The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-07-29

went on. Heard rumOrs of trouble on
Sunday. 1t was the custom to have
meetings of the President and Council.
Bishop and Council, and High Council.
was 3 Bishop The matter came up
with discussion as to their destruction.
Haight, Higbee, Morrill,, Allen, Willis,
myself, and others were there. Some
brethren opposed destruction. I did.
Halght Jumped up a1d broke up the
meeting. / asked what would be the
consequence OF such an act. Then Haight
| got mad. The Indians were to destroy
them. On Monday Higbee, Haight,
White and met and talked over the
same subject again. opposed their de-
strdction. He (Haight) relented, and
told White and to go ahead and tell the
people the emigrants should go through
safe. We did So On the road we met
John ID. Lee. Told him where and why
we were going. He replied, Ct have
something to say about that matter" We
passed the emigrants at iron Springs the
next morning we passed them again as
we came back. They had twenty or
thirty wagons. There were over 100
people, old men and middle-aged, old
women and middle-aged, youths and
1 OAlAttACAs NEAR uOu1G we u10U LII AL0u.
Allen. He said the emigrants' doom was
sealed. The die was cast for destruction;
that Lee has orders to take men, go out
and intercept them, Allen to go on and
counteract what we did. I went home.
Three days after Haight sent for me, and
said orders had come from the camp.
They didn't get along, and wanted
relnforcements that he had been
to Parowan and got further orders
from Col. w. II. Dame to finish the mas
sacre; to decoy out and spare only
/ the small children, who could not tell
! the tale. went off, and met Allen, our
first runner, and others. .Higbee came
out and said &C. You are ordered out,
armed and equipped. So I went
Hopkins, Higbee, John Willis and Sam
uel Purdy went along. We had two
baggage wagons. We got to Hamblin's
ranch in the night, three miles from the
emigrants There met Lee and others
from the general camp, where the largest
number of men we're then found. The
/! emigrants were not all killed. Lee called
me out for consultation, one side. He
told nee the situation. The emigrants
were strongly fortified, and there was no
chance to get them out that Higbee was
ordered to decoy them out the best way
he could. That was agreed to, and the
command was given to John d. Lee to
carry out the whole plan. They went to
camp. Lee formed all the soldiers in a
They were all white men, about fifty in
all The Indians were in another
camp. Saw there Slade and his
son, Jim Pearce, probably his
sons, too, all those from Cedar,
and Bill Stewart and Levin Jacobs
think Dan McFarlane, too. Slade and I
were outraged, but we said, What can
we do; we can't help ourselves" Just
then the order to march was given. We
lad to go part in double file. Higbee
had command of part of the men. It
was the Nauvoo Legion, organized from
tens up to hundreds We marched In
sight of the en1igrants. Either Bateman
or Lee went out with white flag. The
man from the emigrants met him. Lee
and the man sat down on the grass and
had talk. Don't know what they
talked. Lee went with the man into the
intrenchments. After some hours they
came out, and the emigrants came up,
with their wounded in wagons ahead.
The wounded were those hurt In the
threedays' previous fight. They said the
] Mormons and Indians couldn't GUST
emigrants. Next came the women, next
the men. AS the emigrants came up,
the men halted, and the women on foot,
children, and the wounded went on ahead
with John d. Lee. The soldiers had to
be all ready to shoot at the word. fired
once. Don't know if I killed any one.
| The men were not all killed the first
shot. Saw the women afterward dead,
with their Threats cut. / saw as / came
up to them man kill young girl. The
men were marched in double file first,
alongside. Heard the emigrants con-
graduating themselves on their safety
from the Indians. At last John NJ
Rigbee came and ordered my squad to
fire. Lee, like the rest, had firearms.
Saw soldiers on horses to take on the
wing those who ran. Saw man run.
! Saw Bill Stewart on horse go after and
kill him. Saw one wounded man beg
for his life. Higbee cut his throat.
The man said ct would not do this to
you, Higbee." He knew him. After |
fired / was told to gather up the little
children. AS I went I saw large
woman running toward the men
crying. stMy husband, my hus-
band u A soldier shot her in
the back, and she fell dead. AS l went
on found the wagons with the wounded
all out on the ground and their Threats
cut. Went on and found the children.
| Put them in wagon and took them to
Hambhn's house. Saw no more. The
soldiers dispersed then. Two of the
children were wounded, and one died at
Hamblin's. I think I had to leave them
there. Many Of the soldiers were from
counties south, whom I didn't know.
Next day and McC urdy and Willis took
the children to Cedar City, leaving one
at Pinto creek. On the road met