John D. Lee Case File

Know all men by these presents that we Jacob Forney Superintendant of Indian Affairs for the Territory of Utah, now residing in Great Salt Lake City in the County of Great Salt Lake and Territory of Utah, as principal and A. Humphreys and Curtis E. Bolton of said County and Territory as sureties are held and firmly bound unto the people of the United States in the Territory of Utah, in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, lawful money of the United States, and for the payment of which will and truly to be made we hereby bind ourselves, our heirs, administrators and assigns jointly, severally and firmly, by these presents.

In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals; this twenty seventh day of June A.D. 1859 at Great Salt Lake City Territory of Utah.

The conditions of the above obligations are such that whereas the above bounden Jacob Forney Superintendant of Indian Affairs as aforesaid, has on this day been appointed guardian of Rebecca, Louisa, and Sarah Dunlap; Ambrose Miram, William Taggit; John Lewis, and Mary Frances Hawn; Charles and Anna Francher Elijah Williams, and Sophronia Mary Hough Betsy and Jane Baker; and Prudence Angeline and Jane (surname unknown) are minors under the age of ten years, and survivors of the "Mountain Meadows Massacre" so called, which said children are now in