The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-07-28
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW
MASSACRE.

The first installment of the evidence
in the trial of John d. Lee, the Nor
man leader of the Danites who massa-
cred body of emierants at Mountain
Meadow. Utah, in 1867, is before the
public, and confirms the story hereto
fore given of that horrible crime. Not
only this, but it seems to point unmis-
takably to the guilt Of the whole Nor
mon Church in Utah, including Brig
ham Young, who was at least an ac-
cessory sitter If not before the fact
For nearly twenty years this terrible
misdee0 has rested unavenged. The
bones of the poor victims have whiten-
ed in that far-away desert. and the
few infants spared from the general
butchery have grown to be men and
women, ignorant of their parentage
and unconscious of the terrible trag-
edy which marked their entry into
Mormon life. The secret has slept
we'll. >Go," said Brigham, land let
the history Of this affair be sealed
book to all Of you" They were for
hidden to talk of it even among them
selves, and SO that black day became
as one lost from the calendar, and sus-
picion only guessed at the awful Sc
| cret.
But with those who participated in
| the foul murder it was not forgotten.
The shrieks that rent the startled air
on that fatal morning, the piteOus ap
peals for mercy which almost wrung
pity from the unconscious earth, were
scared into the brains Of the perpetra-
tors, and would not be hashed. The
years fed away, as if anxious to cover
| up and hide the awful crime, but in
the minds Of the guilty wretches it
| was always rising through the rubbish
| heaped upon it by the charitable hand
! of time, and, like the ghost of Banquo,
confronting them. Vengeance Is
mine; will repay, saith the Lord
Moro of the Horrible story.
BEAVER, UTAH, July 26.-To- day
| Lived at Harmony in 1857, There
was meeting called before Lee and
| the Indians started for the massacre
1t was stated at the meeting that the
emigrants would be destroyed. AZ
express was sent to Brigham Young
| who was at the head of the soldiers
! the massacre u meeting was called to
hear Lee 8 report. Lee stood mp and
said he wanted the Indians to rush On
the emieraEts, and they would not
| He then put upa handkerchief; a mar
came out from the emigrants and was
promised peace If they gave up theiI
4 arms. They gave up their arms. They
agreed, and marched out alongside
the soldiers, who shot them down at I:
signal. and the Indians killed the wo-
| 3,a md 0nH 81 hy
| in arms After the first FIRE. Lee said
Give up that child" and the MAI
| saia, "If l die this child dies with me
l know you, John ID. Lee, despite
your paint Lee said he had to shoot
the man and child While reporting
an express from Young arrived. Saw
the children in Il wagon in front o.
the meeting house One boy of eieh
years pointed to Indian Joe and said
That man killed my rara; got m,
papa's pants" never saw the boz
afterwards. Lee said not to talk t
the children, as he wanted them tt
forget about the massacre.
J Thomas p. Willis was sworn-Sau
| the goods of the murdered emigrants
a: Cedar. fifteen or twenty wagons ane
400 or 500 head of stock. Heard
Haight, before the attack. ask my ia
Their the best way to attack the train
| After the massacre saw the prOrert,
of the emigrants and the wagons IL
| front Of the tithing house in Cedar
! City. The Indians washed the bloody
clothing in ditch in Cedar City.
saw children; Haight had a boy sever
or eight years old; my brother hao
one and Burbuck had one. Saw then
in 1883. at the Indian Reservation. IL
the care of DIR. Forney. The Nor
mons had a military organization
The men had to drill every Saturday
The property of the emierants at the
tithing-Eouse was sold at auction.