The New York herald., 1874-11-24

4 WHO went out 10 meet the United States troops TO
I BURN UP THE WHOLE CouSTRY
and wrap them in names, and to DO everything 10
prevent the national soldiers from ADVANCING
Closed snd n' % %a ps.s sou as
give you success Your brother IN Christ Daniel
H. Wells" This was the spirit OF the Mormons in
the latter part Of 1857. They looked upon the gov,
eminent OF the United States as "a man-made
government" and their own affair out here was a
q bloody collision between ''thc Kingdom. y under
Brigham Young, and the Republic under any un.
have attained TO the chair OF washington.
Wnen THESE immigrants crossed the plains tney
were only q few weeks ahead OF the CURSED
| troopsn that we're "coming up against Zon." me
| men rom Missouri were very onensive 70 tne
Mormons the very name oi as rs, nonnnt an az
had tried 10 establish In that state tue Latter-Day
Zion and tue Missourlans woudn,t ~ nave ~; "a, AS
tements some OF them very unwisely anu unne-
cessariy boasted tnat they had driven out the
Aormons from tnat state, anu tnat they nad also
taken part In the murder OF .Joe SMITH IN Hi
nols. An this might nave been Idle brageadoclo
but il innamed the Mornu Ms and as the Immigrants
| travelled south tney iet that there was an inhu-
ence against them, and the Mormons would have
| no intercourse with them anu would sell them
| nothing. The Missourlans were mlschlevous when
| they began their ribald abuse. and as the Nor
| THEY BECAME FURIOUS AND DESPERATE
IL is said that taey ald every thing they could TO
agcravate the Mormon settlers by swearing ~ ana
raging against their leaders; and where they nao
/ opportunity tnev killed their chickens and appfo
! priated them to their own use. In this way they
| travelled south OF this city increasing in wra.h
] ana nnltlng increasing Opposition. IL Is charged
! by tne Mormons that the immigrants poisoned
spring by the waysde that cattle drank the water
! and died; that Indians eat the carcasses OF the
cattle and also died; and thai that was the cause
aud commencement OF active hostiities against
the immigrants Gentes do not believe word OF
this, but give It as the Mormon story OF the start
ing point OF the massacre. IL Is extremely un-
pleasant 10 refuse credence to any defence for
bad action, especially when the defence needs IL
badly; but confess to utter see epticism on the pol
soning OF the spring. An ungodly writer, with
no fear OF Judgment before MS eyes, many years
ago, said that he had visited the said spring, AND
that IL would have taken
BARREL OF ARSENIC
10 have done mischief to anything, man or beast
unless the water had oeen drunk Immediately
after the spring had been poisoned Tor the vol
ume OF water was SO large and rapid that no deie-
terfous matter could remain there. Again. IL was
not likely that the immigrants would transport
with them any such amount OF poison. Absurd as
all this may seem, this was the story OF the Nor
mon Tabernacle Tor dozen years and more.
As the immigrants were leaving the Mormon
the Indians, according to Mormon statements re-
solved on their deadly work. B0th companies
nom MissourI anu Arkansas were then travelling
together ior safety. and they camped togetner
about the nth OF september at spring In Noun
tain Meadows. Here, the Mormons say, the Ia.
immigrants Immediately fortified themselves BY
throwing up earth around their wagon wheels
and showing
DETERMINATION TO FIGHT 1T OUT.
might 60 on relating what this one says and
facts, the reader can picture TO himself about fifty
wagons formed into a circle, Witnn which there
rounded, as they supposed, BY savage Indians.
The Immigrants knew not their position. They
were or aey weee ee nV o. as
several days they fought brayely, out taey mad no
water within their camp. some brave men had
dared 10 go to the spring outside OF their wagon
circle and had been shot down. Two little girls
had been seat for wa.er, and
THE NHUMAN BUTCHLRS
could not respect their innocence and they fell In
death. 1t was clear TO the immigrants tnat they
were doomed. might 60 on and relate now day
after day they fought aud now night after night
was sleepless, but no pen can truly picture taat
At length, alter four days siege. wagon was
seen ADVANCING towards the besleged, over which
was was floating nag Of Of truce borne 6y white t men.
funess to God They could think only OF gratitude
for deliverance. The chief man IN tnat wagon was
Indian agent under Brigham Young and an elder
In the Church OF Jesus Christ OF Latter Day saints.
He was
HAILED WITH JOY AS DELIvERKR.
The immigrants could rush 70 the spring and
pressed to each other their beating 0osoms, and
the little innocentS who had cried with Tear and
Terror; esped ,%ar w,r oy ang eIng r 20 .h9p
fancy than lasting reality. That Camp exhibited
but me ~ Sod Hearts
AT lengtn Lee and MS brethren persuaded the
Immigrants TO give up their arms and TO 60 TO the
nearest settlement tor safety, and they agreed to
The women and children went together without
escort 10 ADVANCE Of the men the latter were
guarded by the Mormon militia When about q
mile and a half from camp
THE SIGNAL WAS GIVEN
by Lee, and IN an instant the Mormons snot down
the men and the Indians slaughtered the women
and cnildren-all but seventeen children OF tender
Were not these facts beyond all possible doubt
would not write them; but II they cost me my lie
Will proclaim them and demand OF the nation
reIribution. Every man In the United states VINO
realizes his obligation TO wife and child should
For seventeen years upon this Lee public con-
demnation has tallen. Other names have been
hso NO. 0$r raniR bps
his name has always been uppermOst, and there
has been a longing desire to reach him and Hreak
vengeance on him for TINS awful deed. Was ne
the guilty miscreant from choice, or was he but
the tool Of otherss has always been the question,
and now That act has got TO De settled.
Lee has been under the ban ana has kept away
from CIVILIZATION lor dozen years but lew days
ago he was captured, very Unexpectedly to nlm,
and with TINS capture is revived the whole story
OF the Mountain Meadows massacre and the prob
ability OF now reaching the ends OF Justice.
Lee is much married man: he has had at one
time and another eighteen wives For safety he
thought 1t to seek shelter few miles south OF the
territorial boundary line on the Pan-ria River,
within the Territory OF Arizona. There he had an
English wife-a brave, daring woman who seemed
to be as desperate as himself. HIS cabin was Ike
an arsenal weIl provided with every kind OF wea.
pom OF warfare. He was-determlned never TO be
taken alive In that place; but he Thought proper
other portions oil ms lamy, and there he was
captured. 1t Is needless TO detail how United
States deputy marshal held pistol and threatened
to dre and how somebody else did something
else. Lee was captured and is now IN Beaver
jail nn0eT btfoHg SaaEu. ne WIS lHulCtcu aJOut
SIX weeks ago and VIII be tried Tor this massacre
In about three weeks. Had Brigham Young or
any OF the great lights OF the Mormon Church
anything TO do with It'll That Is the great ques-
tlon that exctes everybody here. Some rumors
would indicate that Lee Will make clean breast
OF IL; others are positive to the contrary. 1t
matters not whether he is free or reserved, IL Is
now certain that the whole mystery VIII be
unraveled, ana somebody, and few others, Will
prefer, and with the fnal settling OF the Mountain
Meadows massacre the backbone OF Dautttsm
/
fanatics In Utah learn that murder VIII be ferret
ed out and punished the Territory will be blessed
and prospered, and another lesson VIII be taught
| In history that the world IS growing and the
barbarism OF the past is no justification for bar.
barlsm IN the present.
THAT THIS ARREST OF LEE WILL PROVE TEST
QUESTION
In regard to Mormon supremacy In the midway
| transit between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
I VIII soon become apparent by the action Oh sha