j F BL BLACK C HAWK H I 1 WAR and d incidents id of E CA CAMPAIGNS PA IGNS S IN IT 4 ra S the cruelties Cruel ties of the he marauding Ma reds I 1 men alen women and children killed 9 s of tile settlers apt id rallying Rally inz reprisals find and rout of the I 1 that led to 10 the breaking CA a the black known its I 1 5 sn evv what to the n not at so 0 familiar visit h as a by right nt they of J td grel tho the details of the vp UP K final alss front sanpete t ind 1 ruilt in tile the ret turn urn of 0 me e I 1 t are and prel perty are fa mIllay those these alone only to I 1 in 13 part te t part in the tho suppress on of the most af I 1 and d those lh nho re le depredations Ill history story their I 1 f slightly derelict in recording tile the annals of nar r event in I 1 it nu Js but now thirty years aces e currencies curren nc ces es that bat brought to n ice that the still of art commencing to lo organize el in to an association tion ot of yet or KM has the he national Not lonal nw GOV ern t un the filly notice ot of icat was naturally to be aig was on it the j the th 0 cpr the 1 ht W ads of t tile ta nation und ad 1 by the rel iLlers ot of it a ter t ath the t states B at their 1 li lt iod expense yet no reward llon has hi bart ix n tendered the is of the military org animation aniza tion 1 it 11 IM d the ha uprising nor to those I 1 jj dy by the depredations ot of the 1 I 1 not ot only did the nun who the I 1 u t initia of utah then 11 H the sauvoy lt glon render af without pay but their tn rya I 1 P nie n IS and were ere furell bed b by Y themselves tin he ot of the governor 0 of 1 itte 1 i Is true me that a full rl report port ot of jwu baj made to tile GO ve ame tit but tu after it was re I 1 tired to a let tor for neilon it was pigeon aitay 11 go far its aa Is iknou t knofl n has bus never j I 1 lit itoch VALLEYS aw am rich and fertile valleys ot of slid md vier with their wealth fc ind brazing toll moll coal d depos pos latest limitless forests 0 of tim 1 4 1 been prospected by the mor be artly after etc their advent into I 1 lie itt a valley but their numbers it great to necesse alf watt battering ering to uch such remote loi thero them was plenty of 0 land in anity ty at 0 sult lake city to be i moreover it was necessary nece apary p mes of defense again pos le indians and tor for the bet z 4 ng of 0 mutual that hat mom ons continue to live its as long ible le in ono one comma community n ity pence hence awl I 1 until the sear scare s vent of 0 johnstons army and bent move in 1358 that fenced to locate locale in san alry y even in 1851 those these settlers for or protection against la ot of the indiana te into this the alley was waa through alt creek canyon v balch it ich pierces la kmatch Wa range lust just east cast of itol at flourishing loan 0 of SS nepal eahl party harty consisting of two men a bud and a child was wiped out indians while bile point going through yon their names have not ed but thero there Is still at chrt murders com 1 plate chloi ed rock reels on which ri 7 of it tho the ebent was rudely t agether with ohp lit initials K X D a DIAX JAX depredations giai M until HO the settlers x wilding to prow in numbers 1 cuned depredations of the i 1109 without refill als their king ing to more carefully guald tilt it anil and thus render the temp emp lil 4 the opportunity to steal less li he stock were allowed to roam I 1 it dow do not appear that dur 1 relod the me lives of any ot of the tart ere probably beh 0 settlers maintained a welli aid d belil bol 11 I 1 front but they were tint tit danger and it to Is a dinall went out to plough f ht he went armed and was ac I 1 0 by a auard of armed meu inc u allon lion n continued thus with the act till the inter hiter of 0 66 which vero that the indians Indi tins suffered buffered ir their condition being I 1 1 by Y the te settler ett leri t tile the latter con I 1 as much as they could from tl I 1 i try ery akil filled il granaries grane irles and KM bed belle ing that it r lw er to placate the the I 1 indians by uini in titan hum to await an an attack saralta of 0 I 1 the id purely drive arlve them to this thin bably the threatened aut 11 it also 1150 emboldened the in 1 such in an rit thu that they earn com themselves to the ali c at vu merited rtin ted by the settlers E torchi fu K lie made anil and the th in ill I ra ed A few dayn exfer ever a bunch of tit ll roll red atre arc found by home 1 l t of cattle near along them was 7 BLACK 1 theft nothing but a scrub in let having attained the rank wry thice some years pre wr r the lb command ot of Sall Pitch beer tan in a raid by which a content ot of oan an John w 14 sur roundel and out onatus bs baft of San sanpete pete but ill able olt he had d brought I 1 ere ith his tribe and lie he re naib ib and it a bencar from the laii after I 1 be was wa dri riven yen anway an ay U b nt itU hered I 1 Inget together ber a a 14 the liter or der paret te braves nex d in n a etive campaign the settlements I 1 ments stealing laS fan i cattle t alid burning I 1 Ith ln tacks nor or did ia ho he star ta at 4 enever he attack attacked ed finy any of 0 turns imbt 01 knit was opposed in I 1 all iv ho ha put it tin an end t of 1 tho the E defenders and J 7 ditona or deB troyd y their I 1 fir property car were go 0 o hogill Y apprent Is tribe that h he 4 be became ca m their all A the ce tied t to hirn lm bann in and the war wawa F San vict such military or 11 I 1 as could la bt be ma made by the ran 0 if t acted the people of it moved autv taking all their tims elv vaa movable and a ar 11 on 0 inar mt mount pleasant pl nant green loin cohig a wall oban abandoned donea the ta U it y mer to taron I 1 bile lie lit 1 SK ilk laflel 1 i 1 riv 1 ora ell a the hie tu fu 1 baling 0 tta I 1 it tt glenwood acil aull ft in res farrl 1 ba 4 far ar south mouth was MaT a most 1 of the alao aban I 1 imi guard avem w lort to pro alls bior but t salina which 1 Ily Iw atlon cation and U att ill jent 1 of lie teral raba 3 d the th act t jath Jb I 1 01 the teo pen do th 6 11 lt tofte wit ug farms a aud nil forti a raud inua wall nin min latha it IN dyrr four urd aides of t the tui lunn n alln 8 OR FAMINE I 1 al that 16 wint or was waa nearly rs the time was rapi illy approach millard 0 we were re birteen practically the walne I 1 A IBM Wd lne ll 11 out by the tt or th 1 9 8 11 er in ir t dent arop to alil aisil i it 1 ing x enli Ivin tor r more inora iwai ty TV bui I 1 be wd rod acy roin min romr for f arm i work and these would even then be fully exposed to the sudden attacks which the settlers lind had learned to expect front from the indians and were so easy ot of execution from tho the surrounding forests ot of cedar when it 11 became apparent that the force opposed to them theirl was so strong and determined that they could riot not lt at the same name time cultivate and defend their farms tho the settlers sent with nith a tall full statement of 0 the case to salt lake city tho the appeal tor for aid was referred to hon charles durkee then Gove govermor imor of 0 utah with the expect expectation aAlon that united states troops would be called out tho the small garthon at fort douglas was however not available and the governor made inalle requisition on oil gen daniel 11 II in command of 0 the territorial militia for enough armed men iren to garrison and police set a pete valley accordingly the kauv nauvoo 00 legion was 1 I called upon and an average of ten men meet from cath cah company in da davan vim salt lake and utah counties mustered into active service TIIE THE FIRST TROOPS to be put in the held field wn was a detachment ot of forty four cavalrymen rind and four officers under tho the command of col cleber 11 kimball this force left salt lake city on an may hay 1 each man riding his own horse and furnishing hla his own tarns arms ammunition and ac coutre ments mentel albeit P dewey and howard 0 spencer were lieutenants lieutenan to in the command and william B dou kull now manager of the deseret company waa ivan bug bugler e r col kimball mode a a rapid march into the sanpete and thistle valloyd vall vai leyn cyd tit at the hie latter place detailing eighteen men under dewey to act am a a skirmish guard for it a detachment ot of forty nine men from the second infantry under the command of capt jesse west that had been de detailed to guard the valley this force was encamped in an c pen open plain at a distance from the cedars 1 ars the location being still cnown as deweys deleys battleground from tin on engagement that took place there here later with the remainder of bis big command col cimball patrolled patr oled the valley lit in concert with other cavalry troops that continued to arrive and those that were made up from the settlers la ia the 1 talley alley but no indians indiana were war seen lit in the meantime gen william B pace of provo a good cavalry force from utah county had bad arrived and entered sevier valley hla big field of 0 operations being in the vicinity or 0 salina and gravelly ford these acro the first troops to have an ACTUAL engagement with w ith the indians and it Is still called tho battle of gravelly ford black hawk had retired from san dete acte valley proper but had bad kept up ila his ralda raids on the isolated settlements settle menti mente to the south bouth ond and west on one or of these excursions lie attacked 1 the ranch of old mun man ivy in valley where scipio now in killed ivy and his family and drove off all the stock billack hawk himi himself telf taking us as ri a faddle horse hony a one due black ital llon the news of this raid ardd reached gen pace on june ath and hi he guessed that black hawk would attempt to take tile the cattle across gravelly ford and so into the mountains east cast ot of sevier valley ile he put his him command on olt the march for I 1 the ford on june eith but while bile yet miles distant the indians indiana were reen in urge large force coming out ot of round bound valley alley with the stolen cattle at al the came time lime the indians pled the troops and ri race was wag at once started with gravelly ford as tho the objective goal coal pace wanted to ret get to tho the ford birst lor for the roson reamon l thit that lie he would then hava the indians practically hc romed in and could force them down the valley toward the other forces had it he succeeded tied in this thin the war would hane hale terminated lilt but the indians warn nearer the ford than the troops and crossed it first tho the rate raco was so BO close however hoever th that at they had to leave part of their force with alth tho the stolen stock which vas driven buck back on olt tho the same name road find and afterward crossed at rocky ford on the side of the lie liver which the main mail body ot of indians indiana succeeded in reaching there Is a low vol volcanic canto ilage on and nd behind which they took up it strong strong position and opened lire fire on the troops which were sheltered only by a a fringe of wil willow lols gro ai on the i bank of 0 the stream command returned the fire and ho he had some nomo excellent mar marksmen kament tor for although the indiana exposed but very little ot of their bodies a number of the tarm thena na were killed and wounded wound rd the rite only damase damage sustained by pace was the slight wound ing ini of a private named tumbridge the battle however could not be continued to it a decisive end tor for the double reason that the c end nd of the day was at hand and lilli ammunition was ex naus lel BLACK HAWK during the progress of this fight blade black hawk who was waa bell believed eved to havo secured tome potent beverage at old man avys ranch impudently himself still hul alding the black stallion lie ho had stolen ill hr bad scarcely commenced his bis taunts when two rifles cracked at the same game instant Jn stant and the chief slid and his lil mount both fell llo lie wan ivan shot eliot through the abdomen but lingered and died four months later when daylight returned the indians had slid and col kin balls force coming up with additional ammunition tho th two commands took the trail ot of the fleeing elnar red who had been rejoined by their brothers with the MUIO for three days the trail was followed in the eit east mountains but no indians appearing the troops returned AT THISTLE VALLEY the detachments of cavalry and infantry that hall hail been left andor the command of nf albert 11 1 dewey di acy to a guard thistle valley had nothing but roll calls calla and dally daily drills to t break the monotony of camp life until juno june dewey had issued ett billet let orders to lo his men forbidding thern from rom going luto into the cellars cedars that the camp knowing full well that it if any stalk was made it would be ba froth the cover cloer of 0 tile hie woods A strong guard was maintained at till all hours li urs ant and enery precaution wa taken against a bur surp rlee the discipline of the command coro was waa good but some of a the youngsters younK young ter chafed chafee under the restraint and the inaction 0 of the camp the more so ito that they were certain that just juat within the woods wooda there were limitless quan quantities titles of tho the luscious pine nut the fruit ault of 0 the anen pine on oil the 2 2 ml charlos charli brown a cavalryman and two others other ofle out from the camp and gained the woodi unobserved they could not hive have been there above ten minutes when the camp canal WAS WaA alarmed by some boine bots from the timber and looking up tip paw haw browns companions no lunning toward them at full speed and behind them thein a line of indians brown hi own had been fillod outright fit at the first volley liegey lot lost no timp limp in forming hla his men for or derence allot met the advancing force forca M lib ith it ft well concentrated fire alre but the were in greater force than appeared front from the ir in front vf of tho the troops the homes vt of the tt ca cagaly alry crazing Kru ilni lit in the valle aby with a aig lit guard and aid while lb troops were being engaged by the force between thern them and the woods it a much larger body was as pinning pl issing on their nant flank d n into the th valley lloy it vios no an ex allent opportunity for FL a LAS ILAS ILA I LA T but thi th probably did ia riot it in i elude wh each an ai in their tat lar j 1 6 for they continued quietly until 1 they 1 1 reached the horses A number ot of them act secured d mounts at once anil and W when ceded ton t this his 1 was I d 8 n no ion lonier ger possible sible ble they elt stampeded I 1 the remainder and the guards I ping unable dunall to plop them retired to tle the main body by this time De deweye Aveys little brind band ans entirely surrounded rUn ded on three sides the he indians hoai hal tile the woods behind them while in tho alio open valloy valley a number of 0 mounted indians indiana kept up tip a rapid wheeling lire fire eliher either their alin was poor or they hal had practiced bad economy their 1 powder aw d r tor for after four our hours ot of this stylo style ot of fighting 1 eliut u t ono one of 0 dorrys men M ts hurt this was thonia Th ernits i snarr who iho WL wa shot lit in tho thigh while the nun main body ot of tile indians was clinag ing tile ilia troops a detachment had driven the stampeded horses over into spanish pork candon cam on and abid when these had had a start the attacking party withdrew and followed in ill th the same direction thus dewey was wag without mounts mounta to take up the pursuit nt lit once and in addition considerable time aa was lost luck ing up tip a new supply of tile tho old style paper that were in use um durins duroni the hie liro ereM 3 ot of tile tha light art an act of SINGULAR BI lAVErY nas ana performed by two tiro ot of the cavalrymen when the horses were atam polled dewey saw tho necessity ot of obtaining more horses lion ses and the nearest