Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1884-10-16

the enemy, as they did and DO consider all
outside Of the Mormon church, but 10 en-
rich themselves as we'll; and, moreover,
these Geniiles we're from Arkansas, where
the sanity Pratt vas made TO wear an in
voluntary martyrs crown. This train of
rich Arkansas GentiIes was doomed from
the day it crossed through the South Pass
and had got fairly down into the me.hes of
the Mormon spider-ret, from which it was
never to become disentangled. About this
time, Brigham Young. preaching in the
Tabernacle, and referring 10 the trouble with
the United States, said that up to that mo-
ment he had protected emigrants who had
passed through the Territory, but now he
would turn the Indians loose upon them
Judge Cradlebough, then district Judge in
Ut,h, heard the President of the Mormon
church, and at that time Governor of Utah
Territory, make The above statement. The
hint so shrewdly given was no, long in being
acted upon. From tina, momen, these emf
grants, as they journeyed southwark, were
considered the authorized, if not the legal.
prey Of the inhabitants. All kinds Of depre-
dations and extortions were prsctced upon
them. AT Parowan they took some grain
to the mill to be ground; the miller went to
ask the bishop if he nigh, grind this grain
for these damned Gentiles' The bishop
replied. Eyes. bu, you mus, take double toll"
| These facts have leaked out through those
who have renowned the Mormon creed.
/, is beyond dispute that Brigham Young
stnt letters south, authorizing that the train
should be destroyed A Pah-U,e chief Of
! the Santa Clara band. named Jackson. who
was one Of the attacking party. and had
brother slain by the emigrants from the
corral by tie party. SAYS that orders came
| down in lctter from Brigham Young. that
the emigran,s we're 10 be killed and a chief
Of the Pah-tt.s, named Touche. now living
on the Virgin river, sand ,ha, letter from
/ Brigham Young 10 the same eTrc, vas
brought down 70 the Virgin river band hy
man named Huntingdon. who i an Indian
interpreter and lived many Years in Sal,
Lake Clry. Jackson SAYS there we're sixty
Mormons lei by John u. Lee, Of Harmony,
and prominent man ia the church named
Haight. shn now i've, a; Cedar CITY; that
thu, were painted and disguised a. Indians
that tbs painting and Disgusting was done
., spring IL TIE CANYON. ahoat mile north
east from where the cm.ranf, we're en-
camprd. and that Ire ami lliishi itd the
combined force. Of the Mormon, aud In
ditns, ~ the FIRST attack. rhroughou, tie
.ecr. and al TIE las, massacre THE Santa
Z Clara lnd.ans say that the emigran,, could
nnt Ge' 20 tile water. A. INV te-itgcr, lay
a5uu: the .prius ready 10 shoot AZ, one Who
approached. Hi, could easily ht,e been
'!"nr. 4 frw war, afrr. When Major
Puncr, rs,mas'rr. United States ARMY.
.rd Lieut. Ole, ~ Dragons ,ucr, ,xtn:ir-
7 ny thi, modern Gnigo'ha the, Stood ~
. MI, afrh Which ua' IN tic corral aud place!
n.r ntn IL ihr .prn-. ivcrt,- KIT ,ard,
distant, aud THY could Jl,t the men,
I ma +, bo'h pArt:t. Standing erect.
I his show. low ,.lal d po.n, ihc assam
ant, occupied. how close i, va, to the as
sailed, and how vii protected h va, from
fire coming from The G.recriun II The
oorrIL do not wan, To take the time. or
/ space, 10 cite authorize, \, hlrr, a.uu-
with my sad aarraii,e but every sentence
/ that ~rilr i, ea,il, proved
J'hn y. Ic-. i,aac G. liai-h; AMI Juhn
/ VI. llgby were Ne leader, ald orsln.zrI
I the band with The determination " DESTROY
ing The rmerant- and applying their pror-
crty TO Themselves. These m-u ordered tn.
Indian. 10 stampede the ca'il, AnI ir,r
them away from the train.
They then commenced firm, on the emi
grants onx Indian vas killed, brother M
the chief Of the SANTA Clara Indians. 10
whom have already alluded another va>
shot through tie iyg ana lived cripple mrn,
wears IN Cedar CITY The N1rmo1s 81, the
emigrants fought TX lions. There WI,
need Of il, for they Wtre cop!u. w4th hI-
man devils. Even the women. Hri %,
though they Mere in beauty, fought ,iL- "A,
side with their sturdy broth.r-. hI,Jlul,.
and Wee,hearis. Il Va. the women IL
1 Carthage. and the thrd Panic var once
more. To them surrender meant more
/ than death more than death !, wa> Soon
evident that these ArAansa. cmigtan,>.
! through whose veins run the hot southern
I blood could net he WHIPPED y, fur fight
| ing. and 80. after some days tie Nor
mons had a council among themselves to
I devise some plan 10 destroy the emigrau.s.
/ They concluded finally, tha, they would sen
/ some few down and pretend % De fl.enI,,
/ and try to get the emlgrants 10 surrender.
/ John ID. Lee and three or four others, be sd.
High, and Highly had their paint washed
/ of, and dressing in their usual attire, t,ok
their wagons and drove down toward tie
/ emigran,s' corral, as if they we're Just trA,-
cling on the road on their ordinary business.
| The emigrants sent out little cir % meet
them. She was dressed III white. IN her
slender hand she held a white handkerchief
and waved il toward them in token Of peace.
( The Mormons waved one in rrpl, aud then
moved forward into the corral They talked
I with the .migrants more than an hour and
told them that the Indians were hostile, and
| u they gaze Up their arms IL rould sho,r
the Indians that they did not rant to fght,
agd that u they gould DO this they (he
.aormons) sonid plat them bach 10 tie 81
Elements. o 'reachery unspeakaoie Bet
ter that the earth had opened her mouth
and swallowed them up. The emigrants
had horses which had remained near their
wagons the loose stock, mostly cattle, had
been driven off, Finally the emigrants
| agreed TO those terms, and delivered their
arms up to the Mormons with whom they
| had counseed. The women and children
then started back toward Hamblin's house.
the men following with few wagons that
! they had hsstily htched up. On arriving at
The scrub oaks and dsrse brush. where the
| other MGrmons and Indians ID, concealed.
Highly who had been one of th1se who had