Des Arc citizen., 1859-06-15
proboscis, constitutes their sole noursh- ment, through the last few brief weeks of their existence.sa. naiEfA ID A
THE MASSACRE AT MOUNTAIN .as .vs aaa3 FMEkn0WS.. -

The following aecoun,sof ethis terrible
 bulchery, by the Mormons, is apublished in the San Francisco Bulletin, under the date of the 23d of April l:asMAs aaa sm
 i One of the dread mysteries of Mormon
 dom, ,wbch the sUnued Statessjadges in l Utah are endsavofing 10 untaaeI, greatly 10 the consternation oi the ' Saints" is the
 .horrihles ,at Mountain Meadows, iof ope hundred e.nigfants. who wese on 1 their way from Arkansas .tof CaliloInia. At the time this wholesale murder was |perpetrated, we. were told that. tie unfor- |iunate victims fell under the weapons of lthe Canosh band of Paravant of Pofowan)
 Indians l; but various subsequent develop lments have. established the conyiotionihat lihey were merely tools in the hands of the tMormons themselves. Aheye- witness of the transaction las been found al last, and I've have received, from an official source. lat Salt Laks,sn Istn,ementl of his account lof the atfaira Ire whole fearfui truth
 stands revealed, presenting one5f the most shocking cases of cruelty and crime that has ever stained the records of . civilized
 community. The writer says:
 l While 1 was residing at Cedar CilY, l was called upon by Messrs Isaac Hight, John D Lee, and John sHigbee--a alltigee Mormon military officers -to go a few miles out of the city, which ldid. There I found thirty or forty others, selected from different settlements. We were addfessed |by the above officers, who told us that they hud sent Canosh,ahe Parasant chlef with his warriors, to destroy the Arkansas com: pany, and that if lie had not done isswe must; and that if any of us refused. or betrayed them to the Americans, they Ewou!d take good care of him hereafter. EIiere we were all ordered on the quick
 march to the Mountain Meadows, where we found the emigranis. wishatheir wsg- lops formed in two circles, with their 4an,l- lies in the midst, trying 10 defend them- selves against the merciless and blood- thirsty savages ,wholay around in ambush, killing :hem a $ opportunity presented.a
 flight and Lee formed theirsmen into 1.-two companies, and made spreclpllate |rush at the poor, defenceless victims. The Emen within the circles rose up, but instant l ly fell dead, or morally wounded, under llhe fire aof the wretcheswho SO cruelty sough,aheir lives. lsNotbing remained1to be done, except to kill the frightened females and the innocent children which they claspcd in their arms. Others clung,
 with desperation, 10 their bleeding, dying husbands, pleading insvain for mercy lat
 the hands of the :. Christians 'awhoscon- |trolled the no more. savage Indian assail- |aiits. .l;..s.s-s,ss
 .a John ID. Lee now sent to the Indian
 chief andshis menin ambush. to come out and finish the survivors. directing him
 spare only the liule childfenwho could.not talk. The savages came. instantly, with Knives drawn, and speedily finished the
 bloody work. The scene defes descrip-
 lion. The denonsac yeIls of the savage
 monsters mingled with the shrieks and
 prayers oI helpless mothers and daughters.
 while tie death blows were, dealing with lunhinching hands, and scalps were torn
 from heads which boomed waf beauty
 and innocence ,lonly few hours befoTe.
 Now, tie work of butchering ended.
 The lnurderers threw the dead bodies into
 two heaps, covered them slightly with
 earth, and left them ito feed the wolves and birds of prey." They then returned
 home with their booty of cattle and wag-
 ons, and grea; quantity of goods, setc.oS
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