Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-04-06

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mountains by the trail, and reached the
| Meadows between nine and ten o'clock in
the morning, the distance from my place be-
ing about twenty-five miles; but was too
late; the attack had been made Just before
daybrcak in the morning, and the Indians
rcpulscd with one killed and two of their
| Chiefs from Cedar shot through the legs,
| breaking leg for ench Of them The In
dians were In terrible rage. l went to
| some Of them that were In the ravinc. They
! told me TO 20 TO the main body or they
would kill me for not coming before the at
tack was made. While standing there | re-
| ceived a shot Just above my belt, cutting
through my clothes 10 the skin some six
inches across. The Indians with whom
was talking lived with me at Harmony.
was an Indian farmer They told me ! was
in danger, and 10 get down into the ravine.
| said II was impossible for me TO do auy.
thing there, and ] dare not venture TO camp
or TO the emigrants without endangering my
life. l mounted my horse and started south
| 10 meet Carl Shurtz. / travelled sixteen
miles and stopped on the Mcgotsy to bait
my animal as there was good grass and
| water | had rode IL over forty miles with
ont eating or drinking. This Is the place
where Tobin met his assassinators.
About sunset | saw Shurtz and some ten
or fifteen white men and about $50 Indians
| cncamped. During the Dight the Indians left
| the Mcsdows. | reported 10 the men what
had, taken place. They attacked the eini
grants again about sunrise next morning,
which was Tuesday, and had one OF their
number killed and several wounded. With
the white men | reached the Meadows about
one p. IN On the way we met a small band
OF Indians returning with some eighteen to
twenty head Of cattle. One OF the Indians
was wounded in the shoulder. They told
| me the Indians were encamped cast OF the
emigrants Mt some springs. On our arrival
at the springs we found about 200 Indians,
| among whom were two wounded chiefs,
Moqucetus aud Bill. The Indians were in a
! high state OF excitement. They had killed
many cattle and horses belonging to the com
pany. | counted sixty head near their en-.
campmcnt, tfat they had killed in revenge
for woundng their men. By the assistance
| OF Oscar lIamblin (brother OF Jacob lIamhlin)
and Shurtz, we succeeded in getting the In
dians to desist from killing any more stock
| that night
The company OF emgrants had corraled
all their wagons but one for better defense
! This corral was about 100 yards above the
springs. This they did to get away from the
ravine south, the better to defend them
| selves. Attacks were made from the south
raviuc, and from the rocks on the west The
attack was renewed that night by the In
| dians In spite OF all We could do to prevent
| IL. When the attack commenced Oscar
Ilamblin, William Young and myself started
| TO go to the Indians. When opposite the
| corral on the north, bullets came around us
|
with us to pilot us. They threw themselves
fat on the ground to protect themselves from
| the bullets. | stood erect aud asked my
| Father in heaven TO protect me from the
missiles of death and enable me 10 reach the
| Indians, and one ball passcd through my hat
and the hairs OF my head, and another through
| my shirt, grazing my arm near the shoulder.
| A most hidCous yell of the Indians com
mcnccd. The cries and shricks of the
women and children SO ovcrcamr me that |
forgot my dlngcr and rushed through the
| fire TO the Indians, and pleaded with them in
tears to desist. told them that the Great
Spirit would be angry with them for killing
| women and children. They told me to leave
or they would serve me the same way, and
that | was not their friend but the friend Of
their cncmics that | was a squaw and did
not have the heart of brave, aud that |
| could not see bloOdshcd without crying like
q baby, and called me cry-haby, and by that
name am known by all the Indians TO this
day. | owe my life on thatoccasion to Oscar
| Hambln, who was missionary with the In.
.dians and had much influence with the Santa
Clara Indians. They were the ones that
wanted to kill me. Hamblin shamcd them
and called them dogs and wolves for wanting
to shed the blood of their father myself,
who had fed and clothed them.
We finally prevailed on them to return to
camp, when we would hold a council;
that | would send for the big captains to
come and talk. We told them they had
punished the emigrants enough, and maybe
they had killed nearly all Of them. We told
them that Bishop Dame and President
| Haight would come, and maybe they would
give them part of the cattle and let the com.
pany 90 with the teams. In this way we
reconciled them to suspend hostlites for
the present. The two that had been with
Hamblin and myself the night before said
they had seen two men on horseback come
out of the emigrants' camp under full speed
and that they went toward Cedar City
Wednesday morning asked man, think
his name was Edwards, to go to Cedar City
and say to President Haight, for Gods sake
for my sake and for the sake of suffering
humanity, to send out men to rescue thai
company. This day we all lay still, waiting
orders. Occasionally a few of the Indian;
withdrew, taking few head of animals will
them. About noon | crossed the valley
north OF the corral, thinking to examine theil
location from the west range.
The company recognized me as q white
man and sent two little boys about foul
years old to meet me. | hid from them
fearing the Indians, who discovered the chill
dren. / called to the Indians, who wanted
my gun or ammunition to kill them pre-
vailed with them to let the children go back
to the camp, which they very soon did wher
they saw the Indians | crept up behind
some rocks on the west range, where l hat
full view of the corral. In it they had dug {
rihe-pit; the wheels of their wagons were
chained together, and the only show for the
Indians was to starve them out or to shoo
them as they went for water. | lay there
some two hours and contemplated their sit
uaton and wept like Il child. When re-
turned to the camp some six or eight men
had come from Cedar City. Joel White
William Z. Stewart and Elliot q. Weldon
were among the number but they had NO
orders. They had come merely to see how
things were. The Meadows are about fifty
miles from Cedar City.
Thursday afternoon the messenger from
Cedar City returned. He said President
Haight had gone to Parowan to confer with
Col. Dame, and company OF menan orders
would be sent on tomorrow (Fritay); that
up to the time he left the council had come
to no definite conclusion. Dnring this time
the Indians and men were engaged in broil'
ing beef and making their hides up into las.
socs. had hattered myself that the blood.
shed was at an end. After the emigrants W
me cross the valley they hoisted a white flag
| in the midst of their corral.
! Friday afternoon four wagons drove up
with armed men. When they saw the white
flag in the corral they raised one also, but
drove to the springs where we were ard took
refreshments, after which a council meeting
was called Presidents, Bishops and other
church officers and members of the High
Council societies, priests, etc. Mai. j Ohm NJ
Higbee presided as Chairman; several of the
dgnltaries bowed in prayer and invoked the
!
and guide them to do right aud carry out the
counsels Of their leaders. Higbec said Pres
ident j. @. Haight had been to Parowan to
confer with Col. Dame, and that their coun-
sci and orders were that this emigrant camp
mustbe used up, | replied: "Men, women
and children :" can, said he, Except such
as are too young to tell tales, and II the In.
dians cannot do II without help we must
help them" / commenced pleading for the
company, and / said: "Though some of
them have behaved badly they have been
pretty well chastised. My policy would be
to draw off the Indians. Let them have a
portion OF the loose cattle, and withdraw
with them under promise that they would
not molest the company any more; that the
company would then have teams enough left
TO take them TO California I told them
that this course would not bring them into
trouble. Higbee said: "Whitc men have
interposed, and the emlgrants know 1t, and
there lies The danger in letting them CO."
said: "What white men interfered y''
He replied that in the attack on Tues
day night twJ men broke out of the
the corral and started for Cedar City OF
horseback; that they were met at Hickey
spring by Stewart, Joel White and another
n.