The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-15


and raYenOus animals. With the ex-
cepton of few blankets, etc., given
the Indians, the bood-stsined articles
were all deposited in the ''tithing Office"
at Cedar City--about twenty miles distant.
The wagons, stock, books, ETC., of the dead
; emigrsnts were also brought to this office,
, and few days after sold at public auction,
Bishop John NJ. Higbee acting as auctioneer.
The auctioneer took especial pains to tear
the blood stains and names OF the murdered
J owners from the books and other articles
before offering them to the highest bidder.
} There being little money in the country, the
articles were sold on a credit until the next
harvest, to be paid in wheat. A few paid
their wheat into the tithing Office" which,
of course reverted to the church. Bot
la majority never paid. as in
the following spring Johnson's army
entered Utah, marching on Salt
Lake City, when the entire valley of Utah,
from Salt Lake to the southern extremity of
the territory, over 300 miles in extent, was
Immediately deserted by the frightened
Mormons; leaving their lands, homes and
ields of waving grain to devastation and
ruin. Their objective point was Mexico,
bnt before reaching which country, how
ever, the proclamation of President James
Buchanan giving amnesty to the MormoDs
for all past political offsnses was received,
and they returned to their abandoned homes
Three or four weeks after this memorable
"Black Sunday" the hesames good old Mormon
from whom
LEE sNATCHED AND TORE Up THE PAPER
contsining the names OF the emigrants, visi-
ted the desolste and now stenched field of
carnage. BE gathered up the scattered bones
and Iaceratsd fragments of flesh, and buried
| them in the very intrenchment the emil
grants had dug Tor their own defense. All
I honor TO this brave old Mormon, in thus
expressing his charity to the dead foes OF
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Christian burial at the risk of his life.
Though, for political reasons, known to but
| few, when the proceedings of this trial are
published, the world will learn the
name of this Good Samaritan"
The ravenous wolves soon dug through the
DIRT loosely scattered over the remains OF
the emigrants, and, after devouring the
| flesh, scattered the bones over the meadows,
where they lay bleaching in the summers
sun, until detail of soldiers, under COM
mand OF Brig. Gen. Carlton, gathered them
up and again buried them. After this
burial, on the very spot watered by their
blood, the soldiers gathered stones
from the adjacent hills, and
over their few remains erected an
oval monument, about four feet high,
ard 20 feet long, by about six feet wide. On
| its summit plain wooden cross was erecte
bearing the inscription: "Vengeance is
Mine, will repay! saith the Lord" A few
weeks later tae stones were scattered over
the meadows, and the cross and inscription
torn down. The soldiers rebuilt the monu-
ment, and again reared on its summit the
cross, bearing those burning words of beav-
| enly vengeance. A few months later Brig
ham Young and his secretary were driving
| by this lonely sepulchre, and on reading the
words on the cross ackuowldged his own
guilt by ordering his secretary to
TEAR DOWN THE INSCRIPTION,
and substituting: Vengeance is mine, and
L have had it. Brigham Young" This in
sulting and sscrilegious inscription was soon
torn down and destroyed, but the monu-
ment of stone still remains to mark the
place oftbe commission of one of the most
cowaTdly, treacherous and brotal deeds ever
psrpetrated by man, civilized or savage. Col.
\ W. III. Dame and Maj. John ID. Lee, who
the massacre, are the only participants
now under arrest and awaiting trial
As many as eight or ten others
j have been indicted, but remain uncap-
tured despite the exertions of the authori-
ties. Lse il about sixty years OF sge, and
came to this country In 1850 from Illinois.
! at present his health is rapidly falling, and
\ he says be fears not the result of the trial,
"a his life can not be prolonged bu5 few
years. even in case of acquittal. Dame is g
| New Hampshire farmer, forty-six wears of
age, and a religious fanatic. Ia a recent
con versatiOn with the Times correspondent
he emphaticslly denied his guilt, and in the
name of heaven, denied thai hechurcn and
| President" Young were in any man
ner connected with the horrible affair." Les
| aud Dame were indicted last October
and arres ted a few weeks after. Dams-
made no effort to escape, but was arrested
peaceably in his own house at Parowan.
Anticipating his arrest, Lee, for several
years, has been liviug in a swamp, several
miles from Parowan, in an old fort. Becom
ing eniboldeEed, one day he visited his fam
lily at his farm near by. On suddenly seeing
the officers approach, he ran into the yard
aud hid in chicken coop. He was cap
tured and taken to Beaver City where be
has been confined ever since in the military
camp. Dame was brought to this city and
confined
IN THE TERRITORIAL PENIrENTIARY
until few days ago, when he was taken to
Beaver, where the trial is to be held in a
few days. The recital of the events OF this
massacre sounds more like the bloody
deeds Of st. BarthOlomew's day and the
wholesale butcherias in the DAYS OF the
reformation and "good Queen Bass," than =
probable occurrence in this aga. Fanciiul
romancists have INDUCED considerable SEN
timent about the freedom of conscience, the
exercise of ofreligious belief, the prosecutions of
he early MOrmons, their expulsion aad
flight from the states, ard their long and te
diOus journey 20 their New Zion on the far
west srn confines Il civilization, in mitiga-
ton of heir many crimes committed in the
name OF their religion. But no matter what
may have been tbeir wrongs, real or imagi
nary, that book from whence they pretend
To found their faith plainly teaches that
l'Nengeance II mine, and l Will repay, saith
the Lord" The Mormon version is, 'Ven-
geancs is mine, and l have had it-Bhgham
Young"
Potter Palmer could not hold out against
the combined pleadings OF his wife's rela-
tons. backed by the arguments of Col. Fred