Emma Lee helped care for them, eventually leading to most of them fully recovering.
Upon arriving in Salt Lake City, she worked for one year as an indentured servant to pay for her trip from England.
Afterwards, she met John D. Lee, a prominent man among Latter-day Saints members.
[1] John D. Lee was eventually convicted for his participation in the Mountain Meadows massacre that left 140 people dead.
In 1868, George Hicks, a columnist from Harmony, Utah, wrote in a local newspaper that the Lees had to leave town in ten days or John would be hanged.
Emma then spoke personally with George Hicks, warning him not to keep making threats against her and her husband.
She continued on, saying: "Perhaps if (the bishop's) backside gets wet in ice water (he) will be more careful how (he) decide again".
At one time there was a gold map showing the location of the mine which is now under Lake Powell.
Fearful for her children's fate, she decided to befriend the Navajos, and discovered that the tribe's chief was a friend of her husband's.
Afterwards, he told his tribe that Emma was a very powerful woman and had a great spirit and to leave her alone.
With small children and economically in need, Emma Lee sold the ferry to the LDS Church for 100 milk cows in 1879.
She helped multiple women, including Navajos and prostitutes, give birth.
A crowd of businessmen, Navajos and prostitutes kept vigil outside her home as she lay in bed dying that night.