Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-16
HEROIC HARVEY.
His Adventure With Brigham Young After tn
Mountain Meadow Massacre.
A LION IN FIGHT.

Harvey was the best military leader
for the plains | ever met. He was cool
and deliberate in his braveness, but was
a lion in fight
"When were You with him? Tell me
about it. Il was with him at the time
of the Mountain Meadow massacre.
When he heard about it he sent out
scouts to find out who the murderers
were, and when they reported to him
that they were Mormons, off he went
with his entire command for Salt Lake
| City, swearing every rod of the way
that he would hang every Mormon in
! Utah. He intended to give Brigham
Young twenty-four hours to surrender
! the murderers, and, unless that was
done, Latter-day Saints would be mighty
scarce around there Before we reached
Salt Lake, messenger overlook us with
orders from the War Department to re-
turn to camp, that the civil authorities
would attend to the massacre business.
''He thought the matter over for lit
tie while, and then declared that he had
started 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 of
the city, and staid a few days to give
the animals rest, and they needed it
sadly, for we had travelled fast The
morning that we started back to Yuma
a young girl, about II or Is years old,
came out to the camp, and applied to
Brady, the train master, to help her es-
cape. Her parents were English, who
had joined the Mormons not long before,
and one of the elders wanted to marry
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 aunt in San Fran
cisco, and to them she wanted to 90.
BRADY wasn't the man to say no
under such circumstances, but he stow
ed her away in the flour wagon by pill
ing the barrels around her in such way
that she couldn't be seen from either
end. We hadn't gone far before dozen
Mormons overlook us, the girls father
being along with them, and they went
through that train until
THEY FOUND TILE GIRL.
After they had got her out she turned
to Brady and babe him good bye, at the
same time thanking him for trying to
help her. That, of course, gave him
dead away, and the Mormons arrested
him for kidnapping the girl, and they
all went toward the city. Harvey saw
that there was something wrong with
the train. and back came q messenger
to see what was the matter. As soon as
Harvey was informed of what had oc-
CURED, he ordered the train to halt and
stay there until he got back, and away
he and all the troops went for the Nor
mons. They had long start of 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,
and when he jumped from his horse and
cried HALT it was right in front of
Brigham office. There was a guard
on duty there with musket and fixed
bayonet, but as he brought his weapon
to a charge Harvey gave it kick that
turned the guard half round, and the
next instant he was disarmed. Harvey
strobe into the Office with half dozen
soldiers at his heels, and two minutes
later Brigham was astradle of horse
and galloping down the street in the
center of Il troop of cavalry.
IT WAS FUN
to see the Mormors as they saw the old
man in such company, but before they
could have time to act they were out of
the city. About five miles out Harvey
ordered a halt. ara it wasn't long before
lot of Mormons cameu riding as fast
as their horses could carry them. When
they cot within sound of his voice, Har-
ney ordered them to halt or he would
fire on them, and they halted, Then
he ordered 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 with
in two hours I'll fill your carcass full of
government leadr'
You don't dare to- says Brigham.
why" says Harvey, I'm shoot you
myself r
Long before the two hours were up
Brady and the girl were there, and when
we got to Yuma Harvey sent a guard
with her TO San Barandine, on her way
to San Francisco That's the kind of a
man Harvey was"