The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-08-05

out and the emigrants came up with
the wounded in wagons ahead. Thf
wounded were those hurt in the
three days previous fight. He said
the Mormons and Indians could no,
Gus, the emigrants. Next came the
women, next The men. As the emf
grants came up the men halted, and
the women on foot and the children
and wounded went on ahead with
John d. Lee. The soldiers had to
be already to shoot at the word
When he word h.lt came the sol.
diers fred. / fired once; don'l
know if ! killed. The men were moi
all killed At the first shot. Saw the
women after they were dead win
their ,hroa,s cut. saw as / came
un to them a man kill . young girl
The men were marched in double
file first, then thrown in single 6le
with soldiers along the side. Heard
the emigrants congratulsting on safe.
ty from the Indians at last. Jno. NJ
Highee came and ordered my squad
to fire. Lee, like the rest, had Gre
arms. No emigrants escaped. Saw
soldiers ON horses to take on the
wing those who ran. Saw a mar
run, and saw Bill Stewart on his
horse, go after and kill him; saw one
wounded man beg for bis life, bu,
Higbee cut his throat; ] heard the
man say, 81 would not do this to you,
Higbee;" he knew him. After
fired, l was told to gather up the lit
tie children. As l went, | saw .
large woman running toward the
men, crying, "My husband! My hus-
band!" A soldier shot her in the
back and she fell dead. As I went
on l found the wagons with the
wounded all out on the ground, dead,
and their throats cut. went on and
found the children; | put them in .
wagon and took them to Hamblin's
house; l saw no more. The soldiers
dispersed then. Two of the children
were wounded; one died at Ham
bin's. | think l had to leave it
there. Many soldiers from the coun-
try south whom ! didn't know.
Next day McCurdy, Willis and my
self took the children to Cedar City,
leaving one at Pinto Creek. On the
road we met freight train Of wag-
ons, some men living here in Beaver
now, being in it. ! went to old Mrs.
Hopkins and told her we had some
children. She hustled around and
got places for them; l took one girl
baby home and my wife sucked it;
afterwards l gave it to Birkbeck, he
having no children; they were we'll
treated. believe got good places
for them.
The question of allowing state
ments of co-conspira,ors Ms to the
disposal Of the emigrants property
after the massacre was here argued
for an hour. The court held it to be
admissible. During the argument,
Sutherland, for the defense, bitterly
said it WAS attempted to FIX the crime
on some one else, Lee being only u
figure head. Baskin, for the prose-
cntion, replied tha, he wanted only
the truth, whoever it implicated: that
Sutherland feared his real ellen,
would be reached. It being known
that Brigham Young was meant.
Witness resumed: After several
days Haight sent me to the iron
sp'ing, where the wagons, cattle,
and goods of the emierants we're, to
ge, them and put them in the house.
I was to brand the cattle. Allen and
l put the goods in the church tithing
office cellar; left the wagons in trout
OF the tithing Office. Branded the
cattle with the church brands cross.
Lee was in the cellar with me and
saw the goods. Haight and H,gbee
told me council had been held and
Lee was deputised 10 go to the Pres
ident, Brigham Young, and report all
the facts Of the massacre. Lee went.
| followed to attend TO the confer
ence, October, 1868, at Salt Lake
City. | met Lee in Salt Lake and
asked him if he had reported to
Brigham Young. He said, "Yes,
every particular" The same day
Lee, Charley HOPKINS and myself
called on Brigham Young. He there,
in presence Of them, said: "fou
have charge Of that property in the
tithlng office. Turn it over to Jno.
Lee. What you know of this say
nothing of it, and don't talk of it
even among yourselves" | had to
60 to the Vegas lead mines to get
ore, aud while l was gone Lee took
the property, had an auction, and
sold off, and Haight and Higbee told
me that Haight sold part of the cat
tie to Hooper, Utsh's Congressional
delegate afterwards, for boots and
shoes. There were Indians at the
massacre. The hills were pretty full
of them. They we're deputed to kill
the women. saw one Indian,
Myack, cut little boys throat. No
effort was made to restrain the In
dians. Some of the Indians were
wounded, and three died Of their
wounds. The Indians came back to
Cedar, where they lived. One was
called Bill and one Tom, both chiefs.
| saw some of the emigrants' proper
ty with the Indians | saw Lee get
dresses and jeans from the tithing
office out of the emigrants' plunder.
l learned from Allen that Lee was
the one to gather up the Indians to
attack the emigrants. ! talked with
Lee about it afterward. Lee WAS
Indian agent at Harmony. The
agent traded with the tribes and
issued goods and ra,ions of the Gov
ernment to the Indians.
Court here adjourned.