The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-07-29
THE MORMON MASSACRE,
The Scene of the Massacre in October
and December, 1S57-.NOne of the
Victims Sca1ped--Ex-Bishop Smiths
Narrative Repeated.
Beaver. Utah, Telegram. July 23d |

two piles Of bodies-women and children
piled promiscuously about sixty or sew
! enty; the children from two months old
! to twelve years the smaller ones were
torn by wolves and crows some Threats
were cut some stabbed all were torn by
wolves except one woman little way off,
who appeared as if asleep; there was a
ball hole N her left side it appeared as
! if the bodies had been dead fifteen DAYS
seven of us saw it; there was pile Of
men S bodies further on did not go to
| see them; there was no clothing on the
| bodies except a coat on one man noue
! scalped.
A. Bennett called : Was at the Meadow
in December, 1857 saw the bones there
it was a horrible sight; the skeletons OF
the women and children were distin-
| guishahle by the curls and long tresses of
hair. Some of the skulls had the flesh
dried on. The bodies had been covered
up, but the wolves had evidently dug
them up.
Philip Klingen Smith, defendant. of
San Bernardo, called. The prosecution
entered a notte proSequi to himself He
testified: Lived at Cedar City in 1857,
from 1852. The Meadows were As miles
south Of Cedar City, on the California
road. Was at the massacre IN Septem-
| Der, 1857 heard of the emigrants com
ing; people were forbidden 20 trade with
| them; felt bad about it; saw u few of
them at Cedar city; this was Friday ,
some Swore, and Iligbee fined them, they
! went on: heard rumorS of trouble Sun
| day it was the custom to have meetings
| Of the President and council Of Bishops
and the high council; l was a Bishop !;
the matter came up for discussion as to
their destruction Haght, Higbce, Nor
ill, Allen, Wells, myself and others were
there; some of the brethren opposed
their destruction; | did Haght jumped
up and broke up the meeting; | asked
what would be the consequence of such
an act; then Haight got mad and said
the Indians were to destroy them
| Monday.
Higbee, Haight, White and [ met on
the same subject again; | opposed the
| destruction; Haight relented and told
White to 90 ahead and tell the people the
emigrants should 90 through safe, we
did 50: on the road we met John ID. Lee,
and told him where and why we were 60
ing; he replied, Il have something to say
about that natter We passed the emf,
grants at Iron Springs; the
next morning we passed them again
as we came back; they had twenty
or thirty wagons and over a hundred peo-
plc-old men and middle-aged; old women
and middle aged, youths and children.
Near home we met Ira Allen he said the
emigrants doom was sealed; the die was
| n, hnt hoo
orders for them to take men, go out and
intercept them; Allen was to go in and
counteract what we did. Some three
| days after Haight sent for me, and said
the orders to come from camp did not get
along; that he wanted reinforcementS;
that he had been to parowan and got
further orders from Col. w. Ii. Dame to
finish the massacre to decoy them out
aud spare only the small children, who
could not tell the tale.
| went off and met Allen our first run
ner-and then Iigbee came out and said
'Fou are ordered out, armed and equip
| ped" so | went; Hopkins, Higbce, John
Weles and Sam Purdy went along had
| two baggage wagons, got to Hambln S
ranch III the night, three miles from the
emigrants; there met Lee and the others
from the general camp, where the largest
number of men were; then found
the emigrants were not all kill
ed. Lee called me out fol-
consultation to one side; he told me the
situation; the emigrants were strongly
| fortified, and there was no chance to get
them out; that Haight ordered him to
decoy them out: that he agreed to, and
| the command was given to John ID. Lee
to carry out the whole plan; they went
to Camp Lee; called all the soldiers in a
hollow square, and addressed them; they
were all white men-about fifty in all
the Indians were in another camp; saw
there Slade and his son and Jim Pearce
and probably his sons, too; all those
from Cedar City, and Bill Stewart, Levin
Jacobs, and think Dan McFarlane, too
Slade and | were outraged, but we said
what can we do? can't help our
selves
Just then the order of march was
given; had to go were put in double file
Higbee had command of part of the men
1t was the NauvoO Legion, organized
from tens up to hundreds; marched il
sight of the emlgrantS; either Batemar
or Lee went out with white flag; a mar
from the emgrantS met them; Lee anC
the man sat down on the grass and had a
talk; don't know what they talked about
Lee went with the man into the en-
trenchments; after some hours they
came out and the emigrants came "
with their wounded i'll wagons ahead
the wounded were those hurt on the da,
previous; said the Mormons and Indians
shouldn't touch the cmigrants; mex
came the women-neXt the men; as thu
emigrantS came up, the men halted, anC
the women on foot, the children and the
wounded went on ahead with John d
Lee.
The soldiers had orders to be all ready
to shoot at the word when the word hal
came the soldiers fired. | fired once
don't know if killed a man were no
all killed the first shot; saw the WomeI
afterwards dead, their throatS cut;
saw as | came up to them man kill ;
young girl; the men were marched il
double file first, and then thrown in sin
gle file, with the soldiers alongside, tn,
emigrants congratulating themselves OF
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