The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-12-05

they were told by the Mormons that
they were too late to cross he Sierra
Nevada mountains by the old emf grant
route. The Murmons assured them
that there was
BETTER PASS
hy going down through Southern Utah
passing through Southern Nevada.
going over the ran &c OF the mount ,ins
and coming out near Los Angeles
Lower California. This route the Nor.
mons assured the cmigrants to be practi
cnblc and safo. Pl,cing confidence in
the reports and Statements of the Nor
mons. the emiSrants started b, til.
southern route Passin. down ,!,rou.h
the settlements of the Latter D ~ Saints
"nmolc>tca, they cncanp,l 1t what is
known as
MOUNTAIN MEADOW.
little narrow valley dividing the hill,
and mountains on each side, with
plentiful supply Of grass anl w,.er-a
beautiful place to camp Lil:le dill
'hcse cmi grants think that this hcan,i
ful spot would in short time be tn cir
scpulrhrc. the scene IF a s.nguuary
massarrc-thc worst m,ssacre that VIC
have any record of in the history of tha
bloody deeds OF the savaycs upon the
carly dcicncclcss American settlements
The hnrrid story of the Inian murders
III Wyoming Valley, viii III Campbell $,
e!o1ucnily depicts. aforl. parallel to
the butchcry Of thaie chi .r,n'5 at
Mountain Meadow. Whln cn 81 npc
IN this l""ely spot thry re att,ckal
from behind the adjoining hills by. as
they supposed lndi'n.. Several Of
their number were WON lei. The
rionccrS, however, hcing nsc.l to milan
warfare and well skillcl with til. hal
lin. Of the old Kentucky rife. were
allie to keep their ass,lan:s at II lon /,
range. Their wag ms were 'r,rn into
Il circle. Turning Il sort oi' iorti ic ,rion
] lc wheels were sunkc. down tn their
axlatrces. Eartliworks were thr,wn II,
81: !.c outside sr Tie wagons, making !;
Temporary but somewhat f-rmilallc nc.
fence. y ditch was dug from thi, lorti
hcat''n tna spring nc,r ut h,n,l to ell
allie The cmi .rants to r,", n water unl n
cover. F"r five Ion. d,y;;hc; wcr,
able TO sustain themselves here W thou.
anT furthc: loss in III ii. ur ii @ |
Their stock had baan captured All
driven of early i'll tho attack. On the
The six'l, day. early in til m,rnin;
they discovered a large body o.. nsn
con'ing up the road from towarl &c l,r
Cit;. No firing had been done ,l,t
m rning. aud no supp 'scd Indians in
sight. a white flag was hnisted by the
viii C men approaching tn IN, an these
doomed cnigrants, believing the new
comcrs to be friends, dressed
a BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GlRI.
in white nnI placed her outside of the
Jorti6cnLiun 10 token Of friendship The
presumed friends ut once approached
hey we're Mormons-I.attcr Day
Sant--,nd headed by
JOHN u. LEE,
the man Just arrested for crinin Il parti
cipation i'll the massacre that foil Nv Il
y purley cnsuci Lee told the emf
grants tia, there W re large NUN bers of
Indians in the hills; but # they (the
en,isran ~ would lily Lnyn their arms
they would protect thcni aud take them
back to the VI rinnn settlement. thcy
then bcius $40 mile, ,uthwc,t fro.n
Salt Lake Ci'y an n,,r the N.vad
line. Alter II lon 'rarlcy th4 eni giants
consented to the prop 'si,i IA Of L:c. 1t
may Lc here remarked that these oni
grants hal with til IN about
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN G,LD,
Which they had procured BY tho ir pre-
,ious ventures i'll California. Lee told
them that iIlhcy took their arms with
them tho indians were in such great
numbers that they would massacre tLeln
Plundcr, said tho Mormon chief, was