| Show tle tite latuda late massacre gsa isa cr e ne near ar yort fort fort hall hah V aar lak t CITY sept 12 1859 ED deseret NEWS SIR this morning milton J harrington wife and child of buchanan co iowa arrived here hire survivors of the company of emigrants lately massacred by the indians about the ad dinst 25 miles west of foit hall between Port nf bridge and snake river mr harrington makes the following statement in relation to the murderous affair our company numbered 19 persons 6 men 3 women and 10 children between I 1 and 10 years old oid some of the company was from michigan and the others from buchanan county iowa at the last crossing of the sweet water we were advised to tavel lavel on landers cutoff cut off being foid told fold that that route was nearer better feed and safe from indian depredations our journey wasp was p ous rous until the ni night ht of the ad enst when as we were selecting our place plic e for camping and were making our oar camp fitel ditel gewere we were tattled at the report of a gun gul followed immediately by a number of others we soon ascertained that our rear wagons which had not yet arrived in c camp a ernp were attacked by the indians A boy ab about out 10 years old came running to us and sald said the indians had killed his father and were killin killing all the rest ina lna in a moments time we were surrounded by the savages whose hideous yells and constant cracking of their rifles at this moment rendered the scene too horrid for description those of us who survived made our escape by taking refuge in some rushes and willows on the bank of the portneuf Port neuf where we remained during the night next day we started on our journey on yoot loot foot and after traveling three days on scant rations we came to livin Livings tons tong company of dragoons who were escorting 0 a party to fort walla walla oregon after informing 1 the command of our distress livingston sent a detachment 0 of f nine men with one of our company to pilot them to the place of the massacre on un their arrival they found the dead bodies of 5 persons on the ground out of the 8 that were missing the dead were horribly man mangled led and scalped scalded ped one little girl five years old oid had both her legs cut off at the knees her e ars ears were also cut off and her eyes were dug out from their sockets and to all appearance the girl after having her legs cut off had been compelled to walk on the stumps for the sole purpose i of gratifying the hellish propensity of savage barbarity their animals were taken and their wagons plundered according to the usual mode of indian spoliation the ne names of the MURDERED are edward miltimore ben sen james miltimore jr wm miltimore mary ellen miltimore and myron cline MISSING Mrs Miltimore and child three months old and albert miltimore ESCAPED milton J harrington wife and child A IIII 1111 wife and child geo alonzo neilson Mil mii miltimore timofe I 1 frank hubbard nathan titus and wm marsh respectfully a J C WRIGHT |
