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

such covenant, II she had 10 die f0f
20 doing, than to live and te guilty Of
doing such an act. j finally concluded
that would start by day-break in the
morning and try TO get there before
the attack was made qi The company,
aud use my influence With the Indians
to lot them alone. crossed the noun
tains by the trail and reached the
Meadows between y and 10 O'Clock in
the morning--the distance from my
place being about % nliles--but was
TOO late. The attack had been made
Just before day break in the morning.
The Indians were repulsed with one
killed and two OF .their Chiefs from
Cedar ef,f ta.II f.......
SHOT THROUGH THE LEas, fa
breaking leg for each OF them. The
Indians were In terrible rage. l went
to some OF them that were In the ra-
vine. They told me TO go 10 the main
body or they would kill me for not
coming before the attack was made.
While / VAS standing there i received
q shot just above my belt, cutting
through my clothes to the skin, some
six inches across. The Indians with
whom was talking lived with me at
Harmony. i was an Indian farmer
They told me i was in danger. aud 10
get down into the ravine. i said that
II was impossible for me to do any
thing there, and 1 dare not venture to
the camp or to the emigrants without
sndangering my life. I mounted my
horse and started south TO meet Carl
Shurtz. I travelled sixteen miles and
stopped ON the Megotsy 70 bait my
animal. az there was good grass aud
water. i had rode over 40 miles
without eating or drinking. This Is
the place where Tobin met his assas-
sination. About sunset saw Schurtz
and some 10 or 10 white men and
about 100 Indians. We camped. Dur
ing the night, the Indians left for the
Meadows. reported TO the men what
had taken place. They attacked the
emigrants again, about sunrise the
next morning, which was Tuesday, and
had one of their number killed and
several wounded. With the white men
we reached the Meadows about | p. m.
On the way, we met, small band OF
Indians returning with some is or 20
head OF cattle. One of the indians
was wounded in the shoulder. They
told me that the Indians were encamp-
ed east of the emigrants mt some
springs. On our arrival at the springs
wa found 200 Indians, among whom
were the two wounded chiefs, Moquee-
bus and Bill. The Indians we're
INA HIGH STATE or EXCITEMENT
and had killed many cattle aud horses
belonging TO the company. i counted
CAD head near their encampment that
they had killed in revenge for wound
ing their men. by the assistance of
Oscar Hamblin. brother Of Jacob Ham
blin, and Shurtz, we succeeded in get
ting the Indians to desist from killing
any more stock that night. The COM
pany Of emigrants had corraled all
their wagons but one, for better ds-
fense. This corral was abont 100 yards
above the springs. This they did 10
get away from the ravine south, the
better 10 defend themselves The at
tack was made from the sounth rayine
and from the rocks on the west.
The attack was renewed that night
by the Indians, in spite OF all we could
do to prevent il. When the attack was
commenced, Oscar Hamblin, William
Young and myself started to go to the
Indians. When opposite the corral. on
the north. the bullets came aroand us
LIKE SHOWER or HAIL.
We had two Indians with Ms 10 pi-
lot. They threw themselves fiat on
the ground to protect themselves from
the bullets. / stood erect aud asked
my Father in Heaven To protect me
from the missiles of death aud enable
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
shoulder.
MOST HIDEoUs YELL
OF the Indians commenced. The cries
and shrieks OF the women and children
so overcame me that / forgot my dan
ger, and rushed through the fire TO the
Indians and plead with them in tears
to desist. told them that the Great
Spirit would he angry with them Tor
killing the women aud little children.
They told me TO leave, or they would
serve me the same way. and that was
not their friend, but the friend OF their
enemies; that | was a squaw and did
not have the heart of brave, aud that
I could not zee blood shed without
crying like baby, aud called me
cry-baby. and by that name i am
known by all the Indians to this day.
I owe my life on that occasi On TO Oscar
Hamblin, who was q missionary with
the Indians and had much influence
with Santa Clara Indians. They were
the ones that wanted to kill him.
Hamblin shamed them and called them
dogs and wolves for wanting TO shed
the blood OF their father (myself), who
lad fed and clothed them. We finally
prevailed on them To return to tho
camp, where we wonld hold council
that would
SEND PoR THE BIO CAPTAINS
10 come and talk. We told them the,
had punished emigrants epough ant
maybe they had killed nearly all o
them. We told them that Bishop
Dame and President Haight woult
come and maybe they would give then
part Of the cattle and let the compan,
40 with the teams. In this way W.
reconciled them TO suspend hostllitiei
for the present. The two that haS
been with Hamblin AMI myself th'
night before, said that they had seeI
two men on horseback come out OF th'
emigrants' camp under full speed, ant
that they went toward Cedar Cit,
Wednesday morning. I asked the maj
Il think his name was Edwards) To g
20 Cedar City aud say to Prssidsn
Haight for Gods sake. for my sake an'
for the sake OF suffering humanity Il
send out men 10 rescue that company
This lay we all Law still waiting orders
Occasionally few Of the Indians with
drew, taking a few head Of animal
with them. About noon, crossed Tia
Valley north Of the corral, thinking d
examine their location from the wes
range. The company Recognized IN
as white man, aud sent two littl
boys, about four years old, 10 meet me
hid from them, fearing the Indian
! who had discovered the children.
: called the Indians. who wauted my gu
! and ammunition O. kill them. i pre-
vailed with the Indians 10 let the child
rem go back to the camp, which the
very soon did when they saw the Ii
: dians. ! crept mp behind some rock
J on the west range. where j had
FuLL VIEW or ruE CORRAL.
la il they had dug rifle. pit. TIL
wheels Of their wagons we're chaine
, together, aud the only show for the IL
. dians was to starve them out or sho,
!, them as they went for water. ] Ia
|. there some two hours aud coutempli