Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-23
FUH TRIAL OF 1isIIOP Ike.

fHE TRIAL on BISHOP LIKE
Yesterday. at Beaver City. Utah. a
jury was impanslsd to try. upon q charge
Of murder. John d. Lee, one OF the
Bishops Of the Mormon Church. Lee
Il accused with having BEEN q Of the
chief instigators and actou in . slaugh-
Ter Of men. women and children. which.
for savage and hsndiah brutality. has
. parallel In history. Like the
massacre Of 81. Bartholomew. Il had its
origin In religious bigotry. and. with
perhaps that exception. u stands unrt-
vailed In the annals Of atrocious and in
sxcusahls carnage. II Is now nearly
eighteen years since this tragedy ct
Mountain Meadows was enacted. Of
those Who vsre the sufferers. not n
adult was left 10 tell the tale. A few
children vsre spared. and IL Ia alleged
were subsequently, returned to relatives
in Mississippi and Arkansas. whence
they came. Tho massacre took place In
1857. Al that time the Mormons, not
having shown proper respect for Federal
laws. and an appeal having been made
BY citizens Of Utah. not Mormons. for
~protsstion. an army Of United States
troops under General Johnston was ad-
vancing into Utah from the north.
Brigham Youngthen held two Federal
ofhcss-ono - Governor Of Utah Tsrri-
tory. and the other as Indian Agent. He
was also then, - now. President Of the
"'Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day
Saints" The fatsd train Of smigrants
was bound for California. II comprised
over 80 psopls-men. women and chill
dren-and was frsightsd with q large
quantity Of goods and valuablss. II
entered Utah in July. 1857. and. q vas
customary with overland trains. stopped
81 Salt Lake 10 procure supplies n
exchange its worn out and exhausted
stock for fresh animals. The emigrants
being outspohsn against the Mormons,
the latter refused to sell them suppliss.
and they wero ordered to move on.
Word Wa sent to all Mormons on their
route through Southern Utah to refuse
any assistance 10 tho "Genilss," under
pain Of expulsion from the Church. So
with jadsd stock and a scanty supply OF
provisions. the weary travellers left the
..City Of tho Saints'' and entered upon
their long journey Of four hundred
miles through Arizona TO Southern CAL
ifornia. In the face Of starvation they
kept on until near the California line. and
two hundred miles south Of Salt Lake
City. Here they sncamped o n the night
Of September z. 1857. and here they
we're aroused next morning by a vollsy.
Of bullets discharged into their midst by
Indians apparently. hut Who to this day
are beloved 10 have been Mormons In
disguise. OF the details Of the defense
made by these weary and ~bsieaguorei
people, but little il known. Although
completely surrounded by their foes they
erected sarthsn smbankmsnts, and
wheeling their wagons into line. pre-
pared 10 defend themselves a. best they
could. For six days they maintained
thar position. during which time. out
Of the afty.Avs men and boys in the
train Who were old enough to aght. six
teen wore killed and wounded. At this
juncturs occurred the net Of trsachery
with which Lee IL charged, and which
stands unparalleled for baseness in the
annals Of civilization. John ID. Lee. al
the head Of q detachment Of the Nauvoo
Legion. appeared in front OF their en-
tr~snchmsnts. bearing . dag OF truce.
The smigrants sent out a commission to
meet him. bearing q ~hito flag. Lee
auviseu tnom W n'aAe Peaso WIN
Indiana. oy giving tnem some guns
and blankots. and promised TO escort
them out OF danger. Lee was ct his
time both q United States and Territorial
ofseer. and. knowing this. the smigrants
did a. no advised. What followed w
give In the language Of q ehronieisr;
The emigranta had only reached .
uIs ~ vS.n 49, !a.u -oomU.n;ss =,
srmei men. drawn mn in opsn order.
when their ears were startled with the
command. Inward face! Make ready.
hIsf ,onsy .Issr ,S'sy =, isaIs a'
ssrr.,ion into ,hs miist of Inc fsar.
stricken and shrisking men. women and
children. The airoeity OF that Whole
nsr.,i.l.S Ths hn,css,s .nsrsI only
seventeen children. probably only be-
cause they had become sicksned with
Their work of blood.
Inc oi''es. survivor Oh 'nai massacre
WAS nut tnirtsen years OF aes. 'is
uHl4 nhO viii testify IN tho TRIAL now IN