The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-02-21
AFTER MANY YEARS.
The Cause Of Mountain Mcado,c Aos-
soox.-.A Terrible Repenqe.

lie ttnff uf TIE ntoufttulu eifappW uihr-
sHrre Is now more fully understood than
ever before. Iil the spring Of 1856 Elder
prrley r. Pratt. Of The Mormon conn
munity, sednresl from her home The wife
% II. X. Mclean. 4 merchant, Of San
francisco, to make her Ilis seventh wife.
On her fiight The deserted husband sent
his two children, avery Interesting hoy
and glrl. to his father-in-law IN New Or
leans. Some time aftsrward the mother
isfsal,II.ake. got the children aud star
! ted back 10 U:ah with them. On. dis.
kcovering this ll,e ,loubly injured father
started 10 pursuit. Hceameto New York.
heard of Pratt there and traced him from
this point iost. Ispnis. There he lost him.
Then he lefl lor New OrleaEs. wlere he
heard tIlaf hi. wife and children were
then going through Texas 10 Salt Lake, so
off he started 90 texas. In bis seacil fpr
the plirsing ofes he had learned that his
wife had assumed the nauIe 81 Mrs. =. r.
Parker, aud while travelling through
Texas he conlrived "a intercept some
letters which he found hearing this SUPER
scripiion. On breaking open The seal he
saw they were written IN cipher. He
sue, ec,i.d In finding The ke.; to the cipher.
however,. end discovered That The letters
we're .n,ni Pratt aud coRtsinsd aiesiuesi
| il.at the earsxaa with which Mt. McIsean
aud her children were travelling should
70 10 he nrigllborlload of Fort Gil,son.
III the Cherokee nation. Confused and
disl,i'iied. Mr.. Mclean returned % New
Orl-sns, whence he stsrtr,i for fors Glib
s.n. assuming llir name ef johnson. He
made kiiown his secret Ia the .tiicrrs of
IL. fort only. Here his vigilant aud ener-
griic pursnil nf the! fugitive wassooa re-
warie.l- Hr captured no,i only :,is wife
and cllil,iten, bni the scoundrrl whO imthe
name nf religion Ind e,sticed them frpm
their hnme. The United Sta,es marshal
tuk them before Commissioned john h.
Ogden for trial. The csse awake intense
pvxciienieilt at The iinIe. aud the p,pulare
clanlorei for vengeance an the wretch
Who hal Deliberately plotted and planned
The ruin 81 a prosperous aud happy family.
Tli-till.rr letters Mere produced IN
court. aud Mr.. McI.ean ibid such ia.
il~lIc siory af his wrongs that Pratt oi,Iy
escaped u sncllng by being conceslrd Ia
the jail. Even tbs complainant himself
l~vamr 30 ennged At one lime during the
trial thai iu the very court Ia which be
had cunls for justice he rlutchesl his pistol
10 slIoa Pratt iilen and there. Aud ma
wonder. for he was told the law was
lDu uedess 10 punish Pnat. EARLY next
morning The sInrnon elder was dismissed
and lelt llis place secretly. but Mclean,
watched aud pursued him, oy.rI~nk him
on his rnad aud kilir,l him 10 his tracks
With his children Mclean returned b.
New Orleans. aud the wife having mraii-
while l.some raving maniac was sent to
an Insane ssyinm. As ~
Il wins mi eyeif. combined with the
arprellen,le,l appointment ~ nrw ierri-
iorial nilirrr~ ~ chr govrrumeni, ihal lei
To- The horrible massacre ~ Immigrants .:
MouniaIn Meadow spon af,er--slighi
nolivss f,1 such isfiiLle crime. The
party nunsi,srr,l IN people. n,rn. wan,et
snd cl,lhln-a. who hnd iefl ArIAnsas lo
travel overland To- California, The new
.a,id field. The I@rty. ,mosIdci.as ~
harm. wastravrllhg lhruugh Utah. An
attack was ms,ly ulrn them ny what tl,ry
Supposed we're Indians. They resisted
the s,iacS. and kept the attacking imriy
at lay viii, their rifles.
For fiv. days tile assault was kept MP
airl ilss ilefsnss su<iained without any de-
fiuit. r~ult being arrived at. All this
time the aIlIearancrs indicated Il,at The
niiackins lafiy wers ~vages. They ,sers
dressed and painted like Ihdians and imi-
ialed their ways ~ wclI ns 20 completely
deceive The Immigrants. Itisnow known
that while there may have been few In.
dians among Them the as-aulilng party
were Norman militia led by John ID Lee.
When re-enlorcealebts Joined Lee. he
mas-e,l all the irnl.- near little spring.
aud made them speech. telling them
,'hI- orders from headquarters were lokili
al uut The little ci,il,irsn.r
Then. at the head u his ummsnd. lie
npproached the immigrant camp. nsost %
The mock Indians having rn,anwIsIIe ,ls-
carded paint aud fss,hsrs. AZ he wl-
vaIicrd he sent cut fag ~ truce, 60 tile
rsai joy of the Immigrants. who dressed
n pretty girl of their party al 10 white.
aud placed hel outsldc 81 tlieir defrnses,
10 show that they. too. were dlspr.esi % ~
friendly. Then fpliowed pariey. and
lee told the Immigrants the hills wsre q.
live with Indians. he advised then, 10
have tnstf arms as q measure 81 rafssy. as
lhe Indians vsuisd plnndsrsudnot l,lv'd.
aud his naen would rssseet iIlsm lsck 10
the Mormon settle,nen,s. The isIp,igfants
at iirst objected. tut finally u,nssnlad, aud
marched out ~ their Qualifications wIshnat
tie leat apprehension n danger fsnaI
III n rrofvseel liieuds Svi au Indlsu