Show HOME correspondence 1 Soli thenn THERN INDIAN MISSION progress aress of he the mission on indian yurri age ceremonies ani as dam aaros santa ciari clari i rort IlAn llAH MONY nony march aj 6 1855 1853 to tire EDITOR or THE aws ts tys iea jea dea brother drother al at this timea timela few ew deballi de of our labors on the panta santa ciara clara C lara iara br as we call it the T station ilyin after t the indian name may be interesting to pyotr rea reader readar ders derF it i i 1 rl I 1 copy from the ot of jacob that st stat attan atlan tas los who has just dust returned hither er r a abort but severe sevire severe fever hardy anc ank and Ila iia hasell have spent the winter thue there 1 11 1 tit itt 1 icat an the it 11 dec jacob hamblin thales thalea I 1 na haskell haskeil and A P hardy started for foche A e santa clara ciara we encamped that night on the rio elo virgin when we met some som of the out on a hunting expedition among whom was their chief arlis were wore much plea piea pleased sAto to see us and mone more 0 o when we told hem heo we had comejo live them and teach them to build houses and laise raise grain ip aln ain they returned with us to heir their lodges on tha the ec ond ondray days and thea ther chiff desired camp near pear his lodge we did so on the third day they wera were lauah alarmed alar meo mec I 1 having heard that some utah indians were on their way to tvs tos leal leai their children that night the ashier ashler asked if we would help them to fight I 1 counselled counseller coun selled with my roy two breth renand ren and aad replied that wa we would if thay attempted ta to sveal steal or pr it if I 1 necessary J I 1 thi ocil let iet them thena I 1 have ten rounds round oty of ammunition tor for ea chEun they had spies were sent bent out ont and every thing made ready for lor the reception of these anticipated thieves the old chief went aside and began to preach to the as it they were within li daring hearing be he said bald they must not come now tiow to asteal their children their white brothers the Mormon shad had bad come here and would fight for them he ile then came and told me lle ile down downs but I 1 must not sleep too hard bard and he would wake me before the came the night passed and no came the next day we went down the river santa clara eight miless miles to io where we purposed building honses houses for them and ourselves I 1 tn thi the hh december decembers president it C alien allen and 11 burgess arrived arrles from fram fort forti harmony and on the following day we t commenced jonm encee cutting house logs we chopped them and the I 1 indians carried them to the site of building I 1 there Is an abundance ot cottonwood here from 6 inches to 3 feet in diameter we wd soon eoon had bad one comfortable cabin for ourselves and two fo foz for r the indians AK OF THE on oa the december t a utah achl chier chief f b brother Walker water to and gohne otherie others arrived their business was to trado trade for children ile lie rather abruptly a asked siedi sied 1 what we wanted to do there ther we told him nile nite baid said I 1 that walker walier the big chief wanted we should keep keel away 1 from there ther that the snakes had been killing the at provo and that the mormons cormons were glad giad we told bim him that our met mif chiet chief had bad septus sent vent us and we should stay until until be he told oid old us to leave and as for the mormons cormons at provo they 1 had beenk been kind fua lka iga and good to the aad and the urais in return return bad tad heen been mein mean threatening to shoot acl and it if some of thi were killed it would teach the others 1 there to do better we the tho kahute chiet chief whether they wished ts asto to stay or leave lie ile said that the water 1 an and d lahd land lahd are ours and ana we wish you yon to 6 stay star eay say bay S sa pitch cheit then than said 41 was dmd at go ahead its all right I 1 wanted to know it iou jou you were vere braves ib had a id some good talk with San pitch on the wb work rk amon among g the Lama in the last days and of the son san of god he lie said that lie he savior Sav lor was not wise enon enot ii talen when he was here before to do what his hit father wanted him to do be he took him home with him and he would become very wise and would come again and destroy everything that was wa not good pa the face of the whole earth the gnal snakes es wol woi wolves ves sc I 1 lie ile stayed eight or ten days bought thred thre elris girls sivi ZIvI giving ngone one iho ibo horse r se and two guns for them and marybe mapy many beads ads the father and mother of one of them cried much on seeing their daughter goy go but they had nothing to diveler give her to eaty eats eat andge and the gun her price would help them to gei gel get food from the oldest girl aged about 12 as she was carried off I 1 beheld the tears falling fast and silently and ni my heart was pain pained ed to think abat that she might become a slave ta he mexicans december 24 we started for Harmo II armony and with ira hatch statch I 1 a agan returned to the station ou on the lith Janu jann january arys 1855 1835 after visiting the different encamp ments mente athe on the january we were invited to I 1 AN INDIAN WADDING rint lint the brides bride having dreaded the ceremony had ma made de her esca esea escape j a and d until til the we were not permitted to behold th this s novel spectacle I 1 even for the first time lime ad andi I 1 then by ther then parties than those named above this squaw with her present husband husbands had come to visit her family and friends i hut but tut the indian she now lived with had sab stolen her from another a year before iier her former husband cames camey came and cli clr claimed lined her the chief said that they must fight light for tor her about fifty arranged them selves on the sides of the combatants the contending suitors suitor according to their feelings and were about equally divided they stripped themselves except about the loins I 1 and tied their hair hali hack lack the husbands commenced the night fight bruising each others faces and causing the blood to flow like the more civil civilized zed 2 duellists duel lists and prize nigh figh fighters at length y one ono of them feils tells fell teil when n hen one of his friends took his place thus they continued till all had bad a bhare share in the melee and most had bad their faces badly bru bruised used 0 oily lly ily at times did athey they appear angry during this brutal brute ceremony they occasionally stopped and wiped their faces and rubbed and pulled their fingers before th this is tt equaw had eaten a good meal and sat eat down among tb theother eother squaws squads to witness and await their teats feats of bravery bra very iery at this this stage of the wedding her part became more prominent some one more daring than the others takes her by the arm and lead leads s her through the crowd until another opps oppe opponent nent ent dares to offer fight again this Is a signal rai tai another fight tight and andtius thus they continued till an hour after sundown having shortly after noon at one timp time tta pey they trica to haul her oyer the river rivers she escaped from them and running towards me put out her hanl bani that I 1 might help heip her up the bank and because I 1 stretched clied elied forth my hand hano to her aid I 1 was counted la in the ceremony and fight was offered but I 1 escaped in consequence of not knowing their rules eventually they dragged her through the water to where were nive five or six lodges the two claimants again fought there and one of them seized the other by the har hair kar this being considered foul toul foul toul play plays was the signal for a scene such as s I 1 cannot describe they all commenced ahding lile ilie BO many does dogs children and women shouting the bride was trampled under their feets feet andre wag was was thrown w a I 1 into n t th the 0 dense crowd by the women 1 l length length having be beat 10 lo 10 on ne anether till tired they quit the squaw had fainted tainted blood issued from her mouth and she teemed bermed seemed lifeless two of them hauled her back back of one of tre the lodges lodges where they again quarrelled quarrel led bome time timea they then tore aff her buckskin shirts shirt fought over this till 1 they w were re tire tired and one ona of the he claimants having got the remainder of it bravely bravely slept on it this marriages marriage orthe or the it ul wooer was not decided that night the net next morning I 1 counted indians who bad collected for the on a convenient place near their lodges aher herg were ehte two fires they again took sides and andi after ahey hey had teased eased and talked sometime they made a general rush at each other beating one another till their faces were again agala bruised and covered with blood after a while th they khey y again rubbed their faces and fingers pulling the latter tatter atter and pulling the same squaw about and as before which they kept up till 3 pm of this day the day following there was to be another fight for another squaw eight miles farther down I 1 was asked to go with them and went at 9 am they began as before beating each other at noon began dragging the equaw squaw ata at 3 pm pan they dragged her to lh tho hodg lodges es andl andi and I 1 could dei deg ee no sires of life la in her the following day they commenced co again again to fight foe for or the thie boneso long contended or at it firsty first because aluse sig she sha dil ij n nt t want to live with the one that had bad gained her lie he woo won her again and she still refused hey they T tore her clothes off in dragging her through the brush and started to drag draz her down the bank of 0 the niter riter then I 1 ran between them and it its telling them as well weil as I 1 colm how I 1 was happily disappointed at the result for they stopped and garried carried ler ier her almost lifeless to tbt camps i but were somewhat mad because she would not live with the man who ho had won her r JQ I 1 then went beni to the chiefs chief and told him that I 1 would not stop with his people 1 it they persisted in such conduct I 1 ne ile replied that was the way they got their wo women me p I 1 told him there was a better way that if an i wanted a wife and could find one that would lve live I 1 with him that he should marry them and they sho bho should uld row ioro their women you tou want I 1 should write good to the MOP mon hief hiet tes teb yes 01 I 1 iwhite write ruth truth t to him himy and it would be bad to ft write nite rite all alt 11 I 1 have haah seen do done n e here unless youry conry I 1 try to stop it now I 1 1 i g tie lie and andrits hia bla chief men counselled counseller coun selled that tbt night and latt antle lath morning he came to me and said t nat not wan want I 1 m me to say any thing about what had bad been do done nea for cef they W wen are ashamed ablia ahila med of it throw away all yon you havea b a i aseen se enand a w shall stop such fIght fights syi ssI that night hight jan 23 to them from the house top i 3 bros knights and thornton having arrived city with a donation of picks spades axes ac ac we commenced r I building a stone dam across the santa clara ciara 1 for fw emigrating purposes 80 feet long 14 feet high antl anti and anil afeei thick the helping we had summered suffered soma for want of flour alc sec but a donation from the saints came in good season T D browny Re conier conler PS our ow mission does as well as may be expected moz moto than two thirds of 0 gur our jime lime ime being occupied in building vy vp harmony fencing fanning aco afo ac that we imay 1 I T dan DAL |