Show another indian fighter answers reaper articles aurora january 25 1931 sir mr joseph L asbury richfield Rich neld utah dear editor while reading the last issue of the richfield rc aper I 1 came across the piece from L E lewis from elsinore who fought indians in 1865 at that time I 1 was a young man living at ephraim uth utah I 1 11 wa waz wai z danied april S 8 1865 1860 to t 0 matilda andersen on the ev evening of april 11 1865 1 I was ordered to be leady next momi ing ng at sunrise with my saddle home and food to last several lays days to go out on tile the sevier and fight ig ht indians v who ho had bad been stealing cattle there several men from ephraim Ephia im manti and gunnison gathered at salina we all started up salina canyon to try to get tile stolen cattle when we got above the alum beds we encountered the indians but missed the cattle I 1 happened to be one of the men chosen as a scout to ride ahead of the main body of men the indians were hidden in the large rocks high on the north wall of the canyon soon a shower of bullets came at us like hail then more bullets at that early day there was no wagon road but only v a horse trail and when the buli bullets lets came so thick and fast we scouts made a retreat to our comrades below when we got to what was known as steve allreds alfreds All reds place in the canyon we halted to count our men and horses we found two men missing and a number of horses killed there we took a vote to see if we should return for the dead men or go down the canyon the vote said go lown down we returned for the dead men inen next day this is as I 1 remember the indian war up salina canyon there is one man still living in ephraim who abo will s tand stand by me in the above story storey his name 1 is s S P jensen I 1 have made m my y home the past 47 years in ill sevier county 40 years in redmond and the past 7 at aurora I 1 was 86 years old september 6 1930 30 my wife will be 82 feb 5 3 1931 we aie both quite well up to late dale and talie tahe caie of ourselves if mr and mrs L E I 1 lewis would caro care to visit u we will be pleased to b hae ae them call at our home as ve do not have a ci car r respectfully THOMAS P PETERSEN aulora utah |