The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-24

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this juncture / withdrew, walked of some
fifty PAGES and Frustrated myself upon the
ground and wept In the bitter anguish of
my soul and asked the Lord to avert that
evil. While in that situation Counselor
Chopkins, near friend of mine, came to
me and said "Brother Lee, como get up
and don't draw off from the priesthood.
You ought not to do 90; you are only en-
dangering your own life by standing out.
You can't help Ii IL this Is wrong the
blame won't rest on you.
l said "Charley this is the worst move
this people ever made. feel It,"
He said "Come go back and let them
have their way"
went back weeping like child and
took my place and tried to be silent and
was until HiSbee said the emigrants must
be decoyed out through pretended friend
ship. / could no longer hold my place,
and said Joseph Smith said that God held
traitor in derlsion and so do /. Before l
would be traitor would rather take ten
men end go to that camp and tell them
they must die and to defend themselves
and give them
SHOW FOR THBIR LIVES.
That would be more honorable than to
bstray them like Judas" Here got other
reproof and was ordered to hold my peace.
1t having been agreed to decoy them out
under a flag of truce, Higbee called me
out go and inform them the conditions,
and il they accepted Dan Mcfarland,
brother to John Mcfarland the lawyer,
who ac.ei as aide-de-camp, would bring
back word and then two wagons would be
sent for Fireman's children, clothing etc.
l obeyed and the terms proposed were &C.
copied, but not without distrust. l had as
little to cay as possible; in fact my tongue
refused to perform i.5 office. sat down
| on the ground in the corral near where
some young men were engaged in paying
the last respects to some person
who he'd just died of wound. a large
and olL lady came to me twice and talked
| while sat there. She related their troubles,
said that seven of their number were killed
and forty-seven wounded in the first at
tack, that several had died since. When
all was ready Samuel McMurdy, counselor
to Bishop X. Klingesmith, drove out on
the lead. His wagon had seventeen chill
| dren, clothing and arms. Samuel Knight
| drove another team with five wounded men
anG one boy about fifteen years old. 1
walked behind the front wagon to direct
| the course and to shun being in
THE HEAT OF THE SLAUGHTER.
but this kept to myself. When We got
turned fairly to the east motioned to Nc
Murdy to steer north across the valley.
| at the same time told the women who were
next to the wagon to follow the road up to
the troops which they did Instead of say
ing to McMurdy not to drive 80 fast, as he
| swore on my trial, said to the contrary
to drive Oh, as my aim was to get out of
sight before the firing commenced which
we did. We were abou; half mile ahead
of the company when we heard tho first
| firing. We had driven over ridge of roll
ing ground and down on low fiat The
| firing was simultaneously along the whole
line. The moment firing commenced Nc
Murray halted and tied his line across
the rod of wagon box, stepped down cody
with double barreled shot gun, walked
back 10 Knights wagon, who had the
wounded men, and was about twenty feet
in the rear. AS he raised his piece he said
"LcRD, MY GOD, RECEIVE THEIR SPIRITS
| for 1t is for the Kingdoms of Heavens sake
that we do this"
He fired and killed two men. Samuel
Knight had a muzzle loaded rifle and shot
and killed the three men. He then struck
a wounded boy on the head who fell dead
| in the meantime. l drew five-shooter
from my belt which accidentally went of,
cutting across McMurdy's .buckskin pauts
ia front. McMurdy said "Brother Lee,
you are excited. Take things cool, you
was near killing me. Look where the ball
| cut"
| At this moment l heard the scream of a
child. / looked up and saw an Indian have
little boy by the hair of the head, drag
| ging him out of the hind end of wagon
with knife in his hand getting ready to
cut his throat. sprang for the Indian
with my revolver in hand aud shouted 4:
"Arick ooma cot too SOoSt," (stop. you fool)
The cb.ld was terror stricken. His chin
was bleeding. supposed it was the cut
of kuife, but afterwards learned that it
was done Oh the wagon box as the Indian
yanked the boy down by the hair of
tn, head. / had no sooner rescued
the child than another Indian seized little
girl by the hair rescued her. AS soon
as could speak l told the Indians that they
must not hurt the children; that / would
die before they should be hurt; that We
would buy the children of them. Before
this time the Indians had rushed up around
the wagon in quest of blood and dispatched
the two runaway wounded men.
In justice to my statement would say
that if my shooter had not prematurely ex
ploded l would have had hand in des
patching the five wounded. I had LOS
contrc of myself and scarce knew what
was about. l saw an Indian pursue little
girl who was fleeing. He caught her abou
one hundred feet from the wagon anC
plunged his knife through her. l SAID t
McMurdy that he had better drive thu
children to Hamblin's rancho and Civ,
them some nourishment.
The concluding portion relates the quar-
rel of Haight and Davie as to the response
Billy for the massacre and Lees mission Il
Brigham Young which has been alread,
published. In postscript to the comics
sion Lee saws; This statement have mad