Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-30
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY

THE MOUNTAIN MEADOW MESSAGES The most bloodthirsty of the atrocities leommitted by the M6ffnens in their tfoas Ebles k#fth the United States govefnfheht when they took up their residence il Utah, was the Mountain Meadow massas ere, which occurred in the autumn ot 1851.
 Brigham Young, the Mormon prophet Ifhreatened the government that if they insisted on sending troops to molest them he would not mold the Indians by the wrist any longer. If the issue comes, you may tell the goSernmeht t5 stop ai3 emigration across the continent, for thk indians Mtii kill all who attempt fE' His threat was speedily fulfilled. for two days later occurred the Mountain Meadow massacre at a point about 300 miles South sof Salt Lake City. Tie ifici-
 dents connected with tMs Etftcioas af- i fair were as follows:
 A train of Arkansas ernigrants, with
 some few Missourians, said to number some 50 men, with their families, werG
 en their way to California, tfroaSh the l territory of Utah, and had feaehed series 6t grassy valleys, called By tAe
 Mormons the Mountain Meadows, where i they remained several days recruiting
 their animals. On the night of Sept. g. not suspecting any danger, as usual they
 ddIetiy fetiTed t6 rest. IittIs dfeamiHE Of the fearful fate that awaited them.
 I On the morning of the 10th, as with
 their wives and families they st66d ! around their camp fires, paNiHg the, eena 1 gfatulati6hs of the morning, they .Mefe suddenly fired upon from an ambush, and at the first discharge IS Of the best nief are said to have fallen dead 6t ffi6ftany wounded. To seek the shelter 6f thgfi corral was but the work of a moment
 but there they found but limited pFottt. | ti6n.
 The eneamrment which consisted Sf ] number of tents and corrSl of 40 #&k ohs and af1bulanees lay 6f the west Bahl 6f and eight or ten yards distant from ; | large spring in a deep ravfig. All tf, ! wagons were pushed together iii 6fdkl that the emigfants could afford them selves as much protection as p6ssfbls lTherepnon the attacking party, whic4 han5eied from 300 t6 100, Withdrew tv the hills, on the crest of which they Bufi barap6ts, whence they fhet down all Vii showed themselves.
 + Surrounded by superior fiunibers, ait by an unseen foe, che party stood tf1, I siege for nearly a week, and though the. fought bravely they had little hope e ,C5SdPC- All -tH0 OutietS 0l the V1llAl were guarded their Ammunition was al
 most exhausted, Of their number, wffcI
 lnclnaed large proportion Of Women an,
 children, many were wonnded and tKgf
 suffering from thirst had become intoIer able. Some of the little ones, it is said stood by their parents and pulled tn
 aff6ws from their Bleeding wounds
 Long had the brave band held toEgfhe
 but ftfie cries Of the wounded sufferer must prevail. They we're offered thei
 lives by q company of the Naav6o legio if they would lay down their arms, an gladly they avalled tEeIf1s lives 6f t6 Bf0fefed mercy, They dit: s6, but fait vas at once Bfoken, and disarnaed an, II helpless, they were fallen upon and mas saefed in cold blood. Only rec fis
 eseaped from the valley, and of tF1ss
 two were quickly run. down and siauYN l tered, and tke third was sla,fi at Mud I Greek, soma 30 miles away.
 1 Of the women, none were spared. aS1
 of the children, only those, who Wefa ise
 Asefe than seven years of age The M5,
 mons were aided in their work by IF diafs, who, grasping the helpless m6 by the hair, raised up their heads aFi
 Idespatched them. The fn4ssacf9 was h
 Enally completed and afssr stfipeihk tb 3 bodies of all articles of value, M0ffho f Eider Jehn D. Lee the fInglsadgf sin th q te- I