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Show 234 INDIAN DEPREDATIONS ered to be one of Utah's foremost literary women. Last was Baby Rosamond, only fifteen months old, who is now Mrs. Geo. Sutherland, wife of the U. S. Senator from Utah. Besides these five child-ren of their own, there was a little English girl named Jane Hall, whose father had left her tempor-arily with the Lees while he went in search of a home and employment. She was about thirteen years old. These six children would have made a costly sacrifice to be offered up on the alter of redhanded violence. The Indian spokesman who hailed Mr. Lee by name, said that he was Too- witch- ee- Tick- a- boo* a very good friend, who was hungry. Would his friend John open the door and give him break-milk- matches, etc., Mr. Lee, after some talk, said to his wife, " We have always been such good friends with the Indians, can it be possible that all this is a mistake 1" " Not possible!" she replied " that all this shooting is any mistake." The Indian con-tinued to plead and protest until Mr. Lee said a,/ ain to his wife, " I have so little ammunition that I can not fight long ; and when it is all gone, we should be at their mercy, and they would be still more an-gry than they are now. What do you think!" " I think just this: They are not angry at all have no occasion to be so. They have simply made up their minds to kill us. We will fight as long as there is one shot left, and trust in God. Let m answer once." " No," she called to the Indian, " you are not Tick- a- boo! We will not open the door! If you come in here, we will shoot you!" The Indian laughed, and said, " Oh! Squaw shoot! Now me scared! Yes, now me scared!" |
