Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-05
with whom I was talking lived with M

with whom 1 was talking lived with me
at Harmony. l was Indian farmer
They told me l was in danger and to
get down into the ravine. l said thai
it was impossible for me to do anything
there, and dare not venture to the
camp or to the emigrants without en-.
dangering my life. 1 mounted my
horse and started south to meet Car
Shurtz. I travelled sixteen miles ant
stopped on the Megotsy to bait my
animal, as there was good grass ant
water. had rode it over forty miles
without eating Or drinking.
This is the place where Mr.. Tobiy
met his assassinators. About sunset
1 saw Shurtz and some ten or fifteen
white men and about one hundred ant
fifty Indians. We camped. During
the night the Indians left for the Mea
dows. reported to the men what hac
taken place. They attacked the emf
grants again about sunrise next morn
ing, which was Tuesday, and had one
of their number killed and severa
wounded. I, with the white men
reached the Meadows about l 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 shout.
der. They told me the Indians were
encamped east of the emigrants at some
spring.
On our arrival at the springs We
found about two hundred Indians
Among them were the two hundred
chiefs, Moqueetus and Bill. The In.
dians were in high state ofexcitement
had killed many cattle and horses be.
longing to the company. [ counted
sixty head near their encaapment that
had been killed in revenge for the
wounding of their men. By the assis.
lance of Oscar Hamblin (brother Of
Jacob Hamblin) and Shurtz we succeed.
ed in getting the Indians to desist from
killing any more stock that night. The
company of emigrants had corraled al
their wagons but one for better defense
The corral was about one hundred
yards above the springs. This they die
to get away from the ravlne south. anC
better to defend themselves. The at.
tacks 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 all we could DO tc
prevent it.
When the attack commenced Oscar
Hamblin, William Young and myself
started to go to the Indians. When
opposite the corral on the north the
bullets came around us like a shower Of
hail. We had two Indians with US to
pilot us; they threw themselves fat on
the ground to protect themselves from
the bullets. I stood erect and
asked my Father in Heaven to protect
me from the missiles of death and en-
able me to reach the Indians. One
ball passed through my hat and the hair
of my head, and another through my
shirt, grazing my arm near the Shout
der. A most hideous yell of the In
dams commenced. The cries and
shrieks of the woman and children so
overcame me that i forgot my danger
and rushed through the fire to the In
dams, and pleaded with them in tears
to desist.
1 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 that was not their friend, but a
friend to their enemies; that I was a
squaw, and did not have the heart Of a
brave, and that I could not see blood
shed without crying like baby, and
called me cry-baby; and by that name
1 am known by all the Indians to this
day. l owe my life on that occasion to
Oscar Hamblin. who was missionary
with the Indians, and had much influ-
ence with the Santa Clara Indians
They were the ones that wanted to kill
me. Hamblin shamed them, and call
ed them dogs and wolves for wanting
to shed the blood of their father, (my-
self who had fed and clothed them.
We finally prevailed on them to re-
turn to camp, where We would hold a
council that 1 would send for big cap
tains 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
company go with the teams. In this
| way we reconciled them to suspend
| hostilities 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 emf
grants camp under full speed, and that
they went towards Cedar City. Wed
nesday morning 1 asked a mani think
his name was Edwards-to 90 to Cedar
City and say to President Haight, for
Gods sake, for my sake and for the
sake of the suffering humanity, to send
out men to rescue that company.
This day we all lay still waiting or.
ders. Occasionally few the Indians
withdrew, taking a few head of animals
with them. About noon l crossed the
valley north of the corral, thinking tc
examine their location from the wesi
range. The company recognized NE
as white man and sent two little boys
about four years old to meet me. 1 hit
from them, fearing the Indians, who
discovered the children. l called the