The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-03-24
WHEELING w. VA. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH "a, 1877

to let them alone. l crossed the noun
tains by the trail and reached the Mead
ows between 9 aud 10 o'clock in the
morning, the distance from my place
being about % miles, but was too late
as the attack had been made just before
day break. The indians were fepulsed
with one killed and two OF their chiefs
from Cedar City shot through the legs,
breaking the legs of each of them. The
Indians were in a terrible rage. l went
to some of them that were in q revine,
and they told me TO go to the main body
or they would kill me Tor not coming be-
tore the attack was made. While / was
standing there l received shot just
above my belt, cutting through my
clothes to the skin, some six iRches across.
The Indians with whom l was talking
lived with me at Harmony. l was an
Indian farmer. They told me l
was in danger; to get down
into the rsvIne. said it was impossible
for me to do any thing there and dare
not venture to camp of the emigrsnts
without endsngerlng my life. mount
cd my horse and started south TO meet
Carl Schurtz. travelled sixteen miles
and stopped at Megotz to bsit my
animal as there was good grass and
water. l had rode it over forty miles
without eating or drinking. This is the
place where Tobin met bis as
sassinators. About sunset saw
Carl Schurtz and some ten or
fifteen white men, and about one hum
dred and fifty Indians. We camped,
and during the night the Indians left for
the Meadows. l reported to the men
what had taken place. They attacked
the emigrants again about sunrise next
morning, which was Tuesday, and had
one of their number killed and several
wounded when the white men reached
| the Meadows, at about one o'clock P. NJ.
| On the way we met small
band of Indians returning with
some eighteen or twenty head of cattle.
| One of the Indians was wounded in the
shoulders. They told me that the In.
diaHs were encamped east OF the emf
grants at some springs. On our arrival
ut the springs we found about 200 In
| dIans, among whom were two wounded
chiefs, Moquets and Bill The Indians
were in Il high state of excitement, and
mad killed many cattle and horses be-
longing to the company. l counted
sixty head near their encampment that
they had killed in revenge for woundiug
their men. BY the assistance of Oscar
Hamlin, brother OF Jacob Hamlin, and
Schurls, We succeeded in getting the In
dians to deSst fram killing any more
stock That night the company of
emigrants had corrslled all their wagons
but one ior better defense. This
corral was about one hundred
yards above the spring. This they did
10 get away from the rsvine
south the better TO defend themselves
The attacks were made from the south
ravine and from the rocks on the west.
The attack was renewed that night by
the Indians in spite of sll that we could
do to prevent it. When the attack COM
menced Oscar Hsmin, VIM. Young and
myself started TO 90 TO the Indians, and
when opposite the corral on the north
the bullets come around us like hail.
We had ten Indians with US to pilot US.
They threw themselves fiat on the
ground TO protect themselves from the
bullets, but stood erect and asked my
Pather ia Heaven to protect me from the
missiles OF death and enable me to reach
the Indians One ball passed through
my hat and the haI If my hca! and an
other through my shirt, grazing my arm
near the shoulder. The most hldeOus
wells OF Indians commenced. The cries
ard shrleks of the women and children
50 overcome me that | forgot my dan
ger and rushed through the fire TO the
Indians and pleaded with them IN tears
to desist. | told them the Great Spirit
would be angry with them for killing the
women and little children. They told
me to leave, or they would serve me the
same wav. and that was not their
friend, but the friend o. their enemies;
that WAS squsw, and did not have the
heart of brave, and that ! could not
-" IDS Led without crying like baby,
..i.I called me cry. baby, and by that
name Am known TO all the Indians to
this day. owe my life on that occasion
to Oscar Hamlin, who was missionary
with the Indians, and had much influence
with the Santa Clara Indians. They
we're the ones who wanted 10 Kill me.
Hamlin shamed them, and called them
| dogs and wolves for wanting 10 shed the
blood OF their father and myself who
| had ed and clothed them. We finally
prevalled upon them 10 return to camp.
where we would mold council, and that
| would send for Big Eptsins to come
and talk. We told them they hal pun
| ished enough emIgrsLts, and may be
| they had killed nearly all OF them. We
! told them that Bishop Dame and Presi-
| dent Haight would come. and may be
| tnev would give them part o. the cattle,
and let the company 90 with the teams.
In this way we reCOnCiled them 10 sus.
pend hostililles for the. present. The
TWO men that had been with Hsmin and
mvselt the night before said they had
| seen two men on horseback come out Of
the emigrsnt, camp under iull speed,
and that they went toward Cedar
! CITY. Wednesday morning ! Ask
ed man, think his name
va. Edwards, TO 90 to Cedar City and
SAY 10 President Haugher, for Gods ssSe
for NV sake and for the sake OF humsnl-
II. 10 send out men 10 rescue that COM
pany. This day We al lay stII! waiting
orders: occasionally few Of the Indians
withdrew taking few OF their animals
with them. About noon ! crossed the
valley north OF Carol, thinking 70 ex-
anime their location from the west
range. The company recognized me ss a
white man and .en: two little DOys about
four wears old to meet me. / bid from
them, tearing that the Indians had dis
covered the children. called 10 the
Indians, who wanted my gun or smmunl-
,ion 70 Kill them. prevailed with them
TO le, the children 90 back to the camp,
which they very soon did when
they saw the Indians. crept up De-
mind some rock on the west Of the range.
where I had = full view OF the corral In
it thev nsl dug arias pit, and they had
chained the wheels Of their wagons to-
gether The only show for the Indians
was - starve them out or shoot them