MISSOURI MORMON FRONTIER FOUNDATION
Anxious to conceal my little ones somewhere. I soon found myself and little ones hidden away down under the bluff in a little nook by the creek. No sooner had I concealed myself there than my husband, Mr. (Ellis) Ames, and old Father Mc Bride ran past hunting a place of concealment. He called to me as he passed, “have you all the children?” “Yes,” said, “all four.” A Rial Ames fled he remarked, “I guess Ellis's folks are all murdered.” Isaac Laney [Leany] crossed the creek above me. The mob saw him and began firing. I saw him fall, then rise and climb the hill. . . . I came out of my place of concealment, crossed the creek, and went to Mrs. Haun's, finding there women crying. . . While at Mrs. Haun's I could see them go into the houses and tents.
Olive Ames, RLDS, 2:236
This mill was purchased by Mr. Haun and Mrs. Ames from a Mr. Myers.
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