Autobiography Volume 3 circa 1865-1866
On the the California mail
arrived and we found from the papers that the massacre of the
emigrants by the Indians was laid to the charge of the Mormons
and the people of Loss Angelos had held public meetings and called
upon the passed resolutions to call upon the President of the United
States to exert his power to bring the murderers to justice. All
the Saints in Calaifornia were returning home and Elder George
Q Cannon had got out half a sheet of the "Standard" and there
was quite an excitement concerning the Mormon question.
Near Escape of One of our Scouting Parties.
General Wells related that brother Maxwell had
command of a small scouting company. They took a horse from
the enemy and was fired at by them but no one was hurt. They
went back to their encampment. Brother Maxwell became
strongly impressed that there was danger in their way and that
they ought to leave their camp. He told his brethren this but
some of them did not think so and all went to bed. But these
feelings increased upon brother Maxwell and he arose from his
bed and told his brethren he was going to leave that place immediately
and they all gathered up their horses and went several miles back
and camped for the night and soon the encampment which they
had just left was surrounded by a hundred men and had it not
have been for this warning they probably would have been all taken
prisoners
The Legislature. Governor Youngs Message.
