Show MEADOW wn avo below tile tho affidavit of rhilip jC lingon smith one of tile alio bishops who obeyed the orders order of brigham Brig liAm in the butchery of mountain meadows llie fearful story requires no comment nor does it admit of a doubt vate q of nevada Vc vada counley cant i n nf flin coln 59 personally nally appeared before me peter U B 31 miller iller clerk of court of the aei crith judi rial district odthe of the state of nevada philip fe lingon smith A lie being duly sworn on his oath says my name nois is philip Kling klingon tin smith I 1 reside in tho the county of lincoln lincola in the state of nevada resided at cedar city a the county of iron in tho the territory of utah front from A D I 1 1852 to A D was residing at cidar cedar city at the luno lima of ilia massacre fit at mountain meadows meadow in ill said territory of utah I 1 had heard that it company of nm un ton its uny nay from salt like city bound for aid company arrived tit said baid cedar City there vue day and pi udon oil fur for Cali california tornia alter said aid company curn puny had lull full cedar city tho the tail ida nas called out for tile the purpose of com Ill prIg acts of hostility against file atheni said cull was wi a regular military call from froin alic superior officers to ilia subordinate officers and privates odthe of the regiment at cedar city and ivinity composing part of ilia dillila t of the llie I 1 do not recollect the number ol of tile regiment I 1 was at that time the odthe of the church of otJe jesus sUi chri chrit christ t of latter dy day saints ut at cudar cedar city anae J aaa C haight vo its dent over said nd courll tit lit cull ced ir ar city und and tho ilia bouthern in fit laid tern lory my lun as 13 bichop la Is klinl president IV 11 daniu dan 0 wis was 1 0 laid I 1 aid c hu rc it n at I 1 pit pai owan aan in inid binl iron Cu nty anil dame matuh o colono colonel and iaac C L wix was ut of bald and sibl s iid john U D lii lee bf hai cilino moloy in saud iron county Cuu ity wis wa and ird Lied to ko uter united und and aj ilia baw directs thrusts an 1 for field I 1 had like 1111 coni nand luand nor office ia said eaid regiment on illicit resulted in tail being ina ht tho in said county of ual I 1 un oil about four buur days aller after suid sold company of eini grunts had lell left cud ir city of edid regiment their muter Lol ut lit cedar city took up its lino lina of march irk in ofle an in about tuo days allar said aid corn company pany had bad left cedar city cita lieutenant colmond I 1 C in illy pre lenco a idlebird unit that taid company might be permitted tu to pas ms un on their way vony in in peace but lot ic told tile mo that lio ba bad orders to td lill ull nil frenid ol 01 ald Coll colllins lIny or of the llie little children chil dien then 1 I 1 do not know whether hether mild aid licud lers parowan or tile headquarters or of tire earn corn anander in clout ut lit ball lake city cily when ahe tind cuin pany gut li iruin cheek about twenty aniles nota ceder city captein joel white tarald for tile creek settle allent through tt hili tile llie bold aid com company pally pats for tile ll cf influencing the III people le to lo peru permit ill cori tom compani pani to pas on their way jot 11 pence peace I 1 askild and obtained I n of obeaid enid while IV b ite to go vo alli it him to old him in trying to save lilii when wo we bel about three from cedar city it vc c me major J U D lee who asked us il cheru here ve ere ging gang I 1 replied that wo we cro going t try to prevent tho killing of the grants Lito replied 1 I have say about that 11 leo was nt at that time 04 on IJ Is way to Par ewain the alie heRol quarters cf colonel dante said whito white and I 1 wont went to pinto creek remained there ono one night and tile next day returned to cedar city meeting said company of emigrants at iron aron crock creek before reaching cedar city we a inka 1111 one no ira im allen alien v who lit told us that the decree had passed devoting eaid company to destruction st 11 after the light had been going on three tarco or four days a from I 1 major lee reached cedar city who abat the fight had bwl not been altogether successful upon which licate 11 flight ordered out a at this time I 1 was ordered out b by captain john il 31 who ill ordered mo me to muster latmer armed and quipped equipped as tile law directs t it was n matter berof of lifo or death to toe rile to muster or not and I 1 firus mustered lared vilh tho reinforcing troops it was sit at this time that lieutenant ant colonel lysight said to me that it was tho ilia bordere irom from headquarters that lill all iut but tile tho little children of mid company were to lie be killed said haight had bad at that time j just list returned fro from bedd at Pa parowan rowan where here a military council had been held thero diem had a like council held at previous to that hi which were greenl pree nl colonel dame lieuten an t colonel 1 I C and fijor john U D leo lee Thore alio fult orthis first council was tho the calling out or taid eaid regiment tt far tho the already eta the acin aforesaid vm vias to lu uri mountain meadows and there formed sl ft junction niah ilia main body major lee lea tria biased sed nil all the ali troops nt at a tpring spring an and made a ic ili 01 in 1 tarm saying thethis orders from bere do to lill kill the ilia entire company except the small cli ildren 11 I 1 arks M not in tile tho ranks at that time lime but on one side talking it to a man slade anil and could nut not have hare seen a paver in major 31 ajor loos leos hands solid slid leo then son tani a sag flag of truce to the eca emigrant agrant camp offering oll cring raid faid emigrants that if they ini I down don their arms lia to pre teEt them tiley accordingly cordingly nc laid down their aim camo anin I 1 out from their camp and themselves up to the said leo lee tile women ard children were ahns by the order ol 01 if SUN leo par from tile men and viere mere marched I of the men after tile still eald emigrant tied had marched about a half milo mile to bonard tards i codar city tho the order was pian 9 to shout them down dawn at that time inid lee vi its is fit ettlie the head of 6 alic a column I 1 nas in ilia rear I 1 did nut hinr lee give the older I 1 to a lire fire but heard it from tile alio under officers ns as it was pissed down ilia column alic r ats vars vcrs ere then and thiro shot down except seventeen little children n alii bich I 1 too took into my illy charge I 1 ida do not know ilia total number of said company na is I 1 did not blot to count ilia hie bend I 1 im inid neoly put tile little children in baggage vort jasons ons belonging to ilia hie regiment rind and took them to llanil II ninlin ins ranch find frodi there to cedar city and procured them homai among ilia hit people J willis and y S lourdy nisi t avd ed me in taking chargo of said children of 09 tile c V 11 II dame a lie licul I 1 C algat car came to here I 1 ball hotd ilia said childen ihil child dnn rn land full into a dispute in ill ilia cours cof said told lold colonel title that if lie was going to report ol of the be killing of if taid said emigrants lie ito bould not have ordera it done I 1 do not know v hen bell or u here enid troops were disbanded about two weeks after said mas dacre occurred raid 11 bijur lee Le cHlio ito was ilo alto indian agent went to suit salt lake city cily und and as I 1 abdiu c rc portAl suld fight ond and its re aulta tulta to tile in clief I 1 ani ais not ut ul ither cither of tile bedine mentioned coul council cu uncil icil nor at it imy corneil conn eclid miah the alu reaid or nid lid lumpry Lump ny I 1 gave no orders except to its thou thoo tho u o nith tho suing of tell run and chufe aho hafter the hie inas sinic had occur rd nd mid said bald ardeis li were glan us as bah ll f ani not in at 11 at the time tim rf of if alio llio firtag tinn of ilo ilia airet volley lolley I 1 disc discharge hargA my elcee I 1 did nut not lire though it hirial ei tit sub i ulley meru fired after lit t liri firl ua M do di I 1 lit once set about aniag the chil children dien I 1 r to gather har up thu the the firing had cea cd I 1 liviu alio the llie above chui t for tile keawn ebat I 1 believe beleve that I 1 would be I 1 attempt to tile aarno beiro before any court couil ili the of utah after abut said leu lee from bult bull buku city ns as afore euid u id faid leu told me ino that lie iid had a ii fully to tile president meaning mcanin cj thu the com coal in ch ter tile fight tit nt mountain and anu ilia hie killing of mid enid emigrants I 1 loung was nt at that lime com in direful tile ilia militia of tile berti ni tv luli or ewh further fu illier deponent cuilli nut lot signed it KLINGON it and burn to me inu thia will day dayot of abill kill 11 A 1 U D bhend bi end 1 U B 11 ILLER county clerk ciry of ciali lil li l court seventh Judi lincoln Coli uly nevada l itah hah yeti Tit tiling lory utility tf of sull salt lul luu C 11 I 1 0 V of utah territory Terri lury liero bere by c citify that I 1 have balefully laic Lale fully compared tile foregoing rig copy colly of IM I 1 lk I 1 t v milli iab tile v original ri of odthe alic same und and that the foregoing copy is a true literal copy of said uli ginal and that fuch comparison compari aon vias mas made this fourth day ol of 1872 signed 0 F strickland ff f utah salt sail luu lale county bounly 1 janinis if mckean of the alie bu court of said territory do certify that I 1 have carefully compared the above copy of mi in tai davit at viila ith tile the original of ilia kanie aier aud and know tho ilia same to bo be in all par ticul arb u trial cully copy cof bignel big ned JAS IS 13 31 KEAN chief J buttice Jut ustice tice aa datel dated septembers september 3 1872 |