just in time to gather up the fifteen infants which
he bro uaht in to San Bernardno. Hyde is going d.
rectly back TO Salt Lake, aud takes, per Brigham
Yorfe's order lsrge number Of M3rmOns with him.
The re cpert Of the letter thinks the fse Of the sck
outs lust ard merited My informant don't believe
il was the Indisrs who killed the emigraats.
CARSON VALLEY.
AN INDIAN WAR IMPENDING
TIE Sacramento Union contains some late ard iG-
L al. talo i, 1.