Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-05

When returned to camp some six or
eight men had come from Cedar City.
Joel White, William e.. Stewart and
Elliot C. Weldon were among the num-
Der, but they had no orders. They had
come merely to see how things were.
The Meadows are about fifty miles from
Cedar City. Thursday afternoon the
messenger from Cedar City returned.
He said that President Haight had gone
to Parowan to confer with Col. Dame,
and company Of men and orders
would be sent ON tomorrow, Friday;)
that up to the time that he left the coun-
Gil had come to no definite conclusion.
During this time the Indians and men
were engaged in broiling beef and max
ing their hides up into lassos. had
fiattered myself that bloodshed was at
an end. After the emigrants saw me
cross the valley they holsted white
! flag in the midst of their corral.
Friday afternoon four wagons drove
up with armed men. When they saw
the white flag in the corral they raised
one also, but drove to the springs
where we were, and took refreshments,
after which a council meeting was call
ed Of presidents, bishops, and other
church officers and members of the high
council, societies, high priests, etc.
Major John M. Higbee presided as
chairman. Several Of the dignataries
bowed in prayer, invoked the aid of the
Holy Spirit to prepare their minds and
guide them to do right and carry out
the counsel Of their leaders. Higbee
said that President JIG. Haight had
been to ParoWan to confer with Col.
Dame, and their counsel and orders
We're that this emigrant camp must be
used up" l replied, men, women
and children ?" ''All," said he Except
such as are too young to tell tales. and
ii the Indians cannot do it without help
we must help Them"
commenced pleading for the COM
pany, and said though some of them
have behaved badly they have been
pretty well chastised. My policy would
be to draw off the Indians. let them
have portion of the loose cattle, and
withdraw with them under promise that
they would not modest the company
any more; that the company would then
have teams enough left to take them 10
California. l told them that this course
could not bring them into trouble. Hlg-
bee said, "White men have interposed
and the emigrants know it, and there
lies the danger in letting them CO." |
said, what white man interfered ,"
He replied that in the attack on Tues
day night two men broke out Of the
corral and started for Cedar City on
horseback; that they were met at
Richey's Spring by Stewart. Joel White
and another man whose name has pass
ed from me.
Stewart asked the two men their
names when they met them at the
spring, and being told in reply by one
Of the men that his name was Alden,
and that the other man was a Dutch
man from the emigrant's company,
Stewar. showed a pistol to Aden's
breast and killed him, saying. Take
that, damn YOU" The other man (the
Dutchman) wheeled to leave as Joel
White fired among others the boy who
was pulled by the hair Of his head out
oft he wagon by the Indian and saved
by me. That boy [ took home and
kept home until DR.. Forney, govern
ment agent, came to gather up the
children and take them East.
He took the boy with others. That
boys name was William Faucher. His
father was captain of the train. He
was taken east and adopted by man in
Nebraska named William Sloan. He
remained east several years, and then
returned to Utah, and is now a convict
in the Utah penitentiary, having been
convicted the past year for the crime of
highway robbery. He is known by the
name Of ''Idaho Bill" but his true
name is William Faucher. His little
sister was also taken east, and is now
the wife ola man working for the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, near Green
river. The boy (now many has yet got
the scar on his chin caused by the cut
on the wagon box, and those who are
curious enough to examine will find a
deep cut made with an axe while he
was with me.
l got breakfast that morning; then
all hands returned to the scene of the
slaughter to bury the dead. The bodies
were all in nude state. The Indians
through the night had stripped them of
every vestige of clothing. Many of the
parties were laughing and talking as
they carried the bodies TO the ravine
for burial. They were just covered
over little, but did not long remain
so. for the wolves dug them up, and,
after eating the flesh from them the
bones laid upon the ground until buried
sometime after bya government mill
tary officer.
At the time Of burying the bodies
Dame and Haight got into another
| quarrel. Dame seemed terror-stricken,
and again said he would have to pub
fish it. They were about two PAGES
from me. Dame spoke low, as if care
full to avoid being heard. Haight spoke
loud, and said, you know that you
counseled it. and ordered me to have
them used up" Dame said, II did
not think that there were so many
children. thought they were nearly
all killed by the Indians" Haight
said, 1T is too late in the day for you