Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-08-21
MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE.

A Graphic and Thrilling Description by
Ann Eliza YOung--A Series 0f Preceding
Outrages Throughout the TcrritOry--
Did Brigham Young Give the Order for
the slaughter s--Mrs. Young No. 10 In
Inmates Iha- he Did.
There are few people living who are
enabled and willing to shed as much
light on the terrible Mountain Meadow
massacre as Mrs. Ann Eliza Young, wife
No. 10 of Brigham Young, of Salt Lake
City. Since the confession of John D.
Lee, one of the murderers, she has been
engaged inthe preparation of an account
of the terrible affair. Her narrative of
the heartless slaughter of the innocent
and unofending immigrants seems al
most incredible; but the authoress
vouches for its truth, and says that while
much OF it is drawn from her own per-
sonal knowledge, still the whole story is
entirely reliable, having been collected
by her from various sources of informa.
tiOn which she has had access to in OBJ
tanning material for her forthcoming
book. Her own recollections of the
atrocious murders and outrages, as well
as the names of persons which she fur
nishes, are matters which should not be
lightly considered by the authorities
now conducting the trial.
Mrs. Young No. 10, in commencing
her account, states that this Mountain
Meadow massacre was only the outbreak,
on larger scale, of atrocities which had
long been practiced in the territory, and
that they were the result of the doctrine
OF blood atonement which was being
taught and enforced most zealously by
the Mormon priests. The Mormon peo-
pie always regarded immigrants with
distrust, and they were encouraged in
this by the priesthood, and Mormon
spies always dogged their footsteps.
Among the tragical incidents which
Mrs. Young herself remembers is that of
an Immigrant train which passed through
and was joined by three apostate women,
who took refuge in the train from Nor
monism. They were followed up by o
party of. Mormons for five days, and ulti
mately overtaken. The Mormon loader
came up with the captain of the train
and told him that he had three women
they the Mormons) wanted. The
captain of thHtrain hesitated. Said the
Mormon leader /" You outnumber us
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now, but within twenty-four hours we
can have enough here to outnumber your
entire train" This argument prevailed.
The three women were delivered UP.
The three immigrant wagons were
plundered by the Mormons as they left,
and their captives were afterward killed,
as Mrs. Young No. 10 was informed by
one of the party while in Sacramento
last fall. SO stGrs 600 .NJ.bf H5W
Mrs. Young No. 10 claims that Brig
ham Young has an organized secret band
whose sole duty it is to rid the world OF
offensive and dangerous persons. They
are known, she says, as the Danites, >
or Destroying Angels, and then she
goes on to relate this incident as an ex.
ample of their method and operations
Henry Jones and his mother lived in q
house near where 1 lived when o girl.
We were startled from our sleep one
night by loud cries and pistol shots. Nc
one took any notice of them, but in the
morning wagon was driven through
the street of the city containing the dead
bodies of the murdered mother and son
with placard attached containing these
words: "Apostates, bewarel |" This was
done as an example to terrorize the peo.
pie. Another and more notable in
stance of the same sanguinary spirit was
the Morrisite massacre. One Morris
undertook, with others, to start an off
shoot of the church. He alleged thai
Brigham was false prophet and he tho
only true one. He went with his follow
ers about thirty miles to the north o.
Salt Lake City and encamped there il
tents. Brigham Young, quickly dis
patched the Mormon militia to roo
them out, under the command of DAME
ii. Wiles, lieutenant general, and they
were all massacred.
Mrs. Young No. 10, at the time of th,