of the business by
someone selected by the Church Council, after the brethren had
returned home. It was also voted to turn all the property over to
Klingensmith, as bishop of the Church at Cedar City, and he was
to take care of the property for the benefit of the Church, until
Brigham gave further orders what to do with it. Bishop Dame then
blest the brethren and we prepared to go to our homes. I took my
little Indian boy, Clem, up on the horse behind me, and started
home. I crossed the mountains and returned the same way I had
come.

When I got within two miles of Harmony I overtook a body of about
forty Indians, on their way home from the massacre. They had a
large amount of bloody clothing, and were driving several head of
cattle that they had taken from the emigrants. The Indians were
glad to see me, and said I was their captain, and that they were
going to Harmony with me as my men.

It was the orders from the Church authorities to do everything we
could to pacify the Indians and make them the fast friends of the
Mormons, so I concluded to humor them. I started on and they
marched after me until we reached the fort at Harmony. We went
into the fort and marched round inside, after which they halted
and gave their whoop of victory, which means much the same with
them as cheers do with the whites. I then ordered the Indians
fed; my family gave them bread and melons, which they ate, and
then they left me and went to their tribe.

From that day to this it has been the understanding with all
concerned in that massacre that the man who divulged the secret
should die; he was to be killed, wherever found, for treason to
the brethren who killed the emigrants, and for his treason to the
Church. No man was at liberty to tell his wife, or anyone else;
nor were the brethren permitted to talk of it even among
themselves. Such were the orders and instructions from Brigham
down to the lowest in authority. The orders to lay it to the
Indians were just as positive. This was the counsel of all in
authority, and for years it was faithfully observed.

The children that were saved were taken to Cedar City and other
settlements and put out among different families. I did not have
anything to do with the property captured from the emigrants, or
the cattle, until three months after the massacre, and then I
took charge of the cattle, being ordered to do so by Brigham.
There were eighteen wagons in all at the emigrant camp. They were