The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-04-21
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4 STORY By AN OLD SCOTT.


An old scout says that General Harvey
was the best leader for the plains he ever
saw. He was cool and deliberate. but n lion
in fight and concludes in answer to inter
rogatories: 'I was with him at the time OF
the Mountain Meadow massacre. Whom he
heard about it he sent out scouts to find ont
who the murderers were, and when they re-
ported to him that they were the Mormous.
off he went with his entire command for
salt Lake City swearing every rod of the
way that he would hang the murderers if be
had to hang every Mormon in Utah He in
tended to give Brigham Young twenty four
hours to surrender the murderers. and. un-
less that was done, Latter Day saints would
be mighty scarce around there. Before we
reached Salt Lake q messenger overlook rs
with orders from the war department for
Harvey to return to camp. that the civil au-
thorities would attend 70 the massacre busf-
ness.
'IIe thought the matter over for little
while and then declared that he had started
for salt Lake City and that he would 90
there if he was court -martfaled and shot for
it. And he went, too; and if the war de-
partment ever heard Of ft no action was Ia
ken. We camped a short distance ont Of
the city, and stayed few DAYS to give the
animals a rest. and they needed it sadly for
we had travelled fast. The morning that we
started back to Yuma a young girl about
seventeen or eighteen years old, came out to
the camp and applied to Brady, the train
master to help her escape. Her parents
were English who had Joined the Mormons
not long before, and one of the elders want
ed to marry her. Her parents were irving
to force her to this pOlvCamous marriage
and she could only avoid it running away.
She had an uncle and auntin san Francisco,
and to them she wanted to 60.
'Brady wasn't the man to say mo- under
such circumstances. but he slowed her away
in the -four wagon by piIing the barrels
around her in such away that she couIdu' =
be seen from either end. We hadn't gone.
far before dozen MOrmons overlook us.
the girls father being with them. they went
through that train until they found the girl
After they had got her out she turned TO
Brady and bade him goodbye. AT the same
time thanking him for trying to help her
That, of course, gave him dead away, and
the NLOrmOns arrested him for kidnapnino
the girl, and they all went toward the CITY.
Harney saw that there was something
wrong with the train, and back came a mes
senger to see what was the matter. Assoon
5 Harvey was informed Of what had occur
red he ordered the train to halt and stay
there until he got back, and away he and
the troop went for the Normons. They had
long start of him, however, and reached
the city first. Do You suppose Harvey stop-
ped when he reached the cityo Not bit of
it. Right up the main street he went ON a
gallop, and when he jumped from his horse
and cried Halt" it was rfaht in front of
Brigham's Office. There was a guard on
duty there with q uusket and fixed bavouet.
but rs be brought his weapon to charge
Harvey gave it O kick that turned the guard
half round, and the next instant be was dis
armed. Harvey strobe into the Office with
ha!f dozen soldiers at his heels. and two
minutes later Brigham was straLdIe OF q
horse and Calio0iug down the street i'm the
centre Of troop OF cavalry.
''It was fun 70 see the Mormons stare as
they saw the old man i'm such company. but
before they could have time to ac5 we were
out of the city. About five miles out ITar-
ney ordered a halt, and it wasn't long before
a lot Of NoIm0ns came riding as fastas their
horses could carry them. When they got
within sound Of his voice. Hamey ordered
them to halt or he'd fire on them. and they
halted. Then he ordered Brigham 10 tell
them to 60 back to the city and bring Brady
and the girl back with them, and he said to
Brigham
If they are not here within two bours