The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-20

Received at Great Salt Lake Guy. I. T., December
81, 1897, ~ CHAM Young, Governor and Superin-
OF lh,s account LEVI STEWART
,J2I ~.
certify On honor that the above account Is correct
and Just aud thai havc actually this 3Ist day Of De-
cemosr, A. d. 1884, paid the amount, thereof:
BRIGHAM YOUNG,
Governor aud superintendent OF Indian Affairs
We certify on honor that wo werc present ana saw
the articles mentioned IN this voucher urtrbu,cd 10
Tue following lneiaIs - gobbts an band, Non
cap-n and vuhd, Mo-qucc.tus aud bnnd, roo
and band, Qno-na,rah aud band, Youna.qulck aud
plMicK 8. HUNTINGDON, iussrprster.
Now, what Is tho testimony this documen. fur
nishcsy IL is dated September 80, 1857. by
STRANGE coixgDEACE
the massacre at Mountain Meadows, where the goods
are STATED 70 have been distributed took place the
ljlh oI september, only fourteen days pre-
vousiy II W. look over the items wo bud
remarkable Abundance OF coats, pan ioons,
hats shirts, lcgglnga blankets and tobacco-
just such articles Us would largely constitute tho
ou,1t OF All cmsrant caravan. II Is true such
goods are recorded IN other vouchers freely sup.
prousion al any one time. IL VIII be noticed mat the
tosa value OF the goods distributed Is over So 800 Tue
voucher II not only the largest Of AL the LA IN the
egheen months accounts, but II excocds tho average
oil all tue Others ny nearly $4,000, tue average OF
each voucher being ABOUT $500. In all tho LA
there are only Two OF any considerable size aud
these h very much below the figure OF voucher n o.
~ Furthermore pcrusal OF tho table vi figures given
near The beginning ol this letter will
pehdnures Tor tho quarter ending December 81 1887,
The on IN which tho lnassacis took pace, were tho
largest al all ana exceeded those OF the
quarter Ut The provous year by thousand dol
lars The pc,unary profit vi the massacre there
construed 10 have b,cn al least TINS last sum How
much lreacr u was IN reality HAY Judge from
pull shed part Of Lees coEtcssIon In winch he says
"A,l the Wagons ana otner property Cedar
Guy ny order OF tho Church authorities
Fifty head oi cattle were sold 10y The emigrauts) Ia
Salt Lake CITY tor merchandise. Tho emigrants mad
45o, making QUO ~ all They had oly lltc money"
PATRICK LYNcu's WONDERFUL WAGON.
IL " not doubted that the goods specified In this
voucher were distributed To the Indians. The latter
had become cLlnurous tor Their spoiis
the massacre and were threatening mischief and
trouble IL tecafBc necessary TO paciiy them and the
goods which Lee says wcro taken up Cedar Guy and
sold woru PROBABLY taken back TO Mountain Meadows
On THIS point wo have noxt the testimony Of Patrick
Lyncn-a very moaogamlc name 10 be found ia this
poiygamnus regiUn-a icanlsicr who drove the wagon
with ~uich tho supplies usually distributed 10
svbstant.aie voucher No 81 during The Official Ia.
vestisatvn Patrick was called The stand to testify
concerning his own voucher Tor Sz40 paid him by
brigham Young Tor "servccs OF soil, four mules
wagon, with provisions and forage, convey
ing presents TO the Iaalans near M0un-
tain Meadows, distance OF $40 miles,
iron Great Sait Lake Cy lLr,y days at $50 Patrick
went on TO say 81 Grove said wagon and team on
superintendent YouDg's cxr edition 10 the indians near
Mountain Aeadowss ~ september aud October. 1851 D.