Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-01-21

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were separated from their husbands
sides as they left the corral. Men that
had proven themselves fends had yet
to prove themselves brutes. And they
did SO.
Oh, God had not the weary, terror
stricken women and maidens suffered
enough to have merited at least a
speedy death? 1t seems not. Their
pure bosoms could not culver meath
the plunge of the cold steel-blade. nor
their white throats crimson before the
keen knife's edge, until they had suffer
&C. the torments of a thousand deaths
at the hands of their brutal captors.
Yet this was done in the latter half
of tSe nineteenth century, and the
cruel, heartless beasts are living peace
fully in the midst of the American
nation.
There were two or three sick women.
who were unable to walk out from
the corral. They were driven up
to the scene of the massacre.
and the bodies thrown from the wagon
with the others.
Some of the young men refused to
join in the dreadful work. Jim Pearce
was shot by his own father for protect
ing a girl who was crouching at his
feet The bullet cut deep cash in
his face, and the furrowed scar is there
to-day.
Lee is said to have shot a girl who
was clinging to his son. A score of
heartrending rumors are afoat about
the deeds of that hour, but there is no
proof adduced, as yet, and enough can
be proven. One rumor, however, comes
from girl who lived in Lees opn fam
lily for years. She told Mr.. Beadle, the
author of several valuable works, that
one young woman drew dagger to de-
fend herself against John ID. Lee, and
ne killed her on the spot. A horrible
story is believed by several people in
Southern Utah, with whom conversed.
L give it for what it is worth A young
mother saw her husband fall dead. He
lay with his face upward and the purple
life-blood crimsoned his pallid cheeks.
She sprang to his side just as a great
brutal ruffian attempted to seize her.
Laying her tiny babe upon her hus-
bands breast, she drew a small dirk
) knife and like a tigress at bay confronted
the vile wretch. He recoiled in terror,
bnt at the next instant a man stepped
J up behind the brave woman and drove
knife through her body. Without 9
! struggle she fell dead across her hus
bands feet. Picking up the dirk she
, had dropped, the fend deliberately
pinned the little babes body to it,
5 fathers, and laughed to watch its con
. vulsive death struggles.
! There, it is all over The brawny
] muscled men lie stark and cold, an(
| their sweet, sanity wives have fnall,
! passed beyond the reach of their tor
l mentors.
BUT THE CHILDREN
The orders were to kill all excep
those who were too young to remember
' Bill Stewart and Joel White were SCI
d apart" to kill the rest. My informaD
e was first told the following by an Indian
: who witnessed the transaction, AM
afterwards heard it from white men
The old Indian cried while telling it
e My informant has testified to the fac
e that the statement is Just as he receive,
2 it:
"The little boys and girls were to,
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? aught but fall at the feet of thei
butchers and beg for mercy. Many
{ a sweet little girl knelt before Bill
9 Stewart, clasped his knees with her tin,
l white arms, and with tears and plead
, ings besought him not to take her life
Catching them by the hair of the head
t he would hurl them to the ground
3 place his foot upon their little bodies
r and cut their throats -
THE FIELD OF DEATH.
A man who saw the field eight day:
8 after the massacre related to me the
. following: Men, women, and children
= were strewn here and there over the
3 ground, or were thrown into piles
S Some were stabbed, others shot, and
t still others had their Threats cut. The
a CHASTITY wounds showed very plainly,
a for there was not single rag of cloth.
| ing left on man, or woman, or child,
except that torn stocking-leg chung to
the ankle of one poor fellow. The
, wolves sud ravens had lacerated every
t one of the corpses except one. There
7 were 1877 in all, and each bore the
marks of wolves teeth, except just
: one. 1t was the body of a hand
r some, well-formed lady, with beautiful
face, and long, flowing hair. A single
bullet had pierced her side, and stilled
: the beating of her heart. 1t seemed as
if the gaunt, merciless wolves had
deemed her too noble and queenlike fol
their fangs to mar.
THE HEAPS OF SLAIN
Most of the bodies had been thrown
into three piles, distant from each other
, about two and a half rods. Old anG
young, matron and maid, white haired
men and tiny sucking babes, boys and
: girls, all were thrown indiscriminateh
together.
One young woman lay in the sage
brush in hollow or sag 175 yards
southwest from the main body. She
was badly mutilated by the wild beas ts
but it was plainly to be seen that he
, head had been half cut off
There were no scalp marks. indians
would certainly have taken scalps OF
burned bodies if savage revenge hao
been the only thought. The closest ex
animation was made, and not the slight.
, est traces of the scalping-knife could