Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-28

This. a. follows ia from the evidence
against Lee. tho head murderer OF
Mountain Meadows:
Anna Elizabeth HoaR. sworn Lived
at Harmony in 1857. Was in the meet
ing called before Lee. ard the lndiana
started for the massacre. witness
named the families present. Lee spok-
aud opened the meeting. he said the
immigrants company Of Gentiles were
coming end some Of the families among
them were those who had prosecnted the
Mormons at Nsuvoo. He said he bad
been to Parowan abeut it; that the I'M
migrants had caronsed at Cedar and m
shifted Haighi; had called him out OF the
honse and said they were going to Cali
| fornia. and would send an army back to
slay Brigham Young. Haight and the
chief Mormons, tina. Hsight and Dame
had couns4lled that they he destro. ed,
! and b. (Leel want.d vote of the SAINTS
shout il. Then the Saints held mp their
| hands. Then Lee said all In the COZ I.
trarv. With. s. started 10 vote mo.
| bn, as only one or two others had dome
SO, be dropped his hands GuieF. ihen
| an express VAS sent OH to Brigham
Young Then Lee. leading the so'dle
and Indians. set off for the INN rant
| After the massacre Il mee'l' e Of me l.-
| ME was called TO hear Lee report H-
stood up and said that he wan Ell tie
! Iniisns to rush in the tents Of the I'M
! migrants, but they would not He then
| got help and marched in sight OF the I'M
migrants Lee put handkerchief on
! stick. man came out and SAID :
| VIVA, DO Won mear, Lee? peace!
! That he promi- ed peace if the immigrants
| wouId give up their arms. They at last
| AGREED to it and marched out along side
! the soldiers, who shot them down at
signal. and the Indians killed the women.
He said one man held baby in his arms.
After the first ira Lee sud.
Give Up that child" The man
rerliei, III die this child dies
With me. | know you. John d. Lee
despite your paint " Lee said he hnd
to shoot the man ard Mt the same time
killed the child. and he thought the
meeting ought to bold him guii'less OF
innocent blood. because he corld not
Kill! tbeman without it. While Lee was
vet r.por' ing the return express from
Young arr,v d Saw children in wagons
in front the meeting house. One boy.
ahont eight years old. pointed to Indian
Joe and suid: That man killed my papa,
b. has got my papa's pants on how.
Never saw the boy ate raard. Lee said
We must not talk TO the children. He
waited them to forget all about the
! massacre.
Thomas T. Willis sworn.-Saw the
goods of the murdered immigrants at
Cedar fifteen or twenty wagons and
four or five hundred head OF stock.
Heard Haight, before the attack. ask my
father the best way to attack the train.
Father told him il be was going to make
an attack, to DO it while the tram was
moving. Haight thought hes, 10 have
the Indians do it while in camp. Father
said if attacked in camp the immigrant.
would whip them. After the Massacre
s,v the property OF the inmiS grants. l be
Indians had on clothing full Of blood
and bullet holes. The wagons were IN
front Of the tilhing flee. The Indians
washed the bloody clothing right In The
ditch in Cedar City. Saw the children
Hisbse had boy seven or eight yea
! old. Nv brother had ole and Bur
bnrk had one. Saw Them all In 1889 81
the Iudlan reservation, i'll care of DR.
Forney. The Mormons had military
organization. The men all had TO drill
every Saturday: the boys drilled if they
wanted to. Before the massacre drills
were not very regular, but you bet VT
kept them up after the massacre. Th,
only Indians saw we're Cold Greek IN
dians. The property of the immigrants
a. the tithipo house was sold at auction
by Lee.