The Republican journal., 1875-07-29
An Awful Revelation,


leader, now going on in Utah, for com
plicity in the massacre of Il party Of over
land emigrants, is developing some hor
rlble facts. Philip K Smith, who was
Mormon Bishop, has been made an evi
dence for the State, and testiiics As fol
lows
Lived in Cedar City in 1897 from 1872
the Meadows were 40 miles south o
Cedar, on the California road was at tn,
massacre in September, 1857; heard OF
the emigrants coming; the people were
forbidden to trade with them; felt ba(
about it; saw few Of them at Cedar
this was on Friday some swore and llig
bee fined them; they Went on; heard ru
mors OF trouble Sunday; ii was the custom
to have meetings by the President and
Council, Bishop and Council. and High
Council; | was a Bishops the matter
came ND for discussion "a to their destruc-
ton; Haight. Iligbee. Morrill,. Allen,
Willis, my self, and others We're there
some OF the brethren opposed the destruc-
ton; | did; llaight jumped up and broke
up the meeting; | asked what would be
the consequences of such an act; then
llaight got mad; the Indians were to de-
stroy them on MONDAY.
Iligbee, llaight, " hitr. and met on
the same subject AGAIN. opposed their
destruction; ilaight rtltnted and told
White and to 60 ahead and tell the PEG
Pile that the eml@raut- should 90 through
sale, and we did
On the road we met John Lee; told
him where and why We We're going he
replied II have something To say about
that matter" We passed the emigrant~
1t Iron Springs; neAt momuug we passed
them again Is we came back ; they had
70 or 81 wagons, and over 100 people
old men and middle aged, old women and
middle aged, youths and children.
Near home we met Ira Allen; he said
that the emi9lants' doom wa sealed the
die WAS cast Tor their destruction; that
Lee'S orders We're to take the men, 90 out
and intercept them; Allen to 90 and couu-
teract what we did; | went hone; three
days after llai@ht sent iur me and said
orders came from the camp that they did
not get along aud wanted rrlniorccmthtS ;
that he had been to PArnNtm and GOT fur
thcr orders from Col. " II Dame to tim
ISL the massacre; 10 ,hro\ ont and pare
only small children. " no could not tell
the tale | went off; nlyt Allen. our first
runner, and others lli"brr came ont and
said. ou are ordered out armed and
equippcd"; 50 went; Hopkins. lii%bee,
JOAN Willis, and Sam Iurdy went along :;
we had two baggage wagons; got to
Ilambin's rancho ia the night, three
miles from the enigrants; there we met
Lee and others from the general camp,
where the largest number OF men We're
then; found the emi@rantS were not all
killed; Lee called me aside for rnnSuItt-
ton.
He told ne that the situation of the
emlgranls was strongly fortified, and
there Was no chance To oct them out {;
that lii9bee was ordered to leroy them
out the best he could that was agreed
to, and the command was given To John
ID Lee to carry out the whole pinu.
They went 10 camp, called all the sol
diers in Il hrllow 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; probably his sons too all
those from Cedar, and Bill Stewart, and
Lew 'acob9; thi'lh l'ali -htf arm WAS
there too,
olade and We're outraged, bat we sald,
NV hat can we DO! can help ourselves; :"
gust then the order to march was gwen;
had to 90; was put in double file Iligbee
had command OF part OF the men; it was
the Nauvoo Legion organized from tens
up To hllhufedSi mafched IN Sight 81 inc
enlgrahls; either Baleman or Lee went
ont with 4 white flag nan from the
emISranta met them; Lee ana the man
sat down IA The grass and had talk :;
don't know what they talked about; Lee
went with the man INTO the ntrenchments :;
alter some hours they came out, and Tie
ehigrants came up with the Woundrd III
the wagons ahead; the wounded were
those hurt IN the three days previous
h@ht nest came the women, and next
inc men Y thN 'n' l1llH titillt Up 'he
men haiiti' AHA i'h women tIlIufeh'
ana W"uhued went "H 'tiit"u NllH '"iili
II Lee me 9oihIefS hila To- ne iii ready
10 9llooi III tit "VIH, wien lh' "'IVl
. hat came the SolNlefs llfrd' llfed
once; dont know II Killed any one, The
men were not Killed al Inc lifal snoli saw
Inc women anlerWafd9 Heau Win tlelf
thfoats tlii saw rs i came up 10 lheih
Il man hlli II Young %IIl; lIle men were
in;'ftileu III "o''"le me ~ - ana I'eh
| thrown ~ AihSie me WIN 'Ile H"l"!'r9
alongside heafd ihe eilli%fanl5 cohgfi-
on saie'y from 'he INDIANS at iaS'.
Jolh NJ 1iIgbee came ana ordered my
squad /" ilfe Lee IKE lle rest hal IRE
arms no elllSfalllS escapes saw soldlrrS
ON horses 10 lake on lhe wing tilo7e VINO
ran saw man run saw ll!l stewart ON
4 morse 20 altef ana KIN hilll 81" one
wounded man beg Tor his lie lllGhec cut
ms throat man sad, - would not DO
inns [" YOU lii9be ne AheW MN after
i lired was TOLD to gather up the ll'lie
children as went SAW Il large woman
running toward the men crying My
husband, my husband; : a soldier shot her
III the back and she fell dead; as went
ON found the wagons, with the wounded
all out on the ground with their Threats
cut went on and found two children pat
them IN a wagon; then went ON to lamb
Inns house; saw no more soldiers, who
had dispersed; these two children were
wounded; one died ut IiHmbiiH'S; think |