The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-04-03

the man Alden. one OF the emigrants.
When the report was msde 10 Bishop
Dame. he raised his hand and ~
oRooxED ms LIrrLE FINGER IN sieSIF-
IcASr MANNER
TO one Barney Carter, his brother. in
law. and one OF the Angels OF Death
Carter, without another word. walked
out, went 10 Laney's house with long
picket in his hand. called I.aney out
and struck him heavy blow.on the
head, frncturing his skull. aud left him
on the ground for dead @. Y. Webb
and Isaac Newran, President OF the
High Council. both told me that they
saw Danes maneuvers. James Nc
Gnfie, then resident OF Parawan, but
who. through oppression. has been
forced to leave there and is now q mer-
chant in Pahranagat Valley, near
Phoebe, Nevada, knows these facts.
About the last OF August, 1857, some
ten days before the Mountain Meadow
massacre, q company Of emigrants
passed through Cedar City. George
A. Smith, then first counselor in the
church, and Brigham Yonng, his right
hand man, came down from Salt Lake
City, preaching TO different settlements.
j, at that time. was in Washington
County, near where st. George now
stands. Smith sent for me. Iwent 10
him, and he asked me TO take him TO
Cedar City by way OF Fort Clara and
Pinto settlements, as he was on busi-
ness and must visit all the settlements.
We started. On our way mp through
the canyon, We saw herds OF Indians,
and he George A. Smith) declared to
me that these Indians, with the advin-
tage they had OF the rocks,
COULD UsR UP LARGE COMPANY OF RMI-
GRANTS,
or make il very hot for them. After
paising for q short time, he said TO
me: Brother Lee. what do you think
the brethren would do il company Of
emigrants should come down through
here making threats? Don't you think
they would pitch into them
II replied that, they certainly
would.
"This seemed 10 please him. and he
again said TO me: And You really
think the bretheren would pitch into
them?'
"T certainly do, was my reply. and
Won had better instruct Colonel Dame
and Haight 10 tend to il that the emf
grants are permitted to pass. ii you
want them TO pass unmolested.
"He continued: Il asked Isaac
meaning Haightl the same question.
and he answered me jnst as you do.
aud 7 expect the boys wo"ld pitch into
them.
81 again said to him that lie had
better say to Governor Young that II
he wants emigrant companies TO pass
without molestation, he must instruct
Colonel Dame or Major Haight to that
effect: for il they are not ordered 9th
erwise. they will use them mp by the
help OF the Indians. He told the peo-
pie at the Clara not 10 sell their grain
TO the emigrants. or their animals, as
they might expect big fight next
spring with the States. President
Young did not intend 10 let troops into
the Territory. He said, We are going
10 stand mp for our rights. aud will no
longer be imposed upon by our enc
mics. and want every man To be on
hand with his gun in good order and
his powder dry: and instructed the
people to part with nothing that wonld
sustain life, from the first to the tenth
OF September. 1867.
"a messenger came to ms. His
name was Sam Wood, and told me that
President Isaac @. Haisht wanted me
/ TO he at Cedar City that evening. with
ont fail. This was Saturday. He told
me that large company of emigrants
| had gone south. 1 then lived at Har-
mony, 20 miles south OF Cedar City. 1
obeyed the summons. President
Haight met me. IL was near sundown.
We spent the night in an open house.
on some blankets, where we talked
most all night. He t"i'l me that a
company OF em;orsnis lld passed
through some tw" Ar~~ ''.fore, threat
enine the mormo"~ 'l' destruction,
and that one of them had said that he
had helped to kill old Joe Smith and
his brother Hyrnin: thnt other nem-
hers Of the company OF emigrants had
helped 10 drive the mormons out OF
Missouri; that others had said they
had come to help Johnson's army clean
the mormous ont OF Utah; that they
had the halters ready 10 hang old Brig
ham and Heber, and would have them
strung mp before the snow blew; that
one OF the emigrants called one Of his
oxen, IA pair OF stags), Brig and the
other 'Heber,' and that several of The
emigrants had usel all kinds OF threats
aud profanity. John NJ. Higbee, the
City Marshal, had informed them that
il was n breach OF a city ordinance Ia
use profane language. whereupon one
Of them replied that.he did not care q
d--n for the mormon laws, or the NOR
mons either: that they had fought
their way through the Indians and
would
and il their god, old Brigham. aud hi,
priests, would not sell their provisions
by Cd, they would take what they
wanted away as they could get il; that
thus raging, one Of them let loose hii
long whip, and killed two chickens anC
threw them into his wagon; thai
widow Evans said, Gentlemen, thos.
are my chickens; please dom. xii
them. am n Door widow: that the'
ordered her To 'shnt upv or they woul,
blow her id brains out, &c; an,
, that they had been raising trouble will
all the settlements and Indians ON thei
.
, north by JohnsoD's army; that now on
safety depended on prompt and inime
,liate action: TINT company OF Indian
had already gone south from Parawal
and Cedar City 10 surprise the emi
! grants, who were then at Mountain
} Meadows, and he wanted me to returl
. home in the morning Sunday AM
: send Carl Shurtz Undian interpreter
] from my home Harmony 10 raise th
. Indians sonth. at Harmony. Washing
a ton and Santa Clam. To Join the In
, diaus from the north and make sn nj
tack upon the emigrants at the Mead
ows.
"T said 10 him: 'Wonld il not b
we'll 10 hold n council 81 the brethrs
|, before making q moyer
"He replied that
|, EVERY TRUE LArrER-DAy SAINT
. that regarded their covenants, kno,
!. we'll their duty, and that the compan
3 Of emigrsnts had forfeited their live
9 by their acts; and that Bishop y. X
e Smith, (klingen SMITH aud Joe
!. White had already gone by the way @
y Pinto Ia raise the Indians in that dires
! tiou, and those that have gone frou
= Psrawan aud here will make the attac
!. aud msy be repulsed. We cant no
!. delay FOR council Of the brethrel
Il Return Immediately and start Ca
a Shurtz. Tell him that ordered yo
n TO tell him 20 GO, aud want you
q try aud get there before the attack
:. male and make a pIap for the Io1iaf