Young first heard about the massacre from second-hand reports,[REF] After Lee reached Salt Lake City, Lee met with Young on September 29, 1857,[REF] according to Lee, he told Young about Mormon involvement.
With regard to the new policy to unbridle Natives to steal cattle, roughly at the same time of the massacre Indian agent Hurt received word that militia leadership at Ogden had arranged for the Snake tribe to run off over 400 cattle that were being driven toward California [REF].