Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-04-28
action of the water and digging of

first made upon them previous to the mas
 sacre Here, within few yards of the spring, we could distinctly define the form and size of the corral which they made !! from a number of small holes, forming together circle in tne shape of cor al. Thrnn holes were dur fo" the purpose of lowering the wheels of their wagons in them, So as to form better protection, after the tack began In the ce e. of thn corral
 pit some twenty feet long. and four or five wide and deep, was dug for the pur- pose, no doubt, of placing the women and rhllren in order to p-otr' | them from he fire of the assailants To the left of this corral, and about one hundred anl fifty or sixty wards distant, on a small mound or knoll number of stones were still piled m in way to form partial breastwork or protection against the fire which the eml grants no doubt returned for several days against their assault. Numbers of the
 .fonos in this breaStwork had bullet marks
 ,non thon on thn side towards the corral
 fully supporting the above construction as 10 Is n4a. h pIa..s aiounl the corral, '"roaa bones an imperfect skeletons were lying on the grounl, indicating with the corral and the breastworll on the knoll | that 1t was here, and not at the place spoken of. where the great body of the bones were found. that the work of slaughter began. From this spring we pro .eedel on towards tho snttlcmnnt on tho Santa Clara for the purpose of obtaining the children from Mr. Uumblin, who resJel there. On the same evening, after we hal struck our camp for the night. a man drove up near Us with an ox wagon, going also in the direction oi Santa Clara. After turning out his oxen. he came to our tent and very soon informed ns that he lived at Santa Clara, and that l,o was returning home from Ceder City with a load of four, which he had been up to the latter place 10 obtain. The conVer- sstion, after these personal explanations, turnol very naturally, after what we had witnessed during the day, upon the Noun tain Meadows massacre. And this man, whose name was Carl, or Carlis shirts, ln- formed IL, that he livel, at the t!me tn" maSeo .rn occurrcl. at thr ran 'h oWncl hY AIr Wamilin, at the north end of the Noun tain Meadows. He was employed by Mr. Hamblin anl was making aIoOea at the
 inc. He saw the emgranto when they en-
 tered the valley and talked with several of the mon belonging to it. They appeared perfectly civil anl gentlemanlv. The train, he supposed, contained about forty wagons. anI seven or eight hun lred heal of cattle, including those that were loose. besides a considerable number of horses and mules. The cmigrantS entered the valley on Friday. and the men with whom he conversed told him that they were anxious to stop few
 lays and rest and recruit their stock before ,ntcling on tlo desert, and cnquirel of him | good spot for this purpose. He recom- menled the vicinity If the spring in the south anl of tie Meadows, as good water ant plenty of grass aboundci there. iol- lowing this advice, they proceeded there and encampcl. Tho next morning heagain ~av some of the mon, who informed hm that they were looking for lost stock. In the evening ho saw tie mon returning, driving some loose cattle. He never saw
 ,nv of the party afterwards. Early on Monday morning following. hc stated that h' heard the firing of great many guns in the South in the direction of the camp l If thn emigrants; hn also saw on thn hills aroun good many Indians passing back warls anl forwa.ds, as if in state of commotion or cx itnmcnt. His impress Sion from hearing the guns anl scainr the Indians at the time, was. that the latter 1 had attacked the cmigrants On our in q1irnc wbv hn dil not % 10 PAntor Cheek and give the alarm if he thought So. ha stated that he suppose the people knew abopt it If nat in tho-e words, the fora going is the exact substance of the state
 mant made by Shirt~
 On the dav following we reach"l the santa Clara settlement and fonn1, in the posses sion of Mr. IIambl;n, thirteen of the "hiI-
 lren preserved from tho massacre, which, with one at Painter Creek, and two af Cellar City. was all that had been heard of. These children were well. with tho pXccp- ton of sore eyes. which they all had, an1 which prevailed at the time as an epidemic in inc place or vicinity where they were. After remaining d few days in Santa Clara in distributing some goods to tho Indians, wo ,et out with these chillrcn on our return.
 We dil not take the same route in return inr by which wa came down, but nrocecl- inse from Santa Clara direct 70 Harmon loayinr the Mountain Meadows some l3 or 20 miles to onr left. On arriving at liar monv, Dr. Fornav called on John n. Lno
 who was at the time and may be at present. q bishop in the Mormon church. The Do,tor had received information which let him to believe that Lee had portion of tho | | II +, +loro
 grants in his possession. and his object in calling On him was to demand a surrender of the property. On the demand being made, bishop Lee denied having the pos session ofanv ofthe property, or any knowl- . lgp concorninr it. farther than that he had heard that the Indians took 1t.
 was not present when this demand was made. but was informed of it as stated by | Dr. Fornev on his return from Lees house. Dr. Fornev also informed mo that. in a conversation which hc held with Ice con corning the massacre, Lee stated that he was not 0t the massacre, but reached there | inst after it enlpd Ice also stated that Isaac ITairht. who resides at Cedar Citv. | and is another prominent dignitarv in the | Mormon church holding an office styled president which is higher than that of a bishop also arrived at the spot soon after him. In the same conversation as related to me- Ice applied some foul and indecent | ppithcts to the cmir~ante-sai1 that they were sian ering the Mormons. while rasS- ing along, and in general terms justified | the Killing. The day aftnr this coNvnrsat;on with Lee, we started for Ce1ar City; hi~hon 1 Lee also sat ont with us for the prof"eSn' ! purpose of going 10 see President Hai%ht and Bishop Highv at Cedar City. anl talk ing over with those men, in the presence oi | Dr. Fornev. the circumstances in rela ton to the massacre. an tho suspicious which had been expressed that they were con- cerned in it either as actual participants ill the deed itself, or as melting the Inlian> to the crime, and then sharing with them the spells of the slain. Bishop Lee pro- ceedcd in company with us about half way from Harmony to Cedar City, whcn, from some unknown cause, he rode ahead and we did not see him afterwards.
 On our arrival at Cedar City he was not there. or if he was, he kept secreted and out of sight. Dr. Forney met there PreSi- 1 lent H.iuht and BishOD Hioby anl made