"The mob kept on firing at the shop until they thought all within were killed; then they went about the place killing all they could find alive, and robbing the houses of everything they could carry off. They even stripped the dead and dying of their clothes. They went into the blacksmith shop for this purpose, and there they saw dead men lying in piles, and wounded men groaning in pain, while pools of blood stood on the floor.
"A little ten year old boy named Sardius Smith had crawled under the bellows, trying to hide from the wicked mobbers; but one of them saw him and dragged him out. Then putting the muzzle of his gun to the boy's head he killed him instantly. Sardius' little brother, Alma, seven years old had a great hole shot in his hip; but he lay still, fearing that if he moved they would shoot him again. Another boy by the name of Charles Merrick was discovered. He pleaded with the mobbers not to kill him: "I am an American boy," he said "O! don't kill me!" The mobber heeded not, but blew out his brains.
"Thomas McBride, an old, gray-haired man who had fought in the Revolutionary War under Washington, gave up his gun to a mobber, and then pleaded for his life. The cruel mobber took the gun and shot the old man dead, and then another mobber cut him to pieces with an old corn cutter."
Thomas McBride was my great-great-great grandfather.
Sounds pretty bad, if that cult or whatever group it is runs a candidate for president, I am going to vote against him.
You forgot the real tear jerker line....”Nits make lice.”
Never leave that line out, it kills your story.
This shows the contempt for the LDS, 12 don’t care if the Mormon ax is being gord!
he still giving out double entendre or back handed post!
Where are the defenders of the Haun’s Mill massacre?
Who is defending anyone who was involved in that massacre or anyone who protected the murders after the fact?
Are there any monuments or universities named after any of the Haun’s Mill massacre murderers or anyone who helped protect the murders?
You, Sir, are on your way to being a prophet!
So, according to this report, ALL the Mormon's were killed here, but that one of the MOB must have recorded this tale; correct?
“Ever heard of the Haun’s Mill massacre, Elsie? No. And Hollywood will never make a movie about it either. Here’s a little history for the bigots among you:”
Of course, you bigoted Mormons always leave out a little thing called the Mormon War that preceded Haun’s Mill, where Mormon Danites burned out Gallatin and the surrounding area on a plundering rampage condoned by Joseph Smith. They also bushwhacked the militia at Crooked Creek, that’s where Parley Pratt killed a prisoner in cold blood I believe. So how about a little history for Mormon bigots like yourself.