The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-04-14

separated, the former being placed in the
front of the procession, and the children
in the rear. The white flag was waving
over their heads, and they supposed
themselves to be under the protection of
United States militia.
Joyously they marched along, when
suddenly the troops halted and the fatal
order to fire was given. Shrieking in wild
agony they fell bleeding to death. The
same fate was shared by young and
old. Gray-haired men and beardless
boys were alike cut down. The Mormons
were joined in their murderous work by
the ambushed Indians, and the firing did
not cease until not one of all the men was
left alive. But what of the women and
children? Some of them were killed by
their husbands. fathers, or brothers, and
thus escaped most cruel tortures. Some
of the women were too i'll to walk. They
were taken outside the corral, driven to
the scene of the massacre, stripped of
their clothing, shot, and their mutilated
bodies thrown into pile with the rest
Even the children were not spared. The
fate of their parents was shared by
them. They begged for mercy in vain.
No feeling of pity entered the hearts of
the bloOd-thirsty brutes to whom they
knelt and prayed. Their entreaties
were laughed at, their terrified cries
Knocked. Their threats were cut and
their bodies cast into a heap. OF the
entire party there were only seventeen
who were supposed to be too young to
remember tho Orrurranpac of that borr;
bic day, and they were saved. And of
these two were disposed of after they
had reached Salt Lake City for making
remarks concerning the massacre.
The whole affair lasted but one hour.
The assassins then rode away, carrying
the clothing and baggage and leaving
the bodies to be devOured by wolves. \
person who visited the scene of the
massacre eight days after the occurrence
gave the following account of it: He
said men, women and children were
strewn over the ground or were thrown
into piles. Some were shot, others
stabbed, and others had their throats
cut. They were entirely stripped of
clothing, and their bodies were mutilated
by wolves. There were one hundred
and twenty-seven bodies in all. These,
with the three men who were killed
while undertaking to take the tidings of
their companions trouble to the outside
world, another who was shot outside the
corral, but whose bodies could never be
found, and the two children murdered in
Salt Lake City, made 1873 victims.
The property of the emigrants was
sold at auction in Cedar City by Bishop
John NJ. Hlgbee. To this day jewelry is
worn in Salt Lake City that is known to
have belonged to the fatal emigrant
train. n lady in Salt Lake City was one
day showing a silk dress and some jew
elry to some friends in the presence of
one Of the children who had been saved
from the massacre. The little one, on
catching sight of the dress, burst out in
a frantic fit of weeping, and between its
sobs cried out: ooh, my dear mamma!
That is her dress; she used to wear it,
Where is my mamma? Why doesn't she
come to me-"
On their return from the scene of the
massacre the leaders determined to con-
ceal the crime, but, although they kept
1t quiet for year, they finally could not
refrain from speaking. Lee himself was
the first man to disclose the fate of the
party. He went up and down, like the
ancient mariner, compelling every per-
son whom he met to listen to his story of
the emigrant train that had been massa-
cred by the bioodthirsty Indians. 1t
finally became bruited about, family at
first, that the Indians alone did not carry
out this horrible work of destruction;
and it was told that they were aided and
abetted by whites. Then the rumors be-
came louder and more positive, until
finally some of those who participated
confessed their completely in the crime.
1t was only about four years ago that a
man died at Sewer Valley, Utah, who
was one of the assassins of this party.
Always since that day he imagined that
he was followed by specters, and his
constant terror perpetually preyed upon
his body and mind. He used to say;
" Brigham Young will answer for the
murder of 800 innocent souls sent to
their graves at his command"
The bones of the murdered persons re-
cCdllClCo ONCl VIC Until
1853, when the Government sent Gen.
Carlton to bury the bones decently. The
soldiers raised ii large cairn of stones to
mark the resting place of the remains.
This officer erected large cross of red
cedar above the spot, on which were in
scribed the words Vengeance is mine
| will repay, saith the Lord" At the
other end of the mound was stone with
these words thereon: Here one hun
dred and twenty-seven men, women and
children were massacred in cold blood,
early in September, 1857. They were
from Arkansas" Brigham Young, after
visit to the spot, ordered the cross de.
stroyed.
The first trial of Lee, which took place
two years and half ago, resulted in the
disagreement of the jury. Eight Nor
mons and one Gentle voted for acquittal
The other three Gentle jurors stood de.
termned for conviction. The second
trial resulted in his conviction, and or
March 90 he expiated his crime on the
very spot where the massacre occurred
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