St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-30
The Mountain-Meadow Massacre.
DAMAGING TESTIMONY BY ONE VIII" a
PRESENT At THE SCENE.

The trial of John ID. Lee for his con
nection with the Mountain meadow
Massacre began, Thursday. at Beaver
City, Utah. The first important WI
ness took the stand yesterday. III the
person of Philip klingem smith. at san
| Bernardim0. Cal, who partIcIpatru III
the massacre. but for the sake of whose
testimony the district attorney entered
il noIle proSrIui in his ease. Smith
testified that he lived in Cedar City
from 1852 To lr51. The meadows were
ID miles south of Cedar City on the
California road. He was ut the ma>S;r-
ere in SeptemIber, 1877. He had Prcvi-
oIIsly heard of the emi"llnt> coming.
| The people were forbidden to trade
with them. He felt bad about it. He
SIM Il few of them at Cedar. This WAS
on Friday. Some of them >worr. and
lIigbec fined them. They then went
on. Witness heard rlInIuIS of trouble
on Sunday. 1t was the custom to have
meetings of the president and council.
bishop and council and high council.
Witness WAS Il bishop. The matter
came up for discussion as to their de
>truction before Ilaight. IIl%ber. Nor
rill. Alien. Willis. witness and others.
Some opposed their destruction; vii
ness did. Ilaight jumped up and broke
up the meeting: witness asked what
would he the consequences of such an
act. Then llaighr got mad. The In
dian> were to destroy the eni.ramts on
Monday. Iligbce, IIaight White. and
witness met on the same subject again.
and witness opposed their destruction.
| llaight relented. and told White and
witness t" 90 ahead and tell the people
the enlgrants should go through sale.
ON the road witness and White met
John Lee. and told him where and " lIv
| they were going. He (Lrc) replied. II
have something to SAY about that mat
/ trr. Witness PASSED the rmig;aul> at
/ Iron springs the next morning. passed
them again on the way hark. They
had 2O OF IN Nawnn>. and mumhcIrd
over lm people, old men aud middle
aged. old Women and mii;ilc-agrd.
/ Youths and children. Near home. wit
iic~> met Ira Alien. He >aid the emf
giants doom WIS sealed that the die
WAS east tnI their destruction tina!
Lee orders We're to take men and go
ont and intercept them. and Allen to
=" on and coun'rIact what witness did.
Witness went home. Three DAYS after.
iiaigIil sent for him. and said orders
had come from camp thai they wanted
lclutorcemcnt>: that he had been Ia
ParaWan and gnr further orders from
Col. W. II. Dame /" finish the ma>>.l-
ere. It" d"c"y out and spare ONLY The,
small children. who could not tell tales.
Witness Went off and met Allen and
others. lli.hrr came ont and said.
" on :IIc ordcIcd on armed and equip
ped. Witness. Hopkins. lIigi,rc. John
Willis and Sam Purdy then started in
IN" baggage Wagons: got to llHmhlin'>
IInchr IN the night. three, miles from
iii" "mi%IIrt>: there. met Lee and 9th
rr> from the general camp. aud then
found that tn" rmi rants had not all
been killed. Lee called witn,.>> aside
Ion consultation. and old him the. >iru-
ttI"n "t the cmigramI> the, we're
strongly fortified. and there. va> uo
chance To get them out. iIiyhr, Mis-
ordered L" dccnl them out The, best he.
could. and the command Wa, wi\,l to
John -. Lee to raIIN uut the Nhnl..
plan. hey went To- camp. tee called
Ill the S"l'Iri> III Il hoin,l ,,iIll,. and
addressed them. They were all White
men. about - in all The indians wee.
!" another camp. Witness >au there
Shade and his son. Jim PrnIrr plnhthl.
lI'> sons. too. >iddc and Ailit~> we've
/ "Ppo>rd I" the m.>>.trIr. hiu fell rh.,r
they could not help Themselves. .IH>r
then. the order IL march N:t> given.
. hey had I" ." ia double file. Ili"hu.c
had command of i paIl OF the men. Ii
Was The NauN"" legion. organized from
ien> up 1" hundreds. IhcN matched
IN sight ct the cmigrtnt>. Either Bate
man "r Lee went ont with 4 W hirr il:i".
and man tom rh,. ,iniyIaut~ met
them. Lee aud the man >rt dawn oil
the @I:i~> aud had Z; liik. see. then
""ht with the m:uI int" The ruiIriici-
tntli>. AiI'i som" tlEIc they caiiIc uut.
Az" the chl-Iant> came up with jhrit
""Ihd"d M wagons ahead. The uound-
rd ""l" Those hunt III The tighr thIcr
h'N> previous. N'Nt came ihr ~ omen.
next the men. y The ,mi-,i:u,r, cam,
up lhr men iLiIt"d, and the Women on
l""l. WIN the rhll'lIcu and Wounded.
NtIil "h ahead with John II. Lee. Ih,
>,h't'i> iIld |" l"' all ready Ia shoot AT
'ir WORT. hen the word halt came.
The soldiers fired. Witness fired our,.
.'i' hl"h know IT he killed any one.
he men were u"i all killed al rh,. til,t
>li"t witness >iW tine Women ;ittrr,,ltI
dead with then Threats cat SIM Is la.
/ 4
SliI. he tncn wee marched IN duuhl,
Ii' mrs: lII"h thrown IN >luyic lille. " itl
'hr soldiers alongside. Witness heard
'h"'niIGiaui> c"i@lIIulatin. themselves
on then safety from the Indians. At
''s'' J"li' VI. iil%hrr came and ordered
witness squad Ia iiie. Lee. like IN.
rest. had iilralm>. y" cmi-r:nts ,,-
capped. There we've >nldi,l> on hnrs,.>
a.
w illness SAN Il man run, and Slv Kin
Stewart on Il hoISe go after and Kin
hlih SIM one wounded man h,.u tn,
his life. and SIM IIigbre cat hi. tbr,nt
\ man said. Il would not do This +,
YOU. lliGhcc." He knew him ln,,.
Witness fined. he WAS told to gather m,
the little children As he Went h, ..,i
large woman run toward the m,u
CRYING. My husband. my hu>h,mJ
y soldier shot her in the back and .L.
tell dead. A> Witness went ~, L,. r,,,,''I
the wagons with the Wounded all nut
ON the ground and their tl.rnats emf
Illness Went on and found TIN. chill
drrm: put them III a wagon and tnnL .
'h'ih I" liamhlinS house. Their. v.r,
tw" children wounded. ON. d;..J -,
lianhhlIm :. Many of the soldiers were
from counties South, whom witu,,,
didn't know. The next day. wines.
and Mct'nrdy and. Willis took the rLiI- |
drcn I" Cedar City. leaving one nt
Pinto creek. Witness went IN oil Mr.,
ii"PkIn> ANA told her he had the chill
drcn. She hustled ruund and ,,nt rI,rns
l"i them Witness took one riII I,ah,
nome. and his wife sucked il. AZ /
ttrMari, he gay" it to Birkhcck. IN,
| having no children. Tn, .biiI,.,, a.. -. I