Show f A Fact Suslnined tXi 8 1Asncixcu Garfield Co Utah I IV II 1S59 1 Correspondence oft of-t nAi the OKbEKBT Xtwg UJF tLttsJhii the late effort of the Liberals t Hx crime Ion the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Chrst Jitterday Saint Saint 0 the death ° f Secretary Almon W low Babbitt Laramie at O in Fallen JMufS be II Lrmll ls to 18 was referred I left ludelwndence Mo Nov 7 I 1 1656 with thin United wll11e lnie States math mal C On my arrival at Fort Kearney 1 2 For cm I learned from Captain Wharton in command of that post that he tried to ps tre Mr iersuaJe Babbitt not to Uabi pro t cwd with his guard of only two prI men Sutherland and Rowland Captain Vharton I had some lnpera dnnge which were found at the place of the S O massacre which he entrusted tome to-me On arriving at the Black Hills our mail par encamped by the I encmp I tent of a Mr Rowland who In formed me that lie received a letter I Jeter from his brother who aa well as I I Sutherland was killed at the same time as Mr Babbitt n stating that he I Balbitt ttng tlnt a I miV1 WM but to start wet with Mr d and Uiat he expected to lose his life that Mr Babbitt had befriended him and in ice 1imnnd consequence Cleuenc fcewoul hewoul not leave him air Ilowlanil told me that he li i had nreSltl wit > Indians who informed him thit the tmt niaacre Was perpotcat massac Sioux prptrtw by some young s hieh tribe had been at wart I 11 wIll In the United tlintlh Unie Stales Kovernmeut Your I that they Sttgo ermcnt ITbbiu were luaJntal wer aIUnt with Mr hiabbtt wit lIr ho I ILiU hiving timi the 1lng frequently a ICtler1 sIllier Ihh mid knew U1W ° a I co JOSEPH L HCVWOOD |