Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-05-26
DasbSiIIt anfri aah 5asritan.
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The San Francisco Bzlletin :hus alluses 10 the
massacre seme time ago cf an grart party from
Arkansas, comprising about one hundred xnd thirty
five men, women and children. by Indians, as il was
at first charged and the plGnder OF their entire train
Of wagons, horses, mules, and q variety Of goods
At that time this erribls slaughter vas attrIbuied
solely the Indians; bat subsequent Developments
led TO The suspicion that the attack was Stimulated
and aided by members Of the Mormon commuaities
settled in the vicinity Of the scene Of blood From
time TO time. Since these dark saspieions hsve been
confirmed by admissions Of Mormons themselves. or
OF men who have abandoned the Church few
months ago, about The time the army under General
Johnson ebtered the Valley Of Sait-Lake, gentle
man from California, wishing the Mormon southern
settlements embraced the opportunity to push en-
quries in regard to the massacre and learn n that
the struggle in which tue ernigraDts lost their lives
wasprotraesd during period Of nearly three weeks
and yet it net claimedthat the Motmous tender
cd the assailed the slightest assistance The fend-
ish disregard of all obligation 10 aid their fellow
prepares to receive with credit this statement
OF other Witnesses, Whe say that the attack was
prompted and led by MormeRs, that its purpose was
to ehastIse the emigrauts for ofsnses against Nor
mOLdom, and that agreement was made be-
tween the IN iians end their Mormon allies bywhich
the former to take the cattle and the Mormoas
their wagons We have also had evidence that The
MOrmons did not keep faith with the Indians, but
themselves ret4ned the greater part of the cattle
WHICH 30 rs June lasL were Sill p0sSek
sion Judge Crsdlebsugh, of the United States
District Court ST Provo City, evidently sashed that
htsa terrible stories not without foundation, for
in resent charge 10 the grand jury, he alluded 10
the case, distinctly declaring that others than In~
dians were engaged IN the slaughter.
The Talify Tan, psper published at Salt Lake,
lately emphaticaliy charged the responsibility Of
the Wholesale murder upon the Mormons, who we're
in disguise Of Indians and who, after Wiping out Of
exstense the whole party reserving for distribution
among their families some seventeen young chill
dren, in the NEST deliberats manner brought al
the valuable plumber into tawn and divided il out
among the heads of the church It is not IriOus that
the massacre took place, that the plunder was ap-
propriated that MOrmOns were the parties that sew
ersl of the more prominent actors in the bloody
tragedy were arrested and arranged, and yet the
authOrOties have been utterly pOWerless to convict
or punish.
The VALLEY Tan of the 10th ulL contains portion
Of the evidence elected before Judge Crsdiebaugb
in his examinations into the crimes n his District
The murders found to have been committed by the
MOrnOns, are horrible. The Valley Tan says:
Cutting CT lhroats is The prescribed mods of mur-
der By which the victims of ecclesiastical mercy C?l
invariably sacrificed and is the penalty attach
ed to the violation Of the oaths in the first degree
of tie mysterious and terrible endowment ceremo-
MES The penalty attached to the violation of
the Ga in the seoon endowment degree is to
have the throat cut Sn1 heart plucked out with the
most sgonzing details In the third or last degree
in addition to the above, the most horrible muila-
tion of the body, the ripping across of the naval
and the tearing out Of the bowels in the most dis
gustiDg manner, are the prescribed penalties of q
violation of the terrible secrets of Mormonism.