Show SALT LARL LAKE CITY U T december ath 1 S 58 A IDERSON deitson ESQ editor valley tan 5 on the of november I 1 left this tily city in company with dr forney indian on a visit to the indian tribes of the utes arid and pall pah balits Va lits 11 some time previous to our leav leafing Dg rumors were rife that these tribes in ill connection with others had assembled in large numbers near the sevier lake for the purpose sni attacking the whites kubite s awl adl to commit coconut other depredations as light might best suit their sav e propensities after passing the elements ete ments north of spanish fork we arrived at the indian farm on the 16 th ill at this place formerly former jy resided beteet teet tintic gintic Tin tic and other prominent thiefs of the utah tribe with their lands but not a solitary indian was to i e found and all si sins signs ns of their former habitations nations had di disappeared speared ppe ared all the to be g gained bained was that they al gone to join other bands to the southard leaving this place we next di acted 0 our ur journey to manti situated tl a the valley of san pete and near the tia cadence ence of the somewhat famous chief iam araleen Ara peen 11 a of the acted led war chief walker Wall this chief I 1 caused the s small mall settlements around mf or many any miles much annoyance and tro ou uble ble but he is much rc respected fis as well as much feared by the citizens on our arrival at this place araleen Ara peen v was as found absent with his band likewise akew ise southward during his abs absente erise a band of warriors had plunderer plundered his house and that of others 0 of f his tribe drove the government cattle fro mihe indian farih fann and carried away larre large abed quantities ies of wheat and by threats had cad intimidated the people on the day after er our arrival a warrior arnor arrived arm ed informing ing us that araleen Ara peen was encamped in the vicinity dr forne forney y on the folin lowing day went to the indian encampment and held an interview with vilh him and his warriors he informed us that he had been on his annual bradin trading expedition tion to a distant tribe that on his re turn he had met a band of utes with peteet neet Tin tintic tic and others ind and from them learned the particulars of the spanish fork difficulty ile he poi poke ke of the death of pm pin as a v warrior arnor much respected and hild beloved he represented him as the fist fast friend and protector of the white man jiin and called for nis his crime crime that death had been awarded rad him he pointed to the direction of the military squads encamped beai felir his hunting grounds arid and to the picket guards upon the surrounding mountains and asked for what was akis thise doctor forney represented to him the late indian outrages of women outraged in in the open day dall and in in sight of their own dwellings ellings unoffending and honest citizens jou journeying g to their homes attacked ap and brutally murdered the property of citizens indiscriminately stolen and slaughtered and demanded from him allme immediate d late restitution reStitUti ULL of uch such effects as he might then have in in his possession an and d t to forthwith ith return to their former homes he pictured to him the penalty of disobedience and extracted from this warlike war like chieftain implicit compliance and obedience araleen Ara peen most sol emly promised future peace for himself and for his tribe and that ins his influence should hould be exerted to promote the same end with w ith other chiefs of his bis nation ile he requested the criminals now nov in in custody awaiting trial might be hanged as an example in in future to other indians keaim fora season this wo pursued our way nay towards the corn creek farm some 15 miles below fillmore at which point we arrived on the here we meet with kanosh chief of the pah vanis him bim we e found bund with liis his band industriously v work aik oik improving his fa farm rm and makin arrangement for jus ais winter nork he lad had heard of the movements of tribes but hado had dot otas as yet acquiesced their beir intentions after holding council with him and his bis warriors in chich w aich ajl all promised continued peace we left for our return to meet other tribes still unseen which had been sent for on our return domanti lo 10 amanti farm Ara araleen Arap peen cen in formed blued us that he had sent to the brava Mount ians iaus for the band in that vicinity and tho the messengers informed us that the extreme inclemency of the weather and kuriger lunger had caused much sickness among the indians frid ians that two of their principal chiefs were sick but that ahat in in 15 days time they would be in they were all for peace bace now cowand and to see the super inte nten dent arid and hold a council coun cil everything now being in a fair way of establishing a permanent peace we left for home and thus by the timely interference and decided manner in which the interposed his authority an indian war was stopped in the bud the indians in their w wanderings ande rings have suffered much peteet pet t neet and tinee tic lay in the mountains sick and most of their family araleen Ara peen lost his finest horse and favorite wife together with a large quantity of blankets and the tribe mourn the lost of a celebrated arror arnor these may seem to the white man mail but trifles armes but to an indian they are irreparable it is confidently daentl y expected t that abitt at the expected council by the middle of this month all the vexed andl indian in I 1 questions u e eions willbe will be permanently rr manent neri t ly y settled e t t I 1 e d a and n adjusted and a p prolonged I 1 ed peace ensue 0 on our journey I 1 observed through all the towns we passed newly plowed lands and in many instances the seed in and the broad fields harrowed new houses in courte of erection and building materials on oil the spot ready for immediate use the grain crop in this section of the territory has been very abundant in the two tn 0 towns of fort eph ephriam r iam and manti containing a population of only twelve hundred souls bushels of wheat were harvested besides a corresponding crop of vegetables and grain at the town of nephi one farmer fanner raided from twenty two acres bushels of grain which facts alone show the fertility of the soil we passed through the beautiful valley of sari san pete in rich farming ing lands and nd lumber of 0 f the flie largest growth is convenient t ato the mountain streams coal of the finest t quality cannel and west II Il artly lie in in the neighboring hills mountains of iron oar lay wailing for future use salt mines and alum beds show themselves to the passer by arid and the swelling valley of lovely san pete for 60 miles lies ready for the enterprise enter prize of man the roads from this city to fillmore Fillmo fe i in in many places are almost impassable and it is is to be hoped that the Legisla legislature tuie now about to convene wilt will take some steps to remedy the defects good stone can be found very convenient to the road side and the benefits resulting to a good thoroughfare must be evident to all at some other time lime I 1 will again revert to this tour and endeavor to demonstrate the practicability of a good road direct from this city to the coal mines by the introduction of which to this place the severities of winter are much light lightened enod i I 1 and much hard bard labor and exposure exposure saved |