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

ready expressed them. Every eye was
upon me, as paused. but said: You
can do as you please. will not op.
pose you any longer. will you keep
close MOUTH was the question. j
will try, was my answer.
81 will here say that the fear OF Of
Tending Brigham Young and George
A. Smith had saved my life. | was
near being blood atoned' in Parawan. /.
under J. q. L. Smith. in 1854, but of
this / have spoken in my autobiogra-
ply.
Saturday morning, all was ready
and every man assigned TO his post of
duty. During the night, or rather just
before daybreak, johnson aud Shurtz
ambushed the Indians, the better 10
deceive the emigrants. Abont4 o'clock
a. m. the troops under Major Higbee
took their position on the road. The
white flag was still kept up in the COR
raj. Higbee called William Bateman
out Of the ranks, TO take flag Of truce
out TO the corral. He was met, about
half. way with
"ASorHER WHITE FLAG
from the emigraI.ts' camp. They had
talk. The emigrant was told that we
had come to rescue them, il they would
trust us. Both men with flags return
ed to their respective places aud re-
ported, and were to meet again and
bring word. Higbee called me out to
go and inform them OF the conditions,
and il they accepted, Dan Mcfarland,
brother TO John Mcfarland, the lawyer
who acted as aid-de-camp, would bring
back word. and then two wagons would
be sent for the firearms, children,
clothing, &c. obeyed, and the terms
proposed were accepted, but not with
ont distrust.
II had AS little TO say as possible
In fact, my tongue refused to perform
its Office. i sat down on the ground
in the corral, near where some young
men were paying their last respects to
some person who had just died OF q
wound. A large,
FLESHY OLD LADY
came 10 me twice aud talked while /
sat there. She related their troubles,
aud said that seven Of their number
were killed and AZ were wounded on
the first attack; that several had died
since. She asked me il j was an In
dian agent. / said: In one sense, i
an. The government has appointed
me farmer TO the Indians told her
this TO satisfy her. heard afterwards
that the same question was asked G.,
and answered in the same manner by,
Mcfarland, who had been sent by Hig-
bee TO the corral to hurry mo up, for
fear that the Indians would come back
aud be upon them. When all was
ready, Samuel McMurty, counselor TO
Bishop L. X. Smith (klingan SMITH
drove outside. His wagon had the II
children. the clothing and arms. SAM
uel Knight drove tbs other team. with
five wounded men and one boy, about
II years old. ! walked behind the
front wagon To direct the course and
shun bei1g
''Is THE HEAT or THE SLAUGHTER;
but this kept TO myself. When We
got turned fairly To- the East, | mem
toned TO McMurty to steer north across
the valley. i, ut the same time, told
the women. who were next TO the wag-
ON, to follow the road up to the troops.
which they did. Instead of saying TO
McMurty not to drive 80 fast, as he
swore to on my trial, l said. to the con-
trary. To drive on, as my aim was TO
get out OF sight before the firing COM
menced-wlIich we did. I'VE were
about a half-mile ahead of the compa-
ny when we heard
''rHE PIRsT PIRISo.
1--WE had driven over the ridge OF
rolling ground aud down on the low
fiat. The firing was simultaneous along
the whole line. The moment the fir
ing commenced, McMurty halted and
tied his lines across the rod of his
wagon-box, stepped down coolly. with
his double -barreled shotgun, and
walked back to knights wagon, which
had the wounded, and was about 20
feet in the rear. As he raised his
piece, he said: Lord, my God, receive
their spirits. IL is for the Kingdom OF
Heavens sake that we do this He
fred and killed two men. Samuel
Knight had a muzzle- le-loading rifle and
he shot and killed the three men; then
struck a wounded boy in the head, who
fell dead. In the meantime | drew a
five-shooter from my belt. which acci-
dentally went of. cutting across Me.
Mnrty's buckskin pants, in front and
below the crotch. McMurty then said
Brother Lee, you are excited; take
things cool. You was near killing me.
Look where the ball cut, pointing To
the place in his pants. At this mo.
ment heard the scream OF child
and looked mp and saw an Indian have
little boy by the hair Of his head
dragging him out of the hind end o.
the wagon, with knife in his hand
getting ready to
''CUT HIS THROAT.
l sprang for the Indian with my revol
YER in hand, and shouted at the top d
nv voice: 'AricL Oomd cot too s0Oeti
(Stop, YOU foolD The child was ter
ror-stricken. His chin was bleeding
/ supposed il was cut by a knife, bu
afterwards learned that IL was done 10y
the wagon-box as the Indian yankeo
the boy down by the hair OF the head
| had no sooner rescued this child
than another Indian seized little gir
by the hair. | rescued her. AS sooI
"a ] could speak, told the indiana
that they mnst not hurt the children
that | would die before they should b,
hurt; that we would buy the childreI
from them. Before this time the In
lians had rushed up To the wagon il
qnest Of blood, aud despatched tive
runaway wounded men. Ia justice Il
my statement, I would say that, II m,
shooter had not prematurely exploded
I would have had hand in despatch
ing the five wounded. / had lost con
tsol Of asyeolf aud soaroe knew what
was about saw an Indian pursue
little girl who was fleeing. lie caugh
her about 100 feet from the wagon an,
"PLuxaEp HIS KSIPE THROUGH HER.
81 said to McMurty that he had bet
ter drive the children TO ,Hamblin'
rancho aud give them some nourish
ment, while would go down aud &c
NV horse at the camp Passing alonI
the road, saw the dead strung aloni
the distance Of abont hall mile. Tn
women and children were killed by tn
Indians. l saw Shurtz with the la
dians, aud no other white man wit
them. When / came to the men the
lay about rod apart. Here cane u
with Higbee, Bishop, Smith, and th
rest Of the company. As ! came M
Higbee said 10 me: Let ms scare
these persons fer valuables, and aske
me To assist him He gave me hat :
], hold. Several men we're already eI
gagged in searching the bodies. y r,
piled that was unwell aud wanted
get upon my horse and go TO the ranc
: aud nurse myself. My request va
I granted. Reaching Hamblins rancho
' being heartsick add worn out, i Ia