St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-01-29

tired. anXlOUS. fearful ewes.
They laid down THEN trISty rifles that
had been their strong defense. Taking
oh their belts, they delivered up their
good rrvolvers. and faithful bowie
knives. John ID. Lee is is smooth
talkrr as | ever heard. While listen
eel to him last week i'll Beaver jail.
kept thinking of now he talked those
cmlgruntS ont of the entertainments, from
which powder and ball could not dis
lodge them only fifteen had been kill
rd in eight days. The corral was
huiwuk "i safety, but the honeyed
words OF Il white man won their hearts.
GUARD OF SOLDIERS,
Well aImci. were drawn up to escort
thcm ir safety The men marched out
first. thyu the women. and lastly the
the children. Did nothing whisper t0
thn>'. brave hearts the horrible fate in
tore tor them and their dear ones 7
Was there no paug of regret at stepping
unt ot that strong tuliicatiOn Ger
tainly not. There WAS the American
flag. the dear old flag. aud rallying
meath its folds they felt that the strong
arms oi the tuinn eutoltlcd them
/ Aud now,
GOD HELP THEM
A. | write the events OF the massacre
/ ehudder with hurrui. 1t is too terrible
To nclIcvr or talk about. hut seventeen
wears of silence and peace are quite as
much ~ those ScoundrclS deserve. aud
| shall write every incident. ! shall
write each one without divcSting it of
single horror that it received aS it came
direct from the lips of eve witnesses.
Suddenly. at Il giVcu signal. the troops
halted. and down the line passed the
fatal order. "Firr" II was given by
John ID. Lee. and was repeated by the
under oi1''rl~. The poor ptifu emf
grants gave one
AGoNIZING SHREK
And fell bleeding To the earth. The
T Indians lay amhuShcd near the spot.
AMI Joined in the slaughter when they
>tNv the " hitr men begin. Sworn state
IA. at> "f participHtnrs say the militia
lir.d vollcy after volley at the defense
les. uuarmcd men who had entrusted
lnciI lives to the militia'> keeping. 1t
j. the mus1 heaItlc>>. cold-hloodcd deed
hat ever di>"Iaccd the pages of history.
/ The coWardll a>Sa>>ims could not have
! performed one single act that would
have added to the blacknesS of their
pcriidy. They icignrd friendship and
sympathy. they induced these brave
men To iaN aside every weapon. and
then shot them down like dogs, The
Venerable gray headed clergymen, the
sturdy taImrr>. the stalwHrt Young men
Ild the hr;rdlc$> youth, all were cut
down. o;,c ht one, and above their dead
bodies waved the stars and stripes.
BIT THIS WAS NOT ALL!
The women were not all killed just yet,
Many fell hy their husbands and fathers
aud hro'hrrs but others were not per
mittrd T. die vet 1t was by deliber-
itc. pl rdctclmncd turcthought that the
W"mIc;i were separated from their hus-
bands sides a. they left the corral.
NIcu that had proven themselves tiends
had vet to prove themselves brutes.
Aud they did 50. oh. Coz, had not the
weary. terror stricken women aud maid
~ Suffered enough to have merited at
least speedy death? 1t seems not.
Their puic bo>nm> could not quiver
meath the plunge of the cold steel
blade. nor their white throats crimson
Gctorc the keen kuife's edge until they
had >lifrrcd th. t"tments of Il thousand
deaths ut the hands nt their brutal cap
;.l<. Yet this was done in the latter
i.ii ut the nineteenth century, and the
cru,l. hrartless beasts are living peace
iuiil iii ihc midst of the American ma
lirn. There were two or three
SICK WOMEN.
Who we've unable to walk out from the
corral. They were driven up to the
,,.cil,' ui the massacre. shot. stripped of
their clothing. and their nodieS thrown
from the wagon with the others. Some
ul the NuuugcI men refused to join in
thu. dreadful work. Jim Pearce was
shot hv his own father tor protecting a
yir N hu was crouching at his feet. The
hUlirI eat a deep CASH i'll his face, and
the turr"Wrd scar il there to-day. Lee
j. ~iji to have shot Il girl who was
,liu.ing to his son. y score of heart
.,t.idiu. luu"r- are aioat about the
deeds al that hour. bat there is no
proof adiur"i H. yet, and enough can
hc proven. on, rIim"r. however, comes
nom 4 girl " II" lived il Lees own fam
il, lor ,crr>. She told Mn. Beaded. the
aylAGr If several valuable works. that
"uc }ouI" woman drew Il dagger to
defend herself against John ID. Lee, and
he killed her on the spot
\ HORRIBLE STORY
Is believed by several people i'll south
elu TITAN with whom convcrsed. |
rive it for what il is worth. \ young
motacr >lw her husband fall dead. He
lay with his face upward. and the pur-
pie lilrhl"ud clim>onrd his pallid checks.
She ~Iraug to his side Just rs Il great
brutal rultiHm attempted to seize her
LaNing her TINY babe on her husbands
breast. She drew Il small dirk knife,
and Ikea tigri.~> at bay. routrumted the
vile wretch. He recalled in terror, but
At the next instant = man stepped up
behind the brave woman and drove Il
knife through hen body. Without IL
struggle She fell dead across her hus-
hand'> feet Picking up the dirk she
had dropped. the ticnd deliberately
pi4urd the little babes body to its faith
rI :. and laughed to watch its convul-
~ivr death struggles.
There. ii i al over. The brawuN
uu-cird men lie stark and cold, and the
sweet. S.tiutly wives have finally passed
nrlOId the reach of THEN tormcntors.
But TIE CHILDREN.
The orders were t" kill all except
those vino were to" ioumg to remember.
Hnl stewart aud joel White were ''set
lIAIr to Kill all the rest. My inform
ant ua> first told the following 10y an
% indian who Witnessed the transaction,
and afterwards heard il from white
men. The old Indian cried while tell
iug il. Ny informant has testified 10
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