The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-04-03
HILLsDALE. MICH, TUESDAY. APRIL 3. 1877.

Friday afternoon. four wagons drove
mp With armed men. When they sav
the white flag in the corral, they raised
one also. but drove TO the springs
where We were. and took refreshments;
after which T
COUNCIL NETTING
was called OF the presidents, bishops
and other church officers and members
Of the High Council, societies, high
priests, &c. Majer John M. Higbee
presided as chairman. Several OF the
dignitaries bowed in prayer, and in.
voked the aid of tho Holy Spirit to
prepare their minds and guide them TO
do right aud carry out the counsels OF
their leaders. Higbee said that the
President, j. G. Haight, had been TO
Parawan to confer with Colonel Dame
and their counsel, and the orders were
that this emigrant camp must be used
mp. i replied, Men. women, and child
reny All, said he, except such as
are
TOO YOUNG TO TELL TALES,
and il the Indians cannot do il without
help, we must help Them
Pany and said: Though some Of them
have behaved badly, they have been
pretty we'll chastissd.' My policy
would be to draw of the Indians, let
them have portion Of the loose cattle
and Withdraw with them under the
promise.that they would not modest the
company any more that the company
would then have teams enough left to
take them to California. / told them
that this course could not bring them
into trouble. I.
Higbee said: White men have in
terposed aud the emigrants know it,
and there lies the danger in letting
them co. I said: What white men
interposed? He replied that in the
attack OF Tuesday night, two men
broke out OF the corral and started for
Cedar City on horseback; that they
were met at Richey's Spring by Stew
art. Joel White, and another man.
whose name has passed from me.
Stewart asked the two men their names
when they met at the Spring. and be-
ing told in reply by one OF the men
that his name was Alden. and that the
other was Dutchman from the emf
grants company, Stewart
SHOWED PISTOL To ADES's BREAST
and killed him, saying: Take that.
d-n You The other man wheeled to
leave as Joel White fired and wounded
him. / asked him how he knew the
wounded Dutchman got back Ia the
emigrant camp. He said because he
was tracked hack aud they knew he
was there. again said that il was
better TO deliver the man TO them aud
let them do anything they wished with
him and tell them that We did not APP
prove such things.
Ira Allen, High Counselor, aud Rob
ert White aud others spoke. reproying
me sharply for trying to dictate to the
priesthood. saying that it would set at
nanght all authority: that he wonld
not give the life of one OF our brethren
for thousand such persons. If We
let them go, lie continued, they will
RAISE I'LL IN CALIFORNIA,
and the result will he that onr wives
aud children will have to be butchered
aud ourselves too; and they are no bet
ter TO die than ours. aud j am surpris-
ed 10 hear brother Lee talk as he does
as he has always been considered one
Of the stsunchest in the church. Now
he is the first to shirk from his duty.
| said: Brethren, the Lord must
harden my heart before can do such
a thing Allen said: 1t is not wicked
to obey the Council
At this iuncture withdrew, walked
of some 50 PAGES, aud prostrated my
self on the ground and wept in the
BITTER ANGUISH or NY SOUL.
aud asked the Lord to avert that evil.
While in that situation, Counselor G.
Hopkins, near friend Of mine, came
to me and said: Brother Lee, come;
get up and don't draw of from the
priesthood. You ought not to do so.
You are only endangering your own
life by standing ont. The blame won't
rest upon you.' said: Charley, il is
the worst move this people ever made.
feel it, He said: Come; go back,
let them have their way Invent back,
weeping like child, and took my
place and tried to be silent, and was.
until Higbee said that they (the emf
grants) must be decoyed out. through
longer hold my peace. and said /: Jo-
seph Smith said that God hated a trai-
tor and so do /. Before / would be q
traitor / would rather take ten men
and go to that camp and tell them they
must die and now TO defend themselves
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Here 7 Got other reproof and was
ordered 10 hold NV peace. The plan
agreed upon there, was to meet them
with flag of truce, tell them that the
Indians were determined on their de
struction: that we dare not oppose the
Indians. for we were we're ut their mer
CIV; that the hest we could do for them
/ (the emigrants) was to get them, and
what few trans we could take in the
wagons and cover them up with bed
clothes. and start for the settlement a,
soon as possible. and trust themselve,
/ in our hands. The small children ant
wounded were 10 ge with the tw,
wagons-the women TO follow the wag
/ ons and the men next. the troops {,
stand in readiness Oh the east side o
the road. ready TO receive them
Shurtz aud NepIi Johnson were I,
conceal the Indians in the brush an,
rocks till the company was strung on
on the road to certain point, and q
the watchword, Halt do your duty.
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