The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-11
MORMON ATROCITIES.

GRANDSON OF DANIEL BOONE ON THE CRIMES
OF THE LATTER DAY sANrs-sAMPLEs or
MURDER AND RoBBERy-THH SURVIVORS or
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE.
wAsHISGToS. D. C., June Q, 1877.
To THE EDITOR OF Tux HERALD 8
send you enclosed truthful sketch OF Of the
Mormon atrocities Having been raised In the far
West with my her. Daniel Boone have been
among the Indians since 1928 Il born In lso6) and
have seen and known OF the operations OF the Nor
mons from the time they settled in Jackson county,
No., about 1882, until tho present
lfyou wish to publish IL please do SO. I believe
the Mormons need showing up. have no interest In
tho matter beyond that know OF their treatment OF
friends OF NINE und Others and feel that the murder
ers Of Captain Gunnison's party and the emgrants at
Mountain Meadows should be brought TO justice. Re-
spec.iuIly, A. G. BOONE. Denver, Colorado
TESTIMONY or AN EYEWITNESS
WASHINGTON, D. g., May To- 1917
To THE EDIrox OF HERALD
Seeing that you ende9v0ring to hold up The Nor
mons or Day Saints In their true colors felt
that should give my mite 10 the general mass Of
mauaIin stun about the grea, work the Mormons have
done In recaim ming desert aud making gardnn spot
OF Il, and unhesitaingy pronounce most o. II false
was In what Is now Utah In 1876 with General Ash
lcys trapping expedition. We rnade tho Bear River
Valley our headquarters, and l can say that the
Bear, Weber, Nicade, Jordan, Tinpanogas and other
smaller streams there was as tine country emf
grant would desire to locate In. All the small
from the mountains toemed with beaver. We brought
gu. 400 mule loads rom there in 1876 Ai,er the Nor
mons got into that country and gained strength sum
Gent they became jealous OF intrusion. and drove
all the old settlers away. Major Jim Brdger who
bad fort Blnck's FORK Of Green River, hEd dee
TO escape murder az the hands OF the ''aveusinS
angels" although having been In the country twenty
i've years beure they took up their abode In s'Des
erct,'' as they call II
EARLY SAMPLE or xoR3oxlsx.
But must 80 back some time, 10 when the Nor.
mons after leaving Kirkland, ONO settled In Jackson
county, Mo Under Joe Smith. the Prophet. they
dened the laws They had body OF organized SOL
ders since known as the Nauvoo Legion. and also
large body Of sworn men called ''Danites or Aveng
Ing Angels whose duty was to obey explicitly any
orders OF tho Prophet divine revelations as they be-
lisved. Their murders and outrages such ~ abduc-
ton OF women, &C., aroused the community, and my
issued proclamation regarding them Joe Smith
then received revelation that Governor BOggs must
dc. aud Bishop Porter Rockwell selected as the
instrument Shortly afterward rs the Governor was
sitting III his house 10 Lexington. No.. With his back
we'll stepped up. and, placing a large old-iasnlonsd
horse pistol against the glass; hrsd and drove nine
were aroused the Mormons had leave Missouri,
for ILLINOIS, where they built their town Of Nauvoo,
the Mississippi 3's@
EYrEcr OF THE SHOT. .,et.afs
Governor Bo:gs lived thirteen years after he
shot, but always suffered intensely. Once while
speaking IN the Missouri Senate the blood gusned from
his mouth. and something Tell on the moor which
proved TO be one Of the bucksnot from tho Mormon
weapon. Some years alter his death his body was
away bucksnot was found lying In tho socket ot his
LETT eye.
Arrka JOE sxIru's DEATH so..n8
Ia 1874 Joe Smith and his brother Hyrum were shot
At Carthage. III and In 1916 the MormYns, under
Brigham Young, started westward, remaining at Aon-
trosc Iowa, some time, anu Ia ls47 their advance
guard settled IN the Salt Lake Valley, followed closely
by the entire party In 1850 tho population IL 500
population numbered $4,000. $1,000 OF whom are
foreign born, the balance being the remnant and de-
scendanis OF The orgina 900 Most OF those brought
mn an tnn mo imn n baIta flNn
Book OF Mormon. and the power OF prophecy possessed
~ brigham Young They have also baptized noarly
the faith, AS allows them all the wives ttcy want
and they have acquired great influence over these
$780, they also making great efforts to Mormon.
lac tho Navajoes
CAPTAIN cussisox's MASSACRE
Tho execution vi Bishop Lee should DO followed by
the trial and execution OF the other participants In the
Mountain Meadows massacre, rs also those VINO par
ticpaied In the massacre Of Captain J. W. Gunnison
and his parry IN 1854 The reasons for the massacre
Of Captain Guunison were principally that while
s,n.er quarters at Salt Lake City, with Captain u.
stsnsbcrrys rarty, 1890, no paid particular atten
ton 10 the Mormon matters and prepared material
publish book regarding them. His camp
tho pah Clss; but bow was II that no Nor
killed by themS The Mormons said
them. Let thorough Investigation be made, and the
murdcrsrs Of Captain Gunnisons party be found.
SURVIVORS or MOUNTAIN MEADOWS.
In regard TO the children saved from the Mountain
Meadows massacre General A. ). johnson sent them 10
me At wcstport Mo- They were seventeen in num-
bsr all girs and iron Hve ton years OF age. The
xosmons undoubtedly contemplated using them to MD
IN building up the Church. When received them
The poor little things were almost naked and alive
with vermin got the ladies' OF Westport Interested.
furn shed them goods from store and che poor
little orphans were comfortably clad and we'll cared
Tor then wrote TO the Governors CT Arkansas aud
Texas about me children, describing each OF them
soon their relatives came Tor them, and mover wit
messed such sorrow. whole family swept away and
bat little darling saved TO her bereavet friends
The Joy nj the recovery OF the children was drowned In
she grief NJ tho loss oi their parents.
ONLY sAMPLK AfRoClrIk2.
The massacres OF Captain Gunnison's party and the
smlgrants ss Mountain Meadows but moioty OF
the victims. Thousands Of emigrants to and from
California have fallen by the s'Danites," and
heard OF again, thor properly gong tho Nor
mon treasury. Schoocrait, In his History OF the
Indian Tribes, tells Of q number Of murders. in
instance when Bishop Porter Rockwell killed. Pah
Ute Indians 10 get their horses he returned from
California, tho rest oi his party dong the thug
In those days u an cmigrant was on good horse
passing through their country thoy said "the Lord
had delivered The GENTLE into their hands," aud they
shot him from ambuscade and took MS horso
Let wipe Gus this terrible blot Of polysAmy from
country, and let all the lustful murdcrcrs DO