Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-12-24
The Great Massacre of Emigrants on the
+ffl Plains.
THE .UORMONS IMPLICATED.

The report OF the late massacre has been
fully confirmed. The number of persons
by the Indians was ll9.-
Great excitement prevailed in Los Angeles
on the announcement, shortly after the re-
ceipt of the news, that parties were in town
who corroboratel all the statements that
hal been previously made. 4 public
meeting was called, and the persons refer
red to attended it AMI made statemcnts--a
condensation of which VIC give Their
names are Powers anl Warn They
lad lately returned from Salt Lake City.
Mr.. Powers in his narrative says
TESTIMONY OF GEeRGE POWERS As TO TIE
MASSACRE AND MORMON COMPLETELY.
We founl the Mormons making very
determine preparations to fight the United
States troops, whenever they may arrive
On orr way in. we met three companies
of one hunlrcl men each, armed, and on
Bridgcr 1 was told at Fort Bridccr that
at Fort Supply. twelve miles this silc of
Fort Brilger, there were four hundred arm
cl Indians awaiting orders; they also sail
that there were $4,000 pounds of flour
stored at Fort Bridgsr for the use Of their
army. We found companies drilling ev-
cry evening in the city. The McrmonS de-
clarel to lis that no United States toops
should ever cross tn, mountains; aud they
talkei an | actc as if they were willing to
take 4 brush with Uncle Sam.
We remained in Salt Lake five lavS, an |
then puShel on, hoping We might oycrtake
"A larger train, which had started ten DAYS
ahead of us. and whicl, proved to be the
train that Was ma>Sacred. We came
on to ButtcrmilS Fort, near the long ce-
dar, l7j miles, and found the Inhabitants
greatly cnragcl at the tram which hal lust
passel, declaring that they had abused the
Mormon women, calling them w----s,
d.. an | letting OH about the men The
people had refused to S,ll that train any pro
visions, ami told MS they were very sorry
they hal rot killed them there, but they
knew it would be done before they got IN
They stated further, that th,v We're holding
the milan, in check until the arrival OF
thcrchiei, when h, would follow the train
aud cut it i'll pieces.
At Corn Crcc, we fo1nl plenty of In L.
ans, VIII, were AL peareablc AMI tien llv.
We learned nothing Of the train. except
that it haI rassel that place several days
before, anil we wcrc glad TO fin w hal
cainel 80 much on them. The next
place we heard of ths train was on
our arrival at Beaver, p miles from Salt
Lake. Here we lcnnel that When the
train ;.hcal we're ra,n f.es-Aa- farn 'recll,
which was - miles back, AMI at which
place we foun.l Indians SO friendly, an OK
died. and the Inlians asked for IL. Before
it was given To them a Mormon reported
that h. saw an eniSraHt - - tho carcass
and cut it with his knife, ansl as he dad so
woul pour some liquid from 4 phsi -
The meat was eaten by the Indians and
three of them liel. AMI several more were
sick an,l would die. The people at Bea
vcr seemed also to he incenscd against the
train for the same reason as before rcpor-
tel asked an Indian, at Beaver, il there
was any truth in the poisoned meat story;
h replic in English that he did not know,
that several OF the Inlans had died and
several were sick He said their water
melons made them all sick, and he belicy-
ed that the Mogmons poisoned them.
While waiting here. the train Of WIN.
Mathews and Sidney Tanner, of San Ber-
nardno,, came up, anl | made arrange
ments TO come on with them. We came
on to Parowan, ami we learned the train
ahead hal been alta .kel by the Indians,
at the Mountain Meadows, % niles from
l. i,
roal five miles to a spring, and fortified
themselves We then drove out of Paro-
wan five or six miles, anil campcl at what
is called the Summit
Next morning an express arrived from
Mr.. Dame, President OF Parowan. relues-
ting us not to proceed any further shat lay
I if we pleased also, that Mathews and Tan
ner should return to parowan, and bring
me along with them. We returned and a
council was held, at which it was advised
by Mr.. Dame, that should 80 back to my
own train, as they did not wish to have
strangers in their train. He also sta
tel that at , o'clock that morning, he had
received an express from the train aheal,
stating they were surrounded by Indians,
who had killed two or three of their num-
Der, and asking for assistance While we
were talking, an express came IN from Bea-
yer, stating that the Indians hal attacked
my train in the street of that place, and
were fighting when he left. One reason
given was, that ten miles the other side OF
Beaver, an emigrant train had shot at an
Indian, which greatly enraged them; that
the people of Beaver went out in the night
and brought the cmigrants IN, aud were
followed by the Indians, who male the at
tack after their arrival.
From this statement to Mr. Powers, 1t
appears that tho attack was commenced on
the Nth OF September, Mr. Dame, a Nor
mon, told him he could raise Il compa
ny and rescue the tram from the Indians.
( but he '4oreI MT dispbey hs C0HncH. =
Continues Mr.. Powers:
/ On Saturday, at t. o'clock, we left &c
dar City. About the middle of tho after
noon we met the four men who were sent
ont tho night previous, returning III waG
on. Mathews and Tanner held council
with them apart. and when they left,
Mathews told me the entire train had been
cut off, and, as it was still dangerous to
travel the road, they conclude that 1t wa
better for us to pass the spot IN the night.
We continued on, without much conver-
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