The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-24

mon laws ul the MNrfNNt~ 'if'rr. ff.ii iNUE HaI
fnu,lit their wuv through ~. Indians. and
would do Il through thrd-d Mormon-. and if
their god, old brigham. and his pri' sis would
not sell tu'ir provisions. 10y Cd. tn"y would
take what they wanted any way they could get
II that thus raging. on" NJ them let loose his
long whip and Killed. two ehckcns. Pnd throw
u Hm into his wagon; that the Will ~ Evans
said" Gentleman. those are my chickens: pl"u-'
don't XIV thgmi ! am 4 poor widow: ilai
would blow her ID brains out etr;
tiai they nal been raising irouh" with all lho
" g. threatened on the North ~ johnson.
urmy that now our safety depended On prompt
an immediate action; that company ~ IN
diuns had already gone south from ihroWrh
aut Cedar CITY I'D surprise the ymridui-. wa"
Wcr" then at thc Mountain Meadow. and hc
wanted ~ iO r,tmu homo IN tic morning sun
dayl. aud send Carl Sluiiz Indian int rpre'D
from my homo Oialm9n>l To rni-' thr lnians
south. at llarmopyi Washington. ana santa
cara. 60 ioiu tho Indians from the north. ana
u.ke the attack upon NJ cmnTanis ~
the Meadows. snid 20 him. Would II
po' n r.. W. ,r to ma 2a mo ySg H. r%epled
thai "ciory true Latter Day Sniut that regarded
r r", .',, If tlE ,.r wi Kali f"rfl,.i ,hair
',yes ty iheir acts aud ilat Bishor 7. X smith
direction. and {. o-" that have gone from Paro-
wan Iul hgl,, Wilt MAKE ih, attack. ANA may hr
tt,. lrrtAr'u. ltturn mmod .atry amt starr
C.n $ hurt. Toll him that ordered YOU ig tell
him to ro and I want YOU 10 try and ret iher"
hr'orr The aitaei, IT. made. and mnke Inc rinn
fn the indiIn-. and viii send Nophi johnson.
,s,i h., ~ 10 Holm Carl Sthuriz niannge the In-
diur-.' dd Juet ~ was ordered
ooiNG 10 THE s,rNE OF THL SLAUGHTER.
Tue Indians from the north and ABOUT lInr-
mluv hlM already started Tor the N adows
.I.lr anl r. mn,nai ill morning. | ,honeht
,err thu matter. uui TIM more ! Thought tn
n.us Wt l''lnss .NOied against ~. u lunrrli
ingdr r. 4"d n.d nom ne. Wli,d IT, ny
amt aNN 49, Q nag 4" l'i thrm do Their own dirty
" r.. Aud sud Il things ,did nYi - Ju-t to cut
n"v'f did tyeVe in blood ntoncmcnt and said
il w.- from the devil and thai She would rather
ns.ak ru j covenant. u she had To- dic for -
au act. ! nuully Moulded thut I would go;
u"t would start by ''iShi'tk IN thf morning
aul try to ret there brior" an attack WIS mad"
"a fiir company. ami Use NY inliu nee with the
tlin~ w a trail and =, a he'd IN. Nead, A. l,.-
tween nHnd lUlnthe morning. IN" distance from
my pluc" bcing about tWeuty-iiV" miles. But WAS
t.1 late. TIN attack had been made just before
lun-'i. with one killed and two of their chiefs
rom Cedar slot through their Logs breaking a
leg ior Zach vi them 1h" Indians were in a ter
rlN' rag. W'ni i' ~omr II tnrin thai We're n
81 rlNin". They told nae to - ~ iunin hoiy or
Icy MN"i kih hwier d. = unnn- .g'inI IN. III,
received shot just above my belt, cutting
through my clothes To- tho skin. some six inches
across. Til, Indians with whom | W., ial king
llNeu with me- az Harmony. wis ludtan
iarner. Troy told u.e | was IN danger. and 10
get down into toe rnyinr. | said that II was im-
uos> inlr Tor me- To- do anything there. and iar"
A'i riuih % ne amp 4rth' migrants without
I .uI N.ffr ne, my Vie. | mounted ms horse ami
-t. r South 90 meet Carl Shurt2. travel. 4
~.,t'tu miif- AMI stopped uu thu .ot-y tp
h3ut riy animal. - there WaS good eias- and
q Water. ! had ridd J, over forty mlles with at
I ..tiag or drinking. lh- If the place whore
Nj. / Din met his a~sas-inAtprs.
THE FIrsr ATTACH.
/ About sunset law Surz and some ten or
/ GH.ru White mon. AMI about 100 Indians. We
/ rrunr"d. during th" night the Indians left for
/ the NJ allows; TO .t@l - "a" nirn what had
/ a.out sunrise H.. next morning winch was
tn SHY. AID had one Of th'h numhr Killed
and vera wowlrd. w!h the white, mon.
inr way We met small hand Of Indians return
/ ing VIII som" eighteen or twenty head ot cattle.
! On ul tn Indians was wounded in the shout
| der. They toi mo that the Indians were en-
| ON 1nrerrivul ut III. springs we found about 200
chiefs. Moqucctus end Bill The Indians
were IN high siat', OF rN'uem-n.
! the company. | counted slAV head near their
ON at iineni that they had killed IN rr'eng' Tor
| ~ O-r.r uaulln lhrlthcr Of Jacob llamhiiu|
and Nhur'l we "a eedcd IN gcttin- thD Indians
tul'- 80 ir.ui killhg any NOR. riv thnt mig ~
| Ihr Company n "miSrauis hti t"rrahcI AL
tl"ir Ntjp-ur- hut one for lct,,r dDienD". TIM
corral wAs about one hundred yards above tA'
spriuG-. Th- thcy dld ~ ~ away from iN, rae
Niu' SOUTH tle better t. drien tl ins lN"-
Tn attack, were mad from the south r.'in
and irom va" Too - "n ilc ~, -. Ihe aiuirk Wa
renewed innt night hy On" IL Lam. IA spite "
comm, n,rd Oscar Hahhiln. william Noun.
Wien opro-it, III, corrd ~ the north the tMl
ht- .alne around rs ike q shower OF nail. W.
N.a hAt TWO Indians Nliil ue Co. li.lUt u-. J l"
t..ioV tl.euiS. .iN,a Hat ou ihr -roind tu prof
th.uis,N,s from no lu'lai~. stood erect; un'
usl"i nfy Faith 'r in hceN, u 90 protest nr iron
tl.' u'ssies - deafn aii 'nnh' w" tor'1 %
We Indians. ON ball ias 'i u'h-'i nN iN