"Horrible Massacre of Emigrants!!" The Mountain Meadows Massacre in Public Discourse

 

LECTURE 

BY C.W. WANDELL

Ex Supreme Court Commissioner for the Territory of Utah,

ON THE

Mountain Meadows Massacre,

AT THE LIBERAL INSTITUTE

Thursday evening, Jan. 30 1873, commencing at 7 o'clock.

SYNOPSIS:

PART I

The Lecturer leaves San Francisco for Salt Lake City in November, 1857—Startling Rumors of the Massacre—Excitement at Fo Tejon—The armed Sentinel at the Cajon—The Desert Road—The Emigrants' Fort—The Fatal Waters—The Scene of the Massacre.

The Arkansas Emigrants—Their Journey South from Salt Lake—The Governor's Aidde-Camp —Non-Intercourse — The Friendly Indians—The Brave Woman—Hostilities Negative and Positive—The Militia called out The three Spies—Two of the Emigrants Killed—The Troops March—The Siege—The Treacherous Flag of Truce—The Surrender —The Massacre—The Apostrophe— "0, Slaughtered Ones!"

PART III.

The Closing Atrocities of the Massacre—The Children—The Spoils—The Meeting the Governor and the Chief Demons of the Massacre—The Feast—Conclusion. Admission, 50 Cents. Tickets can be had at Kimball & Lawrence's Walker Bros.' the TRIBUNE Office at Zabriskie & Co.'s. ja27-3