Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-19

4
e,.,s az Arkansls--the Mountain Head
- massacre--and Of the strange advcn-
,n,e, rescue and inter life OF the few
.a,1iyors OF that tragedy, the children OF
Arkansas parents.
n ID brought up anew and told In this
arm Of Its special interest to Arlsansans.
,,t,soiirlans and TEXANS, owing to the con-
/ ,inued efforts OF one man to secure gov
eminent aid for the survivors OF that
swful Utah crime. the children who sub
,squently settled and grew up in the
states mentioned.
The latest effort IL In the direction OF
Ringing about a reunion OF these SUR
,lyors Of the Mountain Meadows massa-
,r, Should this prove practicable. enc
a, tho most picturesque and pathetic
spectncles possible would then be pre-
sented.
some point in the State OF Arkansas
viii be chosen for the reunion, II It ia
. found that the survivors OF the Mountain
Meadows massacre can be again brought
,oeether. 1t would be the first time they
have met In body since that day many
Years ago, when, rescued from the Nor
mons ard brought back to their native
state, they were received by old nelghhors.
1 friends and ltiufolk as though coming from
the dead
Their lives since then have led In dlf-
ferent directions. but the story OF their
strange and touching adventures will
never die.
rhey are the children of the Mas
4 rscre."
For more than quarter of century
one man in Carroll county. Arkansas, has
watched over the fortunes OF these sur
ylyors OF u historic tragedy with almost
i fatherly interest. That man is James
4 Polk Fanchcr. and the objects Of his per-
fstent care are the little remnant or
that train OF efngrnnts who escaped the
bloody fate OF their parents and friends
st the Mountain Meadows massacre in
The southern part OF the Territory or
Utah nearly forty years ago. The nephew
Of the brave commander OF the train, and
related 10 many other victims or the
4 Unparalleled butchery OF more than 100
defenseless men. women and children. Mr..
rancher, the present county clerk Of Car
foll county, has had good reason 10 eN-
trclse a kindly guardianship over that
4 now scattered and diminished band OF
orphans whose infant eyes behold one OF
the most terrific spectacles OF inhumanity
EVER perpetrated in nny land.
POLK" Fancher. as everybody in Car
roll county calls the Berryville attorney
snd official. has never lost any Of his zeal
for the seventeen boys ana girls spared
BY the Mormons and their Indian allies on
that bloody day In September, 1851, when
the Arkansas emigrants surrendered" to
John ID. Lee and his treacherous associ-
ates after week of fighting. accompan-
led by horrors that today make the minds
Of Thousands OF people shuddor when tho
Mountain Meadow massacre Is mentioned.
II was more than twenty-five years ago
when Polk Fancher began to urge the
claims OF the survivors for congressional
aid. He thought the National govern
meat should assume some paternal care
over the few persons who lost the dearest
interests OF life and every heritage Of
material wealth in that awful destruction
Of the train OF emlgrants. Many other
prominent citizens of Northwest Arkansas
action In favor Of the Mountain Meadow
survivors,
As the histor,, Of tho great Arortnnn
crime and Inc earnest md Fenerous cham
man az tbs rtghts md ,nterao,s a, aver,
.rvivar w ~ u,,u 1sni, F u, 80 ~
Done more tbnn onv otbcr rcrson 10 kecn
alive The pubilc synpntbv In ma moitsr
Related 10 t'nitad States scrator lanes
In herr, ana ox -f,o,,,,r.ssr,,n samuel
W Pal -, n,',.,iI
u men Nr tarchSr bas 6nI so,,e ana
WORKER in b,s ca,,so a. Vyasht,,,tn, fStt,,
but thus lar No ,se,,,,sni,,o,, ~ ~ clainSs
Of the survivors ms bsen secured
with a ,ier, 70 a., ,,ess,,La s,,cIoss az
Ms lsnd,tIo ,Se,,1 pos ,',o,,, .or,,
rronris,ta, tS',e 70 o"'atn " sy, ~
Mssaa,. III ~ law VI 'no Vs,,t",,,
ro,,rty psVi,'u, t"e vlolN OF 49,. -
lent ~, ',ss,. ;, ~ u.s. ,o"b
,hs Wy u oorlesi'oiiuehoe WIN most oi
union ~ ~ ~ alu tne 9uest,ot, Oh -
unforr,r,,a sGa''eIeu Feli,i''i , Vi us
,smnis,"S s,i, ne oiten pee" ~
NAV of s,,ot .nv o'stae'us ~ 'i,e
Ar nra,,a,,,o, a.. ISL aoiu e.t"' ""'e ~
81, ~ ~, ils a.HleNstheht'
nressn, .as not uespareu' anu AT the
III d, u.he ~ renewing ms etiorts IN
sps,s a.see'oh' Inc Mountain Menuows
~ a.N may yet DC Drought ABOUT IN
tu'u'e'
In ~.
No., u'e ealiy spring or 1871 now litte
snd v ,ii1a a snIirAy5eisht years ago, lhrse
Northv,n., 'l"til Vi iilBr9ii's ~
,ourt,es =, 81 c ihaixos ioi Saiilorhih INC
Ron ava G,,''s wi Mldulsol,' seaIey, Mh-
Of M ,o., "wioru iurnlsheu tne maJoilty
,llursd 49,. "e seeNets' VINO were thus
tAs osart ,,o ,Ioil their qulet hoines III
les IN wv s W Ine so'ueh prom
psnac ,i e Unframed bldorado OF the
The nrsns,s.,
Journey had asr-,'' UT the i'vInens ~,
Mf Of tho ,'j,s ,ons DeIore uhe .iet
tay thai al, ~ anu ua l' l,,n
around psrr,g,,,, N'I','iS ior many n''ies
Carroll comma - ene county sea.
tdysnture ana tsissd t ,n,,nh .In,,t Inc
coming event A ,r,n anross ,ho ,,,atns
then seemed a ,narveio,,s ma ,l,tr. 20
NE people OF the White river re,rIon vho
lytd at leas, 5OO miles from railroad,