Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-26

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Klinssn Smith ooaHnusd On jrussLer.
animation. Nothing new VA ELECTED.
Examined redirect Understood from
Leo that the Indians were a. the msssa.
ere to help In Il. Saw them thicksst
were the women were.
Joel W. White. sworn-Am agsd A;
live at Clear Fort in Cedar Valley; in
1857 lived at Cedar City; heard Of the
smigranss' trouble In Cedar City; came
home the day alter the company passed
through; saw Haight, Higbes and
Klinssn Smith; Haisht asisd me 10 take
q letter to Pinto Creek. 10 the agent
there. to paciiy and let the emisrants
pass; Klingen Smith volunteered to 60
with me; on the road met Lee. who
asked MS where We were going; told him
misAion; he said he had something
TO do about that; We delivered
u letter 10 Richard Robinson,
the agent and came home. Next day
they were organized In companies Of
tens. Each one had q baggage wagon
after being called out ON Indian trou.
bles. In two or three days Higbee called
on me and said the Indians and immi.
grants were fighting. Must turn out my
company and wagon. Did 30. Rode in
the baggage wagon, Jimmy Williamson
rode with me. They marched to
within half q mile OF the immigrants,
aud canped. The Indians were loaAing
around their camp and came over and
MIXED with US. They wero friendly
with US. They had been there n or
two days. We were then ordered to
march TO the smigrant camp in single
file; marched q quarter Of . mile and
halted. A Gag Of truce was sent. A
man came. and Lee met him. Both
won't into the emigrant camp and were
gone q long time. While waiting.
We were told that when the emf.
grants came out and marched beside
Us. the word .'halt!'' would DO given.
That was to be tho signal for us 10 frc.
A wagon won't down. the ~emigrants'
arms wore loaded In II, and then they
cams out. We marched behind them
both in single Ale . quarter milo. Then
the word was given to halt. W. faced
and fred; then the Indians broke out
from beside q small hill. and came just
~whooping and yelling, and an
ishsd up what We had not kill
cd. Up to that moment we
had seen no Indians that day and
didn't know where they had disappeared
to. After the Indians came I saw
m killed. The Indians attacked
only the emigrants. No Mormons were
killed. Saw dead children there. Saw
n emigrant get away. The Indians
followed, caught and killed him. Heard
Of no n being soalped. When
all were dead we marched 10 camp
and tho next day homo. Afterwards
saw the immigrants' cattle ON . range
near Harmony, in charge Of Lee, who
furnished the Indians beef from them.
Heard Lee say q year after that he had
kept books and had turned over to the
Indians all the property taken from the
immigrants.
Cross-sIamination-I still belong 10
the Mormon Church. The Indians wee
excited; had been sending out run.
nsrs; said the immigrants had poisoned
q spring at Corn creek. The Indians
wsro much excited against the emf.
grants. The defense here suggested the
theory that the Mormons might have
gone out on o msrciful Grand 70 save
the e~migrants, but under the muzzles Of
the Indiana guns In superior numbers.
wero compelled to do what they did do.
witness-I had no gun and 30 had
charge Of the baggage wagon. Saw
among the soldiers men from
counties south Of us. There was firing
between tho emigrants and Indians.
Tho two days the troops lay In camp In
sight Of the enigrants We did not inter-
fsrs. The cause Of the murder was not
discussed by the men nor understood.
The leaders did not discuss the matter
with the men. We held conference with
the Indians; think there was atty In
dams there. Remember Of the address
TO the men by Lee In q hollow square.
Released.
SALT LAKE. July 2o.-The persons
arrested hero for killing Indians In Brit
ish territory last year, have becn %releas-
oil by the U. y. Commissioner. the tes-
timony not warranting their c~Itradition.