Morris tribune., 1881-12-29
General Harvey and the Mormons,

A correspondent CT western paper re-
ports an interview with a man who has
been much employed as a 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, he
sent ont 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 City,
swearing every rod of the way that he would
hang the murdcrers if he had 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. never met man who could swear
| more violently than Harvey.
He thought the matter over fer a little
| while, and then declared that he had start
| ed for Salt Lake City, and he would go
there if he was court-martialed and shot
for it. 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 few days to give
the animals rest, and they neededit sad
II, 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 English,
| who had joined the Mormons not long be-
fore, and one of the elders wanted to mar
ry her. Her parents were trying to force
her to this polygamous marriage. and she
could only avoid it by running away. She
had an uncle and an aunt in San Francisco,
and to them she wanted to 60.
Brady wasn't the man to say mo- under
such circumstances, and he slowed her
away III the flour wagon by piling the bar
rels around her in such away that sie
couldn't be seen from either end. We
hadn't got far before dozen Mormons
overlook us, the girls father
being along with them, and they went
through that train until they found the
girl. After they got her cut she turned
to Brady and babe him good-by, at the
same time tin, thanking him for trying to help
her. That. of course, gave him dead away,
and the Mormons arrested him for kid
mapping the girl, and away they all went to-
ward the city. Harvey saw that there was
something wrong with the train, and lack
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 got back, and
swearing worse than before, away he and all
the troops went for the Mormons. They
had got a 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 q gallop. aud when>he jumped
rom his horse and cried Halt! it was right
in front of Brig ams Office. There was
guard on duty there with musket and liked
bayonet. but as he brought his weapon to 6
charge Harvey gave it kick that turned the
guard half round, and the next instant he
was disarmed. Harvey strobe into TIE
. Office with O half dozen soldiers at his
heels, and two minutes later Brigham wat
astraddle of horse and galloping down the
street in the centre of troop of cavalry.
ut was fun to see the Mormons stare a:
they saw the old man in such company, but
before they could have time to act the1
! we're out of the city. About five miles ou
.. Harvey ordered q halt, and it wasn't long
before q lot Of Mormons came riding up al
, fast as their horses could carry them. When
they got up within sound Of his voice Hair
. l ney ordered them to halt OR he would fire
on them, and they halted. Then he or
dered Brigham to tell them to go back to
,, the city and bring Brady and the girl bacl
with them, and said he to Brigham, IL
: | thew are not here inside of two hours IL
fill your carcass full of government
lead!'
".You don't dare to-, says Brigham.
"'Why, -you,' says Harvey, I'll
l shoot you myself"
Long before the two hours were u,
Brady and the girl were there, and whel
we got to Yuma Harvey senta guard with
\ her to San Bsrnardino, on her way to Sar
,, Francisco. That's the kind of man Har
, | ney was"