New Light on the Mountain Meadows Caravan

s On September 15, 1990, this memorial was dedicated near the site of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. On the monument are the names of those believed to have been killed near there in September 1857. The memorial was planned and executed with the cooperation of relatives of the victims, citizens of southern Utah, and officials of the state of Utah and of the Mormon church. Photo by author.

New Light on the Mountain Meadows Caravan

BY ROGER V LOGAN, JR

ACCURATE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE VICTIMS of the Mountain Meadows Massacre has for many years been scarce. Many writers have studied the event, attempting to place blame, to expose complicity, to draw meaning, or to teach lessons from the tragic details of the killing.1 But, even with a considerable amount of literature on the subject, reliable information about the Arkansas emigrants has remained hard to find. It is, therefore, difficult to describe my joy when, after I had collected information about the massacre for many years, Ron Loving, a descendant of John Fancher (brother of emigrant Alexander Fancher), called me and said that he had found depositions taken in 1860 from close relatives and friends of the victims of the massacre. Loving read from one of the documents signed by my ancestor, James Douglas Dunlap. It contained information about one of his two brothers who had fallen in the massacre. In all, there are depositions signed by seventeen people They provide a glimpse of what the caravan was like.

Loving said he discovered some of the depositions while reading microfilm copies of the original records in the National Archives filed under the rather uninviting title Territorial Papers of the United States Senate 1789-1873, Roll 15, Utah December 31, 1849-June 11,1870 (Washington, D.C., 1951) Among a number of other items on the roll were the sixty pages of depositions. The documents were made as a part of a futile effort by Arkansas's U.S. Sen. William K. Sebastian, apparently prompted by State Sen. William C. Mitchell, to get the federal government to reimburse seventeen of the surviving children of the Mountain Meadows Massacre for the financial losses they had sustained in the event

JOHN T. BAKER

The organizer of one of the main contingents of the emigrant caravan was Capt. John T. Baker, a farmer, cattleman, and slave owner who lived on Crooked Creek near modern Harrison, Arkansas. His wife Mary in a deposition made October 22, 1860, said:

My name is Mary Baker. I was lawfully married toJohn T. Baker in the county of Madison and State of Alabama [in] 1823; we emigrated to Arkansas in the year 1847 where we resided together until the saidJohn T. Baker left his home in Carroll [now Boone] County . .. with a lot of cattle, horses and I have been informed and verily believe that after the saidJohn T Baker had proceeded as far as a place in the west known as "Mountain Meadows" he, together with a large number of persons in company with him, were murdered, and their property all stolen or appropriated by the murderers; The object my husband . . . had in going to California was to sell a large lot of cattle with which he started, and when he left here in April 1857, for California he was the owner of, and started with 138 head of fine stock cattle, 5 yoke of work oxen, 4 yoke of work oxen extra, two mules, one mare, one large ox wagon, provisions, clothing and camp equipage for himself and five hands The cattle were all good stock, and all three years old and upwards—were picked cattle and such as in this market at the date of his departure from this place were worth at the lowest cash price twenty dollars per head . . . [here follows a list of property and value] . . . amounting in all as far as I now remember to the sum of $4148.00 in this market. . . .

John T. Baker and his son Abel Baker and his married son George W. Baker were all victims of the Mountain Meadows tragedy.2 Another of Baker's sons, John H. Baker, also gave a deposition verifying what his mother had said. He added that his father had taken guns, saddles, and bridles and gave detailed information about the cattle John H Baker said that he was familiar with livestock prices in Arkansas and in California:

I have been in California—was there in the latter part of the year 1852, stayed there until the month of September 1854, and from my knowledge of the country, and the price of property I think the property that the saidJohn T. Baker left here with in April 1857, would have been worth at Mountain Meadows the full sum of ten thousand dollars. This statement, however is only made from such general knowledge as I have from the western trade, and also from the information of other traders I cannot now state what amount of money my father started with, but I know he had money with him but as to the amount I do not know

John Crabtree, a neighbor who lived about half a mile from John T. Baker, said:

Mr Baker was a very industrious man, and a shrewd, good trader I was at the house of the said John T. Baker, frequently while he was collecting the cattle, and I was present in April 1857 when the said Baker started for California. . . . I . . . aided and assisted him on his way a few miles when he started

Hugh A. Torrance said:

In April 1857 I was living on the farm of the said John T Baker and while he was gathering cattle for his intended trip to California, I helped take care of the cattle and to feed them They were a good stock of cattle, well selected and likely.

One fact becomes readily apparent from the depositions: John T Baker was the organizer and leading character in the contingent of the Mountain Meadows caravan that originated at Crooked Creek. Most of the depositions mention the other victims as having gone west in company with Baker. It is interesting to note that none of the 60 pages of depositions mentions Alexander Fancher, the person traditionally thought to have been the leader of the caravan Other evidence shows that Fancher was in the caravan and that he was referred to as its leader by a number of persons who saw the train Most modern accounts list him as the leader.3

GEORGE W BAKER

Another leading citizen of the caravan was John T and Mary Baker's oldest son, George W. Baker. He took his wife and family along on the trip west. Only three of his children would return.4 Joseph B. Baines, a neighbor of the Bakers, testified on October 23, 1860:

I was living in 1/A mile ofJohn T Baker when the parties all left for California in April 1857. I now reside at the same place I did then and within x/\ of a mile of Mary Baker the widow of John T Baker George W. Baker was the son of said John T. Baker and Mary Baker and I know that the said George W [Baker] left here about the same time of his father April 1857. When George W. Baker left he was the owner of in his own right and had in his possession a considerable amount of cash and personal property, and had sold out his lands and was moving to California He had a wife and four children when he left here [Baker's wife Manerva Beller Baker and children: Mary Lovina Baker, Martha Elizabeth Baker, Sarah Frances Baker and William T Baker.] He was guardian of Malissa Ann Beller and she was also in the company with him and he had in his possession as guardian of said Malissa Ann Beller the sum of seven hundred dollars in cash I had paid him as guardian that amount for the said Malissa Ann, and know he had that amount I think Malissa Ann had a bed [?], bedding, evening apparel &c but of what value I can not say. The amount of personal property within the possession of the said George W Baker, and which he carried off with him as well as I can make an estimate from my knowledge and information, recollection and belief was as follows ... [:] 2 ox wagons, chains &c each worth $125, [He] Had in cash in hand about [$]500 He had beds and bedding, evening apparel for himself and family, provisions for himself and family worth [$]500, 3 young mares at $100 each, ... 1 rifle gun [$]25, 1 double barrel shot gun [$]25, 136 head of cattle (or about that number) [total dollar value] 4,320 He had oxen, but how many he had I do not know. Neither do I know their value. . . . Baker had a good outfit, and his family was well provided for in the way of evening apparel, provisions, &c, and I have placed the estimate at a sum that I am satisfied is a low estimate of what said property was worth in this market. The cattle were a very good lot. . . . Three of his children . . are now living within one quarter mile of me at their grand mother's Mary Baker The oldest of the children were recognized by their friends and relations here as soon as they returned, and this fact convinces me that said Baker and family except the children were all murdered at Mountain Meadows

William C. Beller, George Baker's brother-in-law, said:

I was present when he [George W Baker] started to move to California in April 1857, and saw his cattle and outfit for the trip. I think that George W Baker had, when he started from here, one hundred fifty or sixty head of cattle, in which was included about eight yoke of work oxen. I think the cattle without the oxen were well worth in cash in this market fifteen dollars per head. . . .

He was moving to California, and had his wife, 4 children, Malissa Ann Beller, D[avid]. W. Beller, and 2 hired hands with him and was well supplied with provisions, clothing, etc for the trip I could pick [the Baker children] out of the crowd of children when they were brought back here. I know they are the children of George W. Baker. . . .

John H. Baker, mentioned above, testified about the composition of his brother's family and estimated the value of his 136 cattle, 8 yoke of oxen, 3 mules, and other possessions at $3,815.00. He said that he knew that the three children returned to Arkansas were his brother's.

Irwin T. Beller, a brother-in-law of George W. Baker, swore that he had accompanied Baker for two days at the start of the trip west and that he was familiar with his stock and other possessions He estimated the value at $5,135.00.

MILAM L. RUSH

Lorenzo D. Rush, Sr., was one of the earliest settlers of the area that is now Harrison, Arkansas. His son Milam L. Rush died at Mountain Meadows.5 The elder Rush testified October 23, 1860:

I am the father of. . . Milam Rush and know that he left here in the month of April 1857, bound for California; he left in company with John T Baker When my son the said Milam L Rush left here he was the owner of. . . from ten to twelve head of cattle . . . He had one rifle gun, three blankets, knives and his wearing apparel, and also about twenty five dollars in cash I think his cattle were worth at a low cash price ... at least fifteen dollars per head . . . [total] $268.00.

H. A. Torrance testified that he was well acquainted with Milam L. Rush and knew that he had left with about ten head of cattle. Torrance said he was a neighbor to Baker, Rush, and DeShazo who were all emigrants in the Mountain Meadows caravan.

JOHN M.JONES, NEWTON JONES, PLEASANT TACKLTT,AND CYNTHIA TACKITT

Francis M. Rowan testified about members of the Jones and Tackitt families:

My name is Francis M Rowan: I reside in the County of Carroll and State of Arkansas In April 1857, I was residing in the County of Washington in this state, and the said John M.Jones and his brother Newton Jones, on their way to California camped some 10 to 15 days within five or six miles of where I lived at that time I had been acquainted with the Jones boys for a number of years previous to that time, and when they camped there, I was frequently with the boys; I was at their camp and saw their property, and being well acquainted with the boys, Milam Jones, and Newton Jones particularly pointed out the property that they owned, showed me their cattle and oxen My recollection, and belief is that the two Jones boys owned four yoke of work oxen, one large ox wagon John M.Jones was married and had his wife and two children with him, and was moving to California He had with him the widow Tackitt and three or four of her children; Newton Jones,John M.Jones, his wife and two children, Widow Tackitt and three or four children and Sebron Tackitt constituted one company in family groups. The Jones boys owned the wagon, oxen and outfit, and the others seemed to be traveling with them and depending on the Jones boys for their support. The wagon was large and very heavily loaded; I suppose John M. Jones had a gun and other fire arms but of what value or number I do not know. Newton Jones had a fine rifle gun. They appeared to be all well supplied with beds and bedding and wearing apparel for an excursion of that kind, and also with provisions

Rowan said that the Jones herd consisted of eight head of cattle and four yoke of oxen With their equipment and other possessions he estimated the value of their property to be $1,075.00 Rowan thought that the Jones brothers each owned half interest in the wagon and that Newton Jones had one yoke of oxen of his own. He said John M. Jones had a gun. He further deposed that:

There were several other persons along, and who had separate wagons. There were three men by the name of Peteat [perhaps Poteet], or Pitteats The oldest one of the Peteats was a married man, and had his wife and children along; They had a separate camp and wagon; There was another man Pleasant Tackitt who had a separate wagon; and before they started George W Baker drove up and camped near the others. The Peteats and Pleasant Tackitt had oxen and other property but I can not say how many. They had horses, and camp equipage, provisions, and appeared to be well fixed for the outfit I have no doubt but what all the parties were murdered at "Mountain Meadows" in September 1857, except a few children who have been sent back to the states

Fielding Wilburn also testified about the Jones and Tackitt group:

I was living near the Indian line in Washington County, Arkansas, in the month of April 1857. I was personally acquainted with John M.Jones, and Newton Jones, Pleasant Tackitt, and the Widow Tackitt mentioned in the foregoing deposition of Francis M. Rowan. When the parties above named, were on their way to California, and while they were in camped [sic] on Indian Line in Washington County, Arkansas, I was at their camp and stayed with them two or three days. I was well acquainted, and on intimate terms with the Jones boys, and saw their property John M Jones and his brother had to my knowledge: one large good ox wagon, 4 yoke of first rate work oxen. Their wagon was very heavily laden with clothing, beds and bedding, provisions, 8cc. . . .

Wilburn went on to say that the Jones brothers had six or eight stock cattle and that there were other cattle totaling about sixty but he did not know to whom they all belonged. He mentioned that the Widow Tackitt, Pleasant Tackitt, Peteats, and others were in the crowd and said that they all left Arkansas for California together during April 1857 He said that the Peteats, Basham, and Tackitts had three wagons, several yoke of good oxen to each wagon, and one horse and provisions.

Felix W. Jones testified that he was a brother to the two Jones men He said that John M.Jones was married and went west with his wife and two children He said that Newton Jones was a young man and was going with his brother to California. Felix Jones gave further details about the property his brothers had taken with them and confirmed much of what Wilburn had already stated about them.

ALLEN P DESHAZO

James DeShazo, who lived in the same neighborhood as John T. Baker, lost a son, Allen DeShazo, in the massacre. 6 On October 23, 1860, he testified that his son had left for California with Baker in April 1857 and that he believed he had been murdered at Mountain Meadows.

He had seventeen head of stock cattle The most of the lot were likely heifers, and were worth in cash over two hundred dollars the morning he left here. . . . This together with his evening apparel worth fifty dollars, and a violin worth ten dollars was all the property that I now remember that the said Allen P had when he left

James DeShazo said his son's property was worth $300.00 Hugh A Torrance said young DeShazo's cattle were well selected and "likely" and worth $15.00 per head at least.

CHARLES R MITCHELL ANDJOEL D MITCHELL

One of the most interesting depositions is that of a state senator and later Confederate colonel, William C Mitchell.7 He had the melancholy job of describing his murdered sons' property. Earlier, he had written to Senator Sebastian (December 31, 1857):

Two of my sons were in the train that was massacred, on their way to California, three hundred miles beyond Salt Lake City, by the Indians and Mormons. There were one hundred and eighteen unmercifully butchered; the women and children were all killed with the exception of fifteen infants—one of [my] sons, Charles was married and had one son, which I expect was saved, and at this time is at San Bernardino, I believe in the limits of California. I could designate my grandson if I could see him

Mitchell felt strongly that something must be done to punish the guilty in this matter. He continued:

From all accounts the President has not made a call sufficient to subdue them; the four regiments together with what regulars can be spared is too small a force to whip the Mormons and Indians, for rest assured that all the wild tribes will fight for Brigham Young. I am anxious to be in the crowd—I feel that I must have satisfaction for the inhuman manner in which they have slain my children 8

Colonel Mitchell believed that his infant grandson, John Mitchell, had survived the massacre. He wrote about the boy on different occasions and worked tirelessly for the return of the surviving children. Mitchell was appointed an agent of the U.S. government and sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, to receive the surviving children in August 1859. He, with others from Arkansas, brought the children back to Carrollton where they were distributed to their families, and in one case, to a friend. Two of the surviving children who had been kept in Utah to serve as witnesses, should the guilty be prosecuted, were later taken to Washington, D. C , and then delivered to Mitchell at Carrollton, Arkansas, in January 1860.

It is because of William C. Mitchell that we have most of the original written records of who the emigrants were. He was present at the taking of most, if not all, of the depositions and appears to have been the one who forwarded them to Senator Sebastian in Washington Mitchell's own deposition tells a good deal about his sons and their property:

I was personally well acquainted with said Charles and Joel Mitchell— They were my sons, and I assisted them in making their outfit for the trip in the spring of 1857 They left in company withJohn T Baker and many others and were murdered as I am informed and believe at "Mountain Meadows" in September of same year. They were on their way to California, and when they left here they had in their possession and under their control the following personal property. They had cash when they left this county in April of 1857 about the sum of two hundred and seventy five dollars They had thirteen yoke of good work oxen They had sixty two head of other cattle and when they reached Washington County in this state, they wrote to me that they had bought ten head more and intended getting two more so as to make one hundred head in all They had one large ox wagon, log chains &c They had their wearing apparel, beds, and bedding and cooking utensils. . . . The property they had with them when they left for California in April 1857, was worth in this market, at the date of their departure [as follows:] 13 yoke of work oxen @ $60.00 per yoke $780.00, 74 head of other cattle, cows, steers &c @ [$]12, $888.00, cash on hand when they left here [$]275.00, 1 large wagon, chains &c [$]120.00, 1 horse, saddle and bridle [$]100.00, guns, firearms, knives &c [$]50.00, clothing, beds, and bedding, provisions, cooking utensils, camp equipage &c [$]300.00 [total] $2513.00 I believe that said property at Mountain Meadows would have been worth the sum of about five or six thousand dollars."

Sam Mitchell, another son of William C. Mitchell, did not go west with the wagon train. He also gave a statement about his brothers:

I am a brother to Charles R. and Joel D. Mitchell mentioned in the foregoing deposition of William C Mitchell I was well acquainted with the outfit of the parties, and acquainted with all the property set forth in the tabular statement made by the said William C. Mitchell and from my knowledge of the property and its value I believe that the value therein given and estimated is a fair cash valuation

JESSE DUNLAP, JR., AND LORENZO DOW DUNLAP

William C Mitchell's wife Nancy was a sister of two victims of the massacre, Lorenzo Dow Dunlap and Jesse Dunlap, Jr.9 The Dunlap-Mitchell family had twenty-six members in the caravan, and only five orphan children survived the massacre. 10 Senator Mitchell gave a second deposition about his brother-in-law Lorenzo D. Dunlap:

[H]e was well acquainted with Lorenzo D Dunlap who left for California in John T Baker Company and that the said Dunlap had a wife and eight children who was all killed at or near a place called the Mountain Meadows, Utah Territory, except two small daughters who is at this time in my care and the said L. D. Dunlap had at the time he left Arkansas, the following described property to wit: four yoke of oxen worth sixty dollars each, twelve head of cattle worth fifteen dollars each, three guns, pistols, knives &c worth fifty dollars, one wagon, log chains, wagon sheet &cworth one hundred dollars. Provisions, cooking utensils, tent, bedding &cworth three hundred and fifty dollars. This statement is what property was worm at the time they left Arkansas in the spring of 1857 I am informed and believe it was worth more in Utah Territory I was appointed special agent to receive and take charge of the children survivors of the Mountain Meadows Massacre and received the children above mentioned at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas Territory in August A.D. 1859 and delivered them at Carrollton, Arkansas, in September 1859 and have no doubt of the death of L D Dunlap and [that] he was killed at or near the Mountain Meadows in Utah Territory

Three other family members verified that Mitchell's statement about Lorenzo D. Dunlap was correct. They were Samuel Mitchell, already mentioned, and James D. Dunlap and Adam P. Dunlap, brothers of Lorenzo D Dunlap.

My great, great, great-grandfather, James Douglas Dunlap, who helped raise three of the orphaned survivors of the massacre, said in his affidavit:

Jesse Dunlap and family left Marion County ... en route for California in April, 1857 and was in company of Capt.John T. Baker and all of his family with the exception of three small daughters, I have no doubt, was killed at or near the Mountain Meadows in Utah Territory. And said Jesse Dunlap left with the following described property belonging to him, to wit: nine yoke of oxen worth sixty dollars per yoke, thirty head of catde worth twelve dollars per head, five head of horses worth one hundred dollars each, three wagons, log chains &c worth one hundred dollars each, three guns, pistols and knives worth fifty dollars cash at the time of departure provisions, camp fixins, cooking utensils &c worth four hundred dollars The said Dunlap family contained at the time he left a wife and nine children The three youngest was delivered at Carrollton, Arkansas, in charge of William C Mitchell Special Agent in September A D 1859 and said survivors of said Jesse Dunlap is at this time in my possession The said Jesse Dunlap deceased was my brother.

In a short statement William C Mitchell added that James D Dunlap had the three children of Jesse Dunlap at his house "which is their home at the time."

In their affidavits Robert H Mitchell and William C Dunlap told how they were with William C Mitchell, special agent for the U.S government, when he received surviving children from the massacre at Fort Leavenworth.11 These men said they were well acquainted with Jesse Dunlap and knew his outfit, having traveled with him the day of his departure for California in the spring of 1857. They said that the statement made by James D. Dunlap was correct. An additional affidavit made by Adam P. Dunlap and Samuel Mitchell also verified the accuracy of James D. Dunlap's statements.

CONCLUSION

The depositions, while not the only contemporary records of the Arkansas emigrants,12 are some of the best. In reading them one can sense the concern that the affiants felt for the well-being of the orphaned survivors who were bereft of parents and estate and who faced the prospect of great adversity. The depositions failed to accomplish their primary goal of securing government assistance under some sort of Indian depredations compensation act. Such laws were passed but none is known to have benefitted the Mountain Meadows survivors.

The documents are valuable for the detail they add to the body of knowledge about the emigrant caravan, its composition, and leadership. They also provide some of the best statements of the purpose many emigrants had in making the journey west and give an accurate account of the property owned by them. It should also be noted that many emigrants are known to have been in the Mountain Meadows caravan who are not mentioned in the depositions Clearly, the documents do not give a complete picture or answer all questions, but they provide a fascinating glimpse of some of those who suffered so long ago as a result of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

NOTES

Judge Logan lives in Harrison, Arkansas.

1 John D Lee, Mormonism Unveiled; Including the Remarkable Life and Confessions of the Late Mormon Bishop, John D. Lee. Also the True History of. the Mountain Meadows Massacre (St Louis: Vandawalker & Co., 1892);Juanita Brooks, The Mountain Meadows Massacre (1950; Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1962); Josiah F Gibbs, The Mountain Meadows Massacre (Salt Lake City: Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co., 1910); James H Carleton and William C Mitchell, Report on the Subject of the Massacre at Mountain Meadows Relative to the Seventeen Surviving Children , Arkansas State Senate Document (Litde Rock: True Democrat Steam Press, 1860) Many other books deal with the Mountain Meadows Massacre, and scores of newspaper articles and even some ficdonal works treat it See, for example, Jack London, Star Rover (1915; Second Printing, Malibu, Ca.: Sun Publishing Co., 1987).

2 William C Mitchell to A B Greenwood, commissioner of Indian Affairs, April 27, 1860, Microcopy 234, Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1881, Roll 899, Utah Superintendency, 1849-80—1859-60, M-244/1860 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1957).

3 Brooks, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, pp. 44, 49, 52, 69, 142, 151, refers to the caravan as the Fancher Company; see also Lee, Mormonism Unveiled, p 242.

4 Carleton and Mitchell, Report on the Subject of the Massacre, p. 32.

5 Ibid.

6 James DeShazo was a pioneer citizen of Boone County, Arkansas Killed during the Civil War, he was buried at the Old Milam Cemetery northeast of Harrison, Arkansas.

7 Desmond Walls Allen, The Fourteenth Arkansas Confederate Infantry (Conway: Arkansas Research, 1988), pp 9, 10, 12, 42.

8 William C Mitchell to Sen William K Sebasdan in U.S., Congress, Senate, Senate Executive Document 42, Message of the President. Communicating Information in Relation to the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, and Other Massacres in Utah Territory, 36th Cong., 1st sess., 1860, pp. 42-43.

9 Ibid.,p 47.

10 Carleton and Mitchell, Report on the Subject of the Massacre, p 32.

11 William C Mitchell to A B Greenwood in Senate Executive Document 42, p 90

12 The following letter from William C Mitchell to fellow Arkansan Alfred B Greenwood, commissioner of Indian Affairs in the Buchanan administration, is one of the best sources of information on the identity of the Arkansas emigrants at Mountain Meadows. It is in Letters Received, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Utah Territory, National Archives:

Sir

As there is no list of the names of the survivors of the Mountain Meadow Massacre of 1857, which was conveyed to their relatives and friends in Arkansas [They are:]

Martha Elizabeth Baker

Sarah Frances Baker

William Twitty Baker

Rebecca Dunlap

Louisa Dunlap

Sarah Ann Dunlap

Prudy Angeline Dunlap

Georgeann Dunlap

Saphrona Huff

Christopher Carson Fancher

Triphena Fancher

Joh n Calvin Miller

Mary Miller

Josiah Miller

Felix Jones

Mariam [Milam] Tackett

William Tackett

All of the above is in the care of their relatives and friends in Arkansas except Saphrona Huff who was taken by her grandfather Brown who lives in Miggs Co Tennessee to Tennessee There was two of those children wounded in the battle Sarah Frances Baker shot through the left ear and Sarah Ann Dunlap shot through the right arm and her shoulder dislocated having no use of it and much less than the other Those children vary in age from ten years to four years old Also included you will find a list of die killed and missing as far as we can obtain them All of the children that was large enough to recollect state that they were never in the possession of the Indians but kept by the whites

I am Yours Respectfully

WM C MITCHELL Special Agt

Hon A B Greenwood Commissioner of Indian Affairs Washington City D.C

The following is the names of those that was massacred at the Mountain Meadow in September 1857 [:]

Capt Joh n T Baker

George W Baker, wife & 1 child

Abel Baker "

Milum Rush

David W. Beller

Allen Deshazo

Melissa Ann Beller

Robert Fancher

Charles R. Mitchell, wife & 1 child

Joel D Mitchell

Lawson McEntire

William &John Prewett, two brothers

Jesse Dunlap, wife & 6 children

L D Dunlap, wife & 5 children

William Wood

Solomon Wood

Richard Wilson

Milam Jones, wife & 1 child

Pleasant Tacket, wife & 2 children

Cinthia Tacket & 3 children

Josiah Miller, wife & 3 children

William Cameron, wife & 5 children

Alexander Fancher, wife & 4 children

Peter Huff, wife & 3 children

The above is correct as far as we have any information

WM C MITCHELL Special Agt