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


not an Indian was in sight, and 200
yards from the wagons Of the cmigrants
was inaugnratcd the scene Of this
TERRIBLE DEED.
Lee and Lis party commenced firing up
on tn, emiSrants, shooting several Of
the most prominent men through the
head on the first fire. The emIgrants
being entirely unarmcI, the sla W hter
WAS an easy task. After all the men
aud most Of the women had been killed,
young lady Of eighteen summers
sprung onward, ard, c!asping her hanIs
fell upon her knees in front of Ice,
begging hmto
SPARE HER LIFE :
She then rose and claspcd him around
The neck, dcclarin. to him that she hal
lover in California to whom she owed
her life, that she was cnylsci 10 marry
him on her arrival there Lee, after
hcariu. her pitiful story. took h,r aside
ravishcd her and then with his kni!c s
CUT HER THROAT,
leaving her body on the spot to be en-.
ten by wolves.
SlNiEEN INNOCENT CHILDREN K
were saved from the general :nas,cres
Two Of the number were seven y.arR
OLD, the b:il,ncc between one and five
years OF age. Is
TO RETURN TO MR. ROGERS STATS,
Aiter Mr.. II gers, the Indian age mt.
had buried the bones Of the cmigrlnts
that h III been left t, b.e,ch withii,
twelve mills or the vi rro, t.n)l.. he.
re n'n:l TO Ccd'r City and lolnd the
children in the han,ls Of the Mormons,
Leg l,vins tw, of the aumb.r. Tie
Mormons Sc,
ASKED PAY
from the agent t..r taking care uf the
children. Up to this time the world
>urp sci the en-. grants were
MrEnEREp DY THE INDIANS,
hui The subsequent rclition will sll1W
how far tho savage lndinus were resllys
rnnrcci"d with The atf'ir.
Mr.. Rn.crs gathered the clil Ire. II,
gcthcr. ru'ns'ng to p,y the ransom de
ma"dcd i''r their release by the Nor
mons AItcr lie had The children in
his camp. near tao Mormon settlement
at Coca City, two Of item, then a'o 1t
eight years Of age, told Mr. Rogers that
Lee and the white men.
MURDERED THEIR PARENTS.
or course Mr.. Rogers was aston;sh ed
at this. She iirst inlnrnlti,n he had re
c,ircd of the real authors Of the diabo.
llcn i massacre. He pursued his investi
~"'''''' "'''ho '"S C''illTcn. anu tnclr
t Stlninny WIS corrobor,tve o! the in
tcl'i2cnce he had previously obtained
1t should he here stated that iw, Nor.
mons came to the tent OF Mr. Rogers ut
ni'ini S!.t, about this time, ~ to. | him
that their
HEARTS WERE PRESSED wlru GRIEF.
| he (he agent would sp,rc tlci.' lives
they wonl yiva hi II a tru. history o!
the awful massacre. Ro,er I'll them
TO proceed an | open heir hearts These
two Mormons (the n,uicl of whom Mr..
RoSccs does MT recalll told him they
were summoned by John ID. Ice, The
Il conlnr nlcr Of the Nauvoo Legion
at Cedar City, tn appear in
INDIAN COSTUME,
painted with long hair, fully to rcorc
sent the native s,vaye, prep,rcl t. 90
Mountain Meadow. The Norm ms ut !.
tackled the train Of the cmiyrants in
the diss-iso Of Indians Lee, findin.
that the cngrants were too strongly
fortified, after Eve days siege, retired
back and dressed in citiz ms clotI -. as
wo have above described, lccoycd the
emlgrants into n surrender OF their
arms. Vhis statement WAS made in fall
to Mr.. Rogers by the two Mormons We
haYe referred To IL ns cnrrohorntinn rnl