The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-29
General larney and the Mormons,

been much employed AS O scout and hunter
by commanders of troops on The plains.
Among other things. he tells this story of
General Harney's doings after the Noun
tain Meadow massacre:
when We heard about the massacre. no
sent out scouts to find out who the muir
derers were, and when they reported to him
that they were Mormons off he went with
his entir' command for Salt Lake Civ,
swearing every rod of the way that no would
hang the murdcrers if he bad to hang every
Mormon. in Utah. He intended to give
Brigham Young "a hours to surrender up
the murderers, and unless this was done
Latter Day Saints would be mighty scarce
around there. Before he reached Salt
Lake City, messenger overlook us with
orders from the war department for Harvey
to return to camp; that the civil authorities
would attend to the massacre business.
Then you ought to hear the old man swear
He damned the government enough to sink
it. l never mot man who could swear
more violently than Harvey.
Ho thong t the matter over for a little
while, and then declared that he had start
ed for Salt Lake City, ard be would 60
there it be was court-martialed and shot
Tor 1t. And he went, too; and if the war
department ever heard of it, no action was
taken. We camped short distance out.
side the city and stayed q few days to give
the animals rest, and they needed it sad.
~, for We had travelled fast. The morning
that We started back to Yuma, young girl
about II or Is years old, come out to camp
and applied to Brady, the train master, to
help her escape. Her parents were Enplish,
who had joined the Mormons not lone be-
fore, and one Of the elders wanted to mar
~ her. Her parents We're trying to force
her to this polygamous marriage, and she
could only avoid it by running away. She
had al uncle and an aunt in San Francisco,
and to them she wanted to 20.
Brady wasn't the man to say mo- under
such circumstances and he slowed her
away in the flour wagon by piling tho bar.
rels around her in such away that she
couldn't be seen from either end. We
hadn't got far before dozea Mormons
overlook u.s.. the girls father
being along with them, and they went
through that train until they found the
girl. Aftor they got her out sae turned
to Brady and babe him good-bv, at the
same time thanking him for trying to help
her. That, Of course, gave him dead away,
and tho Mormons arrested him for kid
mapping the girl. and away they all went to-
ward tue city. Harvey saw that there was
something wrong with the train, and tack
came messenger to see what was the mat
ter. AS soon as Harvey was informed Of
what had occurred, he ordered the train TO
halt and stay there until he get back, and
swearing worse than before. away he and all
the troops went for the Mormons. They
Lad got long start on him, however. and
reached the city first. Do you suppose
Harvey stopped when he reached the CITY?
Not bit OF it. Right up the main street
he went at gallop. aud when he jumped
rom his horse and cried 'Haltv it was right
in front of Brigham's Office. There was a
guard on duty there with a musket and fixed
bayonet. but az he brought his weapon to a
charge Harney gave it kick that turned the
guard half round, and tho next instant he
was disarmed. Hsrney strobe into the
Office with half dozen soldiers at his
heels, and two minutes later Brigham was
astraddle of horse and galloping down the
street in the centre of troop of cavalry.
1t was fun to see the Mormcns stare as
they saw the old man in such company, but
before they could have time to act thew
were out of the city. About five miles ont
Harvey ordered halt, and it wasn't long
before lot of Mormons came riding up az
fastas their horses could carry them. When
they got up within sound of his voice Har-
ney ordered them to halt or lie would fire
on them, and they halted. Then no or
dered Brigham to tell them to 90 back to
the city and bring Brady and the girl back
with them, and said he to Brigham, IF
they are not here inside of two hours I'll
fill your carcass full of government
lead!"
"'You don't dare to- says Brigham.
=" Why, -you,' says Harvey, I'll
shoot you myself"
Long before the two hours were M
Brady md the girl were there, and when
we got to Yuma Harvey senta guard with
her to San Bernardino, on her way to San
Francisco. That's the kind of man Har-
ney was."