Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-03-28

Charles Hopkins. Tate Ira Ellew,
Robert Wiley, Eichard Harrison,
Samuel Pollock, Daniel McFarlane,
John Ure, George Hunter, Joseph
Smith. Samuel Jukes, Nephi John
son, Carl Shirts, Owen Jacobs, John
Jacobs, Z. Curtis, Thomas Cart
wright, William Bateman, Anthony
Stratton, A Loveridge, Joseph Clews,
John Durfey, Columbus Freeman and
others, making ffty-four OF fifty-eight
whites and about 400 Or 500 Indians
The emigrants surrender ell and put
their sick and 'he children into the
wagons. As soon as the wagons We e
loaded the train was started When
the wagons were half a mile off the
FIRE commenced. The Indians killed
all tie women and large children
The Mormons killed the men. Ii
drivers with me killed the sick and
the wounded. We saved seventeen
of the children. The dead were
stripped and mGtilated and the
corpses left ON the field. The Nor
mons camped on the field The next
day Lieutenant Colonel Haight, Col
onel Dame and other leaders came
over. Finally they quarreled. Lieu
tenant Colonel Haight said to Colo
mel Dame: You ordered it, and.
damn you, it is too late to go back y
Dame said he did not know there were
so many of them. We buried the
dead and drove the cattle to the Iron
Springs. All the wagons and other
property were sold in Cedar City by
the order of the Church authorities.
The brethren were sworn to secrecy.
This was also done by order of the
Church, which was then at war with
the United States government.
GEORGE A. sMITH's PART IN THE AFFAIR.
George A. Smith, who was the
second in the priesthood, having just
happened to be there giving orders,
visited the Indian camp with me. He
said that the Americans were a mob
of rulfians, from the President down.
He asked If the Indians would kill all
bad emigrants. 1 told him that the
Indians and the Mormons were both
hostile to them, and would kill all not
under the protection of the Church.
This pleased him, and he laughed
and said, "All right" Lieutenant
Colonel Haight and Colonel Dame
told him the same thing. He taught
the people that it was their duty to
kill all emigrants and massacre them
Just as Brother Smith and the other
leaders wanted. All this was re-
ported to Brigham Young, who said
he would communicate with God"
to see if it was right, and the next
morning he reported that it was
right He said: Brother Lee, not
a drop of innocent blood has been
she'd L have gone to God in prayer.
God has shown me it was a just act
The people did right, but were only a
little hasty. I have direct evidence
from God that the act was just one,
that it was IN accord with God viii.
1 sustain You and the brethren in all
that you did All 1 fear is treachery
on the part of the brethren con-
cerned. Go home and tell the breth-
ren sustain them Keep all secret
as the grave. Never tell any one,
and write me letter laying all the
blame on the Indians. 1 will then
report to the United States Govern
ment that it was an Indian massacre ."
After this honors and wives were
bestowed upon Lee by Young. and he
was promised .'crown celestial" for
his services. He says that only COW
ardice has now induced Young to de
sert him. 1--WE were followers of
false teachers, he concludes: Il have
fallen a victim to the arts of foolish
and wicked men that 1 once believed
were divine. 1 have had eighteen
wives. Eleven of them have been
divorced from me by Brigham Young !;
three still remain true to me, and
have chung to me during my impris-
onment. l am the father of sixty
four children. Ten are dead; fifty
four are still living.
The witnesses on my trial have
not told the whole truth. They are
all guilty of helping to kill the emf
grants. This is the only act of vio-
lence that 1 ever took part in except
when in lawful battle"
A Married WOman.s Note.
An Allegheny county farmer recent
ly purchased little knowledge Of the