Jacob Hamblin under orders sent down by Brigham Young set up wagon train to camp at massacre site; falsely charged Government for getting children from Indians. The children were never in the hands of the Indians. He also charged the government for taking care of the children of the Mormon murdered parents.
It is certain that the Fancher-Baker party was lured under false pretenses and treachery to the remote ambush site of Mountain Meadows for the purpose of annihilation and plunder.
In late August, Hamblin was traveling north to Salt Lake City in company with LDS Apostle George A. Smith . Smith had been dispatched to the southern Mormon colonies to advise the Iron County Brigade to "Use Up" the Fancher Wagon train and recommend that the colonists not trade with any non-Mormons then traveling through their territory and prepare to flee to the mountains if required.
At Corn Creek near Fillmore, Utah , Smith, Hamblin, and Thales Haskell encountered the ill-fated Fancher party , a wagon train of Arkansans en route to California. Upon their questioning about the road ahead and a place to rest their cattle, Hamblin suggested that they stop further south in the grassy Mountain Meadows , where he maintained a homestead. List of Victims killed due to Hamblin's actions.
After the massacre the surviving children were taken to the Jacob Hamblin ranch. While there one child was killed and most of the children were taken to other Mormon families to be poorly cared for for the next two years. Sara Dunlap was blind for life due to the negligent care of the Hamblins.
Right after the Mormons had arrived at the Hamlin ranch with the children one of the little boys was crying from the pain of his wounds, when one of the Mormon militia men grabbed him by the ankles and swung his head repeatedly against a wagon wheel knocking his brains out.
David Wilson Tullis
David Wilson Tullis, pictured to the right worked for Jacob Hamblin on his ranch at the time of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, he was a Mormon participant in the massacre and a private in the Iron County Militia. (click on image for more info)
Captain James Lynch, the rescuer of the children, expedited the recovery of the surviving children by pulling a gun on Jacob Hamblin and threatening to "send him to Purgatory" if he didn't stop lying about the whereabouts of the children.
Many items found at and in the Jacob Hamblin home maintained by the Mormon Church are reportedly similar to those taken from Fancher Wagon Train in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Items at Hamblin Home. |DANITES |
