Mountain Meadow Massacre-Utah
Running low on water & provisions, the emigrants allowed a party of militiamen to enter their camp, who assured them, of their safety & escorted them out of their hasty fortification. After walking a distance from the camp, the militiamen, with the help of auxiliary forces hiding nearby, attacked the emigrants. Intending to leave no witnesses, the perpetrators killed all the adults & older children (totaling about 120 men, woman, & children). Seventeen children, all younger than seven, were spared. Following the massacre the perpetrators hastily buried the victims, leaving their bodies vulnerable to wild animals & the climate. Locals families took in the surviving children. Investigations, resulted in 9 indictments during 1874. Of the men indicted, only John Lee was tried in a court of law, after two trials in the Utah Territory, Lee was convicted by a jury and executed.
The ground were the wolf and coyotes pulled the bodies from the earth is also the same grounds where local ranchers, a Federal Indian Agent, & soldiers reburied many bones in 1858 & 1859. They indicted nine men, executed one, for the Mountain Meadow Massacre. The rock with the incised crossed was placed on one of the victims grave, now it lies at the monument.
Mountain Meadow Massacre-Utah
Running low on water & provisions, the emigrants allowed a party of militiamen to enter their camp, who assured them, of their safety & escorted them out of their hasty fortification. After walking a distance from the camp, the militiamen, with the help of auxiliary forces hiding nearby, attacked the emigrants. Intending to leave no witnesses, the perpetrators killed all the adults & older children (totaling about 120 men, woman, & children). Seventeen children, all younger than seven, were spared. Following the massacre the perpetrators hastily buried the victims, leaving their bodies vulnerable to wild animals & the climate. Locals families took in the surviving children. Investigations, resulted in 9 indictments during 1874. Of the men indicted, only John Lee was tried in a court of law, after two trials in the Utah Territory, Lee was convicted by a jury and executed.
The ground were the wolf and coyotes pulled the bodies from the earth is also the same grounds where local ranchers, a Federal Indian Agent, & soldiers reburied many bones in 1858 & 1859. They indicted nine men, executed one, for the Mountain Meadow Massacre. The rock with the incised crossed was placed on one of the victims grave, now it lies at the monument.