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and the prospect was at that time that we
might have trouble with the United States
army then en route for this place, and we
wanted to preserve the grain for food. The citizens
of the Territory were counseled not to feed grain
to their own stock. No person was ever punished
or called in question for furnishing supplies
to the emigrants within my knowledge.

8th

When did you first hear of the attack
and destruction of this Arkansas company
at Mountain Meadows in September 1857?

Answer

He saith:-

I did not learn anything
of the attack or destruction of the Arkansas
company until sometime after it had occurred,
then, only by floating rumors.

9th

Did John D. Lee report to you at any
time after this massacre what had been done
at that massacre, and if so, what did you
reply to him in reference thereto?

Answer

He saith:-

Within some 2 or 3 months after
the massacre he called at my office, and
had much to say with regard to the Indians,
their being stirred up to anger and threatening
the settlements of the whites, and then commenced
giving an account of the massacre. I
told him to stop as from what I had already
learned by rumor. I did not wish my feelings
harrowed up with a recital of details.