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Show 27,t VOL. 3. HY A yuiNso. -,. .- PFlirSt tl. t MounUus Meadow Mas-lan--achof Meadow Mountain details The e came to the knowledge of the outride orl! veiy riowly. Although it is now very h(,li die that Fiighant Young wax piivj to riw 1 ci f,lpl.l.llAtt'iIl, ,. ,l H.liU il ,1 ,C i i i ' t uu AUtiill it Hi If tl ,li il OiUt uu inimit "t tletails hut a very little while af-. 11 T Ivi-i- i i. 11 : : I )f 1 or Penrose advances the theory, and nigues t in Ms lecture tie ii no 1 in Salt Lake City almost on the eve conscience exile of his gousg into sii-e- , that until 1 70 Brigham Young and of.ie! authorities of paid Church were in ignorance of the full facts relating to John it, Lee1' connection therewith; ty the faDe r,.,.rtwi. ot.it ions m nie by said Lee as Indian firmer to'ioveihor Brigham, Young, to the eifect that the J Dili inn alone irnr trsjwnsil le 1 a.til others j,i, ilvt daughter, (uel that 1 vA-tlr scene in the of peace, hut That iu the u , re unable to restrain them fall of 1x70 Brigham Young made a tour through the southern part of the Territory, and that Krastus Snow apostle, etc., met him at k'annarra and took him ..a Bishop L, W. Bonnily hy themselves and coupimnicated t President Young the facts as they had learned them ami the He ex sources of their information. such said if and astonishment pressed great were the nets, Lee had added to hri crime by lying and deceit to Mm (President Young,) and wondered how and why these facts had so long been concealed from him. On his return to Salt Lake City President Young calied a council of the twelve apostles of the church i Pedestrian would ha'-liked to Lave been there and taken note") -and laid the facts before them, and President Young proposed, and all present unanimously voted, (they always do,) to expel John 1). Lee and Isaac Haight, who wes his uwfxnorotfiwr in the ehurch, for failing to restrain lam; and to take prompt action inagainst him; ami President Young gave time at lb70.) (October eth, that structions that .Vim D, Lee should under no eireum-.-tauce- s ever be again admitted as a mem- fr n-i- fi 1 ber of the church. That up to iV7o, says Penrose, President Young not being acijuainted with the facts in the matter took no steps to punish Lee. He was pmjouudh impressed with the idea that the deed had been perpentruted by the Indian-- . Tins dutcmoinent of the mental attitude as of tie' Tiiilaiitlinipi-.- t and Siate-uiian- , Penm-- e styles Brigham Young, if true, is more in.irvoiiius than any of the stories related of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Put it 0 not tme. Brigham Y'oung was not profoundly or sup Thriftily impressed with the idea t!.,i the had been perpetrated by he Indians Weie to dt it. the ii.ii.ui-- . That vva- - the arrangement, but they failed, an i the W a mens who w-- re to so,1 to it.that th job wij stepped in and completed st. And Bsigham Young knowing this -lep- to punish Leo until MiO. Lecau-- e ic was accessory to the crime, and because iriTI th'iil.'es punishment had not been d upon ns an ecclesiastical necessity. d 1 1 , tk - ir late a- - IMi.the pionf d a h tier fi.nn which (piote a '(Mil hue meutioned that this (a finai which place the let fe'ij ii - Co residence of John D. j i, dti ' i I.e. jig tout vvh im I vvu- - deeply prejudiced ii a tnina.iioi, hdli id , f hi ii innbie Mountain Miado'c Mnsr.ru it , an u), pit' diw huwevei, which he utterly lie. I found him on acquaintance, t be a n,e v ugiee Pile gcutlem.ui 'AM., a- pub-h-- 1 pas-ag- e: -- i- L. - i" Hiis without asm s rnf the implied lie. fvur years after, i. s fling to Mr. IVnroscs statement, hi C ! r'i til! S() mg, knew th" f lit- - linn lirfd elciicum-dan- i' 71 i tliv miscreant, under no a U'embcr a untie ! igiin t. f tl e chlil eh. ef r to letuni, Imv. did tin' !i ' . D. ! - i,ii!-iii- i com' ab i if he ..-- i t iis s.v ".a- - exp He ' - .i n -t S'nit i notched lsh 7. pi-tl- e : ; - r tut U i ' sll t i ir. nubli-Ue- 1 a-- re-ri- ty fl-e- , wt(f jit t f 7 tmt.liii and nil" ThtScs I'TonipaUied him. Jacob iiaoudri monte .. "i' dii'igl i.phy, puidUhed at ' Brother iidiit- - ji tge 11. say- -: H i ' M nod i remain01! " vrrtk m Ba!t i uur j t tv, tin i ta n ntrtrivl -i i hi toe way we heard ru!i. "TC" Vikms.H Company had been il- Lit thu .Mountain Yle.iilow" b;; the I- . i H met John 1C Lee at Fihuore. j L 11 us th it th1 Indians attacked the corn-pro- .. . and that ! and son" other white mc tl 1 !he t ration of the ie ui th.: ' i- - ,i U J i '!Vn 1 is great, but 1h laborers are fin.1' SALT LAKE CUT, UTAH. OCTOBER. WALKS AIStll'T U ham at truly Ou th ,Kond trial Brotie r Ihruh"! ho says tliat he t Salt Lake on the 11th. and came directly home, that when about seven or eight miles south of Fihnore I met Lee. I toll him I heard t rumor of it among the Indian5!, and he told me all about T. If Hamblin gives the correct date of his leaving Salt Lake, lie was there at the tone, Hssbun. He 'gilts ui"ssfTiger, reefhed Q)t Lake. If he traveled fist, and he was on exanother wholesale press to preu-n- t mas-ac- enough blood had been then' '.company going south bly so many re r possi- shd, had noj cattle, horses, agricultural imple-ments.et- c. he mu-- t have readned Lee going north tlu? 17ih or iHth. They, Lee and some other white men, continues llaaldm on the trial, telling the all about it which Lee communicated to him: went out there Ho the Mountain Meadow-- ) to watch the emigrants and see that they should not pt tintr (ji'tjit Juan the onHynuj setdam nth: that tho Indians made their attack at daylight, and one of them got killed and another wounded, and that raised the temper of the Indians t.i ueh a pitch tliat they went for him (Let-- to lead the attack, which he did once or twice, oiice any w ay, and g.t the bulThe emigrants were let through his hat. so strongly entrenched they could do noth log with them. And afterwards they weie under the necessity of decoying them out with a flag of truce. And they came along in the Meadows to whore the Indians were lying in ambush, and they rose up and massacred them. In Hamblin's autobiography he says: He Lee) told us that the Indians attached the company, and that he (Lee) and some other white men joined them in the perpetration of the deed. The emigrants were unarmed through Mormon duplicity. Have On this trial Hambhn was asked: you ever given a report of it (the massacre) to your superiors in the church or officers II 'ell, did speak of it to Prei-deover you? and ti Young large 1, Smith, pretty after it happened. I told them everything 1 could." What was everything he could tell? Hamblin according to his own testimony, pretty slum after it happened told Young that Lee having home other whitr wit wilh Mm decoyed the emigrants out of the corral, after deeming them into a surren ler their guns as necessaiy to their safety got them into a convenient position to That he slaughtered by the Indians, he, Lee, after the general massaese thn child to kill one little girl and that he, Le, killed the other, because his ordeiswere to use up all cf that company He told this to Young, that could tell talcs. and Y'oung to! I me, Hamblin, as soon as we - nl -- or-Ur- cm get a eomt of justice, we will ferret out this thing .'hut til! then dont sag anything before his ilh all tins about it. have to examined and it, Elder claiming toes, Charles M . Penrose says in hi- - lecture that: with the Young was profoundly impres.-e- d idea that the thW, had been perpetiated by the Indians;' and the Asmstle Snow say" that: President Y'oung was in ignorance of the full facts relating to John IJ. Lees connection therewith until 1 acquainted the Presidency of the Church with the facts so far , I had been aide to gather them; and Penrose investigating this horrible event, to rely upon the spirit of the and profes-m- g Lord, the spirit of all tiutli, in his earne-- t dethe people Jibe exact facts sire to et Presiquotes snow and others, am! says: with not the dent mng bring acquainted facts in the matter, Mo, no steps to punish Lee. Ibis explains the leiwoii why President Young mot now liov ei nor Young) did not exercise n lesiastical aidho Pg in r. f cron the assassin Lee until M70. 0 Peurow, how low art thon fallen; but or be f'Teier fallen, Awake! ari-Murmoiu-may he anything financially-I- t lobe "out m thi entail may co'd, not to be able to place your hams in the tithing box. Lot it mu-- t onta.l mmo painful suff, ring, to eat your bread at th cvpeu-- e of such a ui u idee of ti nth. Urn can get a , ;is you call them, an! gf,,r j,.ur a-- e ei-t- o e, m soiiie-ufTei- Hi-i- n U'-- hi! Iren, whin ut such tcrgiverealioi!-- , or if you cannot, Unur jUA.'c Hi uu. )i' your siatv -- ( e. El lef Peurosi' bungs tie agd 'ln-ti- e Mondiutl on tin sum!, ui t1!, sinpe ui uu davit whu'h u prepared an ! -- worn to on the 21th. tf Octeri'r. 1S1, tvvo days hi f ire he ueHvewd lus lciur'. with this flourish i'f trumpet-- - "You Lt us take the testimony of a man wim-- e testimony is worthy of I will read l you a fadmuent made to to ma by Presi lent M iPerd whis h I g d hiui to ceitify. Brother Mood- fu2 Is ,18 honest, lipfU irui.uu. &a ere-dem- v. -- MT'O-Huff- , vvho-- e word can be lehed upon implicitly. Is he a..T' Melt lei us see. Perliaps Iuctlier Woodruff is honest, upright, truthful but very credulous, perhap'a not entirely lioue-- t, upright, truthful. But let ns examine his htatement. If it fitu in with the truth of circumstances, we shall believe it. In the intore-- t of truth as to who is respoiihible for this deed, we think it valuable. We shall to only quote so much of it a ia neces-cr- y help hi answering the questions who perpetrated the deed? and who were the accessories befjie and after the fact? I, Y ilfurd Woodruff, was in the office of Governor Pf ighani Y'oung in S Ut Lake Pity, when John L. Lee, who had just arrived from the S rath and was dusty and tired, came to the front office and asked for a private interview with Govirnor Young, lie was invited by the Governor t) the Lock him. office, I was requested to acmnpar t conThere John P. Lee made a of had that massacre the emigrants cerning M .u!ow.s. .Mountain at Mkea place recently He stated that the emigrants had roused the f hostility of the Indians by poisoning several springs from which the Indians obtained water for drinking purposes; that they had poisoned cattis which had die 1, by putting poison lam the ' ; 's, and that some of the In iians, who had eaten of the meat, died from its effect; and that in consequence of tins, and their vile acts, the ire of The Indians was aroused, that he could not them. He held them back, a- - long as h eould, until the emigrants arrived at the Mountain Meadows when he culd hold them back no longer, and they attacked these and killed them all, except some smell children. Governor Young was frequently affected, he shed tears and said he teas very sorry that innoc nit blom! hud been shed within the mils of this Tei ritorg. John I). Lee remarked. There was not a G ov'r-no- r drop of innocent Mood in the camp. asked indignantly, what do you cail the blood of women and chi! Iren ? Lee was silent. Lee did not intimate by a single word that any white man Jurl anything ta do with the m.isarre. If laid the whole thing to the Indians, and claimed that he had done his best to prevent th occurrence. Brother Woodruff goes on to say that in IS70, Brother Young got the light that led to Lees excommunication. T, ivr.Ae then introduces a paper from Woodruff Mss. Journal efter piefaeing t by his own affidavit that he obtained the journal from Moodiuff and tliat it i iu his own handwriting. Under theplate of Sept. 1 rind the following: We have an2J, other express saying that the army arn rapidly marching toward us, will soon be at Bridger, I wi-- h men immediately sent out. John D. Lee also arrived from Harmony, and with an express awful tale of bad blond Hamblin hoped (Lee on the way and told him what we recorded above.) A company of California emigrants, of about 17 men, women and childien, Many of them belonged to the mubla rs of Misuari and Illinois . They had many cattle and hjcsa a ilh then, and they traveled south. They went damning Brigham Young. IlehfT C. Kimball and other heads of the church; saying that Joseph Smiiii ought to Lave been shot a long time before he was. They wanted to do ali the evil they could, so buf and gave it to the Indians they and some of them died; they poisoned spi ing of water and to enal oj the Saints dad. The Indians became enraged at their conduct and they to rounded them on the prairie and fig emigiaol- - fonoed a bulwark of their wagons and uug an istrenchmi'ftt up to the hub- - of their wagons, but the Indians fnght them Ji re dags until they had kilLJ all the men. iiImii sulu in numlwr. They that insh"d into the ( nurd and ait the throats of Vh tenn u and children, exn pt some , ight at ten rchi h ld to the whites. I hey thru in ought and the nun and wmon naked and left Pri,-pithi w stinking in the sun, wh n Ilrothtr Ln 1 inn, I il out he too1, Horn in nanlicniand U no; a hi tr,d, awful burst their bnlits. 7 he u'ho't air ho jdh I with an nirtul job. '1 he Lidi.ins obtnnnl alt the to HP ! Y an 1 'torsi and prapt ) ty and tin ns iti ;rr-v- re-tra- in era-gran- ts r.7, ab-e- poi-on- 1 Brigham, while Lee vva spekng and chilof cutting of the throats of it dren by the UhLans i.ivn -- ihhu s,u i, was Lem ti ending; that emigrants nw-- t tp, a- - Le Lad said before. Broth, r I ee -- an! lie did not think there was a drop of innocent t.vo of the LLiol in the camp, for he children iu his liije, and he ould not gt but one to kneel down iu prayer time, uni the other would laugh at her fordoing u and they would swear like pirates. BaJr Penrose then introduces Jid.u YL Yung, who swears on the-- 2Ath da j of (etc-be- r wa? IW- - the day before bis Br-th- r hi A mad,-tdo its historical work. Vs in the f r - of LrfWii w, wouai render this occasion former ca-- e we leave out ev.uuhing not .itlicii'iith i!tu'-mi- r but tins, lias other and de; ,.r niti!"-- ! to us. bearing directly mi ue matter iu hand. Mis. New mm ha- - h, the fatb, th This hopeful sou of the Governor, Prophet, conrigc find tiic to identif) lieiself wah a gieat and Revriator in the fall of the b'er, saysmoveuent to wonitttl-- h year ISJ7, I being then thh teen years ;f age, id ami rescue ai.J brand"'! cldld- suliiei, was engaged at the office of my father, Gov, I'OOll. Brigham Young as messengsr. I distinctly Pin'll tlie-- e I'l'illtlf'li mn'intiin ts'lnva, for ;t:rty remember of one day in the latter put of years, a great smothered cry Ins been going up to September 1S37, being at my farhers office, (iod and humanity for deliverance. The apostle in i when John I). Lee, travel worn, as if im had ap.ci!;, pta 1.9 iiusm in beau'll the eon of e come m from a long journey entered them who weie slam for the wort of God and their the office and mke,; for a private inter vv It .Lummy ; and they cried out, flow long O. Lout, with Gov. Y'oung He was show' ,..o the holy ami true, dot thou not judge and avrge wir bach office. Elder Milfrnl WooJuiiT goins blond? So from Uu Gem of the Mountains to the Mountain Meadow, a multitude of white, ghostly vvitli him. jot lowed t'a m an I hi aid the fa1"'? and pae, pleidmg I, .in is cry out How K.ng, conversation. Strange and veiy q'lestiima-i.le- . O Loid, lioly ami true dost tliou imt juigu aud ti- philan-Ur.o- - ) ! ha-t- I d- not that any one else was present. It impres-e- d upon ray mini beyond the power of time to efface, how Lee described the deed which he said was cumauttt 1 by the Indians at Mountain Meadow- -. He told of the depredations committed by the company of emigrants destroyed; how they poisoned the springs in their way by which several persons were killed. Declared that he tried to pacify the Indians, but thev were po enraged against the emigrants that it was imnos-ibl- a to prevent their attack. H related how the Indians killed the men and then butchered the women, none being saved except a number of little childs instrumental in ren, which lie, Lee, Also that lie took men to help bury the dead. Jlroth r Young was greatly m wed. I savy him wipe away the a he listened to the recital He expressed his horror at the deed, and the shedding of innocent blood iu this Territory. Very like Woodruff, or very lke as if Penrose had prepared both affidavits. Lee declared that no innocent blood was shed, for the emigrants were a carried and dangerous si t. Gov. Young referred to the women and children, who were plain, and declared that it was an awful crime. I was present tinring the whole inter view, and know that Lee laid the matter entirely to the India ns, claiming that they alone killed the emigrants, against his earnest efforts to prevent it; that he was on the spot only to restrain the Indians and save Jife and afterwards bury the dead. He did not utter a sy table or convey any idea that either he or any other white person had any hand in the deed. The interview that Septcmuer morning impressed my Lnyi-- h mind very strongly. Lees recital was so forcible regarding the crime being committed by the Indians, and his sm row and tears at the occurrutice you see both weep, the prophet and his so cmu-ione adopted just as sincere as the other that, yeais after, when it was rumored that white men were engaged in the massacre, I could not, I did not, believe it. It was only when proofs were brought .'thirteen yeai-aftby E. Snow) which led to John 1). Lees excommunication from the church that I believed in las guilt. This is all iu the affidavit concerning Gov. Young, Lee, and the Indian. This hopeful ion alls a few words th it v to e heieafter. may have oeca-m- n - t.-a- e d er u-- 31 Its. NEWMANS KECKPTIOX. sn Houoi of Her noil Hei Floquen Jsiiv YloiJt-H- t-r Grat Iiiy ami thi liuutie to the Iip!piesk ed -- I8SG. -- Tojjum! KcsjkoU'o -- avenge our blond' , Aye, if wo coM see they stand iu to cry caSon leading east or west lueadhlg for justice at the bates of the iiarim. Nfnie Uiiu this, an army of wan whose - iits have been crashed Death the juggernaut of 1iah a id little ones horn to shame cry piteously for aid hom the great Christian world. The chunhes hear! the iry, and poured "it a million dollars into these valleys, that cultmed, refined young laiies i;ng!,t leave hone'- - of (omfnrt, , i be ostrac.sed, (si.l:cd;thauiicitv and hamlet they Uiight give to Utahs uu fort mule youth the waters of knowledge impohited by superstitions, di'dared the Jegialiug dogma, while sum ! sweet message that Paul and John preariit d, Fei this offense tiny have been hated aud nialigru'd. At list sleepy Uuciu Sam was aroused to ee that his laws were tramj led on, aud ius sovereignty defied, in this rich aud beautiful region. Justin came with steely t. dances and drawn hw ii ), and f!e priu ins were crowded; but here, as everywhere, the innocent suffered with the guilty. If a ci iHuna! ascends the scaffold to atone f r coldd blooded murder, an aged, mother hows her la ad m augmdi, the cheeks of a wtfo are mantled it vvitli shamn, an ! iuu childhood goes liramled for life. So here the innocent suffer while the guilty are smitten, aud it waj did magnificent mission of Mrs. Newman ti arouse Co tgress to temper justlc i with mercy, and offer aid tithe uctims of polygamy. A!,miw In the Capitol .he overcame the Indifference of Congiersmen, wem their attention from their own pel schemes, eomtiebed attouboa to Utahs need; and when slaudered aud ahnsrsl by the male and femde agents of Mormonisin, went right on her way to vicioty. Accuse 1 of getting the nations money underfalse pi, ten-- c ami for her own use, she vva- ys us that she had to borGy supp,rtej row monev to meet the sheerest necessities, and at tiiis m mu nt we ow. her liund'e.! dollars for of this grand ari'i.s! expenses incurrd in cms. N historian treats of the ( .imean war who Florence Nightingale aud her almost Can aagi-h!! iiistrics amid the horrors of carnage; and Clara I! u ton's name is synonymous with most beautiful ininGtrb-- in the war that ga'e as a united of this institution go cuu'ry; aud heu fingers will be up, vvriU'M ovcrtheci w.tii i.ivi-mtho t'r.n ' rf Angle F, New nan, tier splendid inoti. ii met: no I moie I' aatifi than marble and more d,ir.t!i,o th in broiivc w id h h- -r moiuiment in ti:e of those wh i -- 'uiil !.re full skelter, and i. . is.n her poop! 'jit inhcru v and honor Tnj Lu c!p"i wiCoi'ie y.i i, 1. 1) tie-in- ti- liat-'d- s gray-haire- c s lc 1 s y y u: i u'rjourwf-- i nit , :i th vich, y ; K,:vi F v , i fi a i ' i N'. ' I ' ?, , wurking-uidbatthng- tee liOihw. r Iri T, . U v ,,HV . i. l,i I KKSlDh.s C . . v Fg'i.t. in of tho grant Newa i i )ias ivn lined thu enterprise. .i w.utheac- - eld d 1' g fe of the Wonnrf s ( erF'i htem to tlie Na- ) t iibistal u e (men sureoi-fu- l UutHi' Cara T, eul !, mHi'o . . incident to hdtoH to It k vsl.C!)i, ,ii in s n She ug 1 v -- 1 iIi. tMiil t s -. m of tin lmlustii.il Horn, to 'u euro p ijgv ;j Help it is Mri. tSewinari, whose splendid work in UTaf of a gran of Si ),0) P in the so well known to Hit public, v,s ri.ngrc-s- , present at the annual meeting OrtTtr Hh. Mm. bpuriorl, who ws chierly m tnoientil m rmisug the project, which hud been (iiuiiluH'it a uiiie, acAMiiiAmiil her. The bi'l pro ides Hint theGoveinm of I tab, the three J iidges ami Ut Prosecuting Atoraej filial) be a B,aril of Uonir il vvbo shU pewit t" the cmia riling the disbursement of tie mern-y- . meetings wi re bad will, tin1 Boa- - i of mUiri, and ts UkT" w is a ri Ivai ditlrtnee ! tween a pari of th Board and the 1mectois of tin the m.iu;ng ut t) e I iti. an iat.on a AltTaej-iicn-ito d was taken the of Pm ,ipjH i nitpj SL.te- - t aecu'V' a (wircet mbupretaiiu'i. Two i o.iidi.titvs wu.e aprj !ned an i oii'.ijii-one V', ci"f-- r wit!: t!i Boar i of twttr aon nuiither f r a ,tal ie :!' for i . t.i Mvo-.ai"ii , f MU- , lastui a To ji 'it1- or of auost tls w lofsn aiid a' tAib ii ol t tu Vrlitoh Tr pevMtion thit id uny vonu dirodeT my 'aU ha n)iun in er hoattf in tuo dioiitiy aa Iritiio -- r ( hnsti u umn, of w u ; j as tht w K iheunUu VriOaat halt iiii cW odi a'ioili ui and fyu- of f iri)i!s, po js ara enlisted aud our uiurt-- U ) f T. i ' i i. I - ,i Pie-eU-- iit A" coie-eruo- ig d: i B- -t tuu-n- . Hu g"tV,l W.- li.1 gntlt le Of t Il t..y,ai,i W iilaM. litat a ,. ! . - tell iefed ('Ir'. pub.," htf i.v the A.vnciat..,a, the chunl.es uni the loya! eupte generally. Tin- - reception w.n at th M tbo li- lvpiscopai CburL'a Oct. loib. TL pxof'"', J i.f :a:i t'wUieo'.s, cva.r::..i:, r. t , ihn-- i is Ymtoi was sne, Mr. Me Niece, of the Presoytenan rjuircti, oJeicl p.ayei; pa.--:r -, "A , '. I -t sl ana Iu I'ehUtf cf ho kh. caa u !e. 1, - .id . v I ; e PH'ep, S Of 3. CHi,;Uii women, with a is it: snat reputation us an , and a acne wornt-- in atony slcajacut si cak-'-r- -- ot ..UYr ft Throio'i I 111 5 th toe Nuvfud OiKr OII 'ioyW - irts th3 tU'i, oroocri i;oons g of a.ous hrtiau orrv.iiaitD hurid Wvinter, ri'O ftuiu tho for tTir owij uuhvor.iii not so for cuut t as as it thoir ciuMien From this h utc, iU vu? lion o wdi may ie of oer with Uiniato. Don t rwiuc ti11 f of to a jdaerphig repose, Kt':ieujiUr, it is U be an In lostria! Home, us wniui loscrueaoa will ins given iu h.a These are fai of employment to Fa on ge. Ftfi I mtined t-- i ipoH-cttioJ- iS imr-pof- |