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

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/ teams ut ONCE, tor they had been ordered
| by higncc the same nr nyavlf to ku tho
alex anu the woundcd IN the wagons. ana
the troops. MeMurdy and iSnlghl got ouI
| OF their Wagons. each with rifle Me
Murray went up TO knlghra wseon. whefc
| the sick and wounded We're. and raising
his rifle TO his ahouldcr, naid % Lord.
| my God, receive their spirits, 1t Is for
lie then shot u man who was lying with
| his head on anosher mans breast, the bail
| Killed both Of them.
II then went Up to the wagon intending
% do nay part OF tho killing. drew my
pistol and toeiScd II, but somehow Il Went
| on nrematurcly and shot McMurdy across
.he Thigh, me ball cutting his hueksl,in
| Brother Lee. Keep cool, YOU are excited
| You came very near killing me.
,,, k.nh,E NJ Then shot a man "a The head
about u yeafs Old. The boy came run-
ming w 10 the wagon and knight struck
S Sn e h 6s s MSh IN s ss'i S 9s
| Indians rcacned our wagons aud all the
sick mud wounded were KILLED almost la
SANITY.
"a saw an Indian from Cedar city Called
Joe run UP to The wagon and catch man
Ky me hair and raise hls head ana look
| into hts face. The mnn shut his eN rs
and Joe shot him ~ the head,
"Iho lndlnns then examined all the
bodies TO ace II any were alive; all that
Tie hea. ali not l,iil any 'V one t SSf,'
but Il was m accident that Eepi me from
X i2r = iuilN Intended 10 90 my part Of
s ss tSns ,hs ha ms go' % SyS9 S
was done, There Is no truth IN the atatpt
mont OF Nephi johnson that cut u mans
throat
"Iust after the wounded were all killed
l saw giri some 10 or II years Old,
running. toward us from the dir,qtlen
where The troops attacked tho main body
Of the oinigtnnts. she was covered with
blood, An Indian shot her before she Hot
within Hiaty, yards "a US That was the
last person I saw Killed
About this time an Indian rushed up
to the front wagon ana grabbed little
BOY aud was going 70 Mn MN. The iad
got away from tho lndiNN aud ran to me
and caught me by the knees hcgging me
not TO let the indian XIII hlm, Tho In
dian had hurt tho little fellows chin on
tho wagon When he nrst caught hold Of
him. ! told the Indian 10 80 away and
lot the boy alone, took the child IN my
arms and, nut him back into the wagon
HIS name was Charley Fpnchvr md that
his father wna the captnln OF tho train
10 was bfight boy afterwards adopt
kept him TN DR.. Farney took the children
East I believe that William Sloan, alias
Idaho Blll, "a the same boy
dered Knight to drive out to onn side and
throw out the bodies, He did so. ana
threw them out Of his wagon at g, place
came back TO where I was standlng I
then ordered Nnight TO take the children
that were Ha9cd tsiSteen was tho mum
tccnl and drive on 70 llnmhlin'a ranch
while going back 10 tho brethren
passed tho bodies OF several women In
one place | saw nix or seven, bodies 70.
Ecthcr. They were stripped perfectly
naked, the Indians having torn on tho
'9Ss WaY has H sSS od and YeS sw
many bodies on tho Held, all naked,
saw ten children near together They
NOT wS'' Know lGS how S inSnS We're kIiisd hut
Thought then that there wore some ilftoon
women. ten children and about forty men
but the statement Of othera ! have sinoe
tnlikpd with about the massacre makes
mo think there wern fuly l0l Killed thhi
day on the Mountain Meadow, nnd lhn
nnd young Aden. shot by Stewart Mt
Richard'a snring, would make the total
III" prasent survivors Of tho Mountain
Meadows mHafarro now claim mention
In this story. Tho children were raised
10 Northwest Arkanenh 9id so9t,nM9st
Some Of them died herorc reaching mo
years OF maturity The surviving meme
ly, shared the common lot OF the young
people Of the ozark country, They work
cd at rural nvocnuone, htt,nded tuch
prhools Az tile white river reelQn afforded
N fc,y weeks cnch year, learned the prae-
Teal ways NJ lie through some nara eN-
porienceR. loved welded aud became. rs
Tfyphenn Fanchcr, the only daughter OF
Captain Fanch0r, whom the Mountain
Meadows murdcrcrH spared j. row hra
j. g. wilson. and lives on osnEc creek,
eleven miles from the confer OF Carroll
county, Ark. She II a pleasant mothrrly
woman. about a wears old anu has niue
children Mrs Wilson's husband IL a
,gIl-to.do farmer ana stock raiser. In
speaking Of her family aud the massacre
this only heir now lett 20 cherlsn tho
memory OF the brave commander Of tho
nuGaherpl train. NNNHE
~ nm Tho Youngest daughter N Captain
Alexander Faneher MY molhorB meme
md four brothers. do not know the
nnmos or any OF thom, except my oldest
sister, Mary. and my youngest brother
and brought back 10 Arkansas. Kit died
eighteen years ago. DO not know how
old my people were whom Killed. MY
were tho only members Of our family
spared. 1 do not remember anythlag
about the massacre or out stay win INC
Mormons. The nrnt thing I can rcmem-
Der was seeing the lake, The next thing
recolcot wan our arrival AZ Cauolllon
whom brought home. do not call 20 mind
home Kit and / were taken md kept
by John ID. Lee. KIT was two years
Miiiim incEett, one Of the two euryl-
vora taken 10 washington cry. lives
about fifteen miles from Beiryyille. Ark
and Is the father Of large family. lie
trip to Utah and much about the nHaea-
ere lie says that 3 distinct picture Of the
fight with the Indiana snd Morm0ns
which has always boom In hts mind, WA
The heroic part taken by an aunt. Ms.
Jones, who fought with the men after the
frat attack on tho train. the courageous
woman using tho gun OF ont or qhe fallen
emlgrlnts During tho butchery Of tho
people after the surrender the little fnl-
low thought he was to be- Killed and ran
to a white man and begged FOR mercy
offering to give the mormon, as d re-.
ward for lkn Me, a now coat much priced
by the boy. Mllnm Tackett returned to
the West after he grew 70 manhood ana
revisited, II Is said, the sptai Meadows
inc only one OF the SURVIVOR yho has
ever since beheld the uccns OF the mas.
sacrc since the awful day Of death,
Tho Baker children were raised rear
Harrison Hoone county, Arkansas. Sarah
married j. A. GLADDEN.. and hua TO-DAY SEVEN
children. one OF whom took the premium
at n baby show IN Hnrfison several yenrH
ago Mrs, Gla1en Teinembera but little,
II anything. OF the killing OF her parnntH
and one sister at tho maFsaore She tells
this story Cor tho Sunday PoAt-DiapAtch,
MY fathers name was George w.
Baker, md my mothers name was Mar
vena. | have but u very faint recpllec-
tion or the murder OF our people at Noun
the lower part OF my loft ear which
HuppoHa was mnde by a bullet, but do
not remember being shot My sister, Mar |
tina. says that ! was sitting on fathers
lap IN the camp whom received the |
wound In tho car. Our sister Ninn. WAS |
Martha says she saw the men leading ner |
stopped She thinks that VIVA was |
spared. have some recollection OF living |