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Show IMUV H i rrKHN I N SSVK.TK -A 1.1 r I LL U1.MUU1. FiiaviEW, Dec 1j, 18T2. M'jsri. EdiOTt: (Jecatiomuly I read aecouats of Indian In-dian aiinrs, cjuie of winch erpresd a d.,uht whether th---ro bib U:ca aLy , trouble here with Ludiano urnoL hven ! our ehitf uiai.-tra-e in hi.-, mc;.siie u.m;j the wyrJ-. "xvA ur imaginary' in pi-aking uf lndun troub.es in tbU rezioo. If uiy evidence i of any j vajue, I shuu'd ii'ie to tell a lew iaels ' c-nu( et.'d with the hm'.'.Ty of thL-het- iluiueut inee the Pi-iiug ot' I -'J.. 'lue Jena Lar-tu, our shtrpherd The u-.'St morula th'-y killed if Ciivan family of eta .erMns, sud ilieo ilruve od a large herd uf c iltie a' d h-n-i b-ioug-uig to tiiii- place and Mvuut i'lcaaaul. Uuriug the same fumuicr they killed LaVid Junerf. To protiut o'JTjelved and stock w hired eight m-n to aet aa bcouti;, and four men to herd cattle, cat-tle, incurring an expense of not lefl than 10 per cent, aii valuram tax, to toot the bill, la the spring of liytf the Indiana killud Thomas Jones acd wounded William Avery. It was thought bet for our tsttlement to tnovo their women and children to Mount Pleasant; and while they were ,V...po (...lit U,,r. I'nrf hpro whirh coot us not lesBthan $VjOO. We then moved our iamilics back, and ted our cattle in the corrals from the first ot Augunt until the spring of 167. We then hired tea mounted men to herd our cattle and protect the bottlement; this item coht us per cent, to pas tho bill. That tall the grasshopper injured the crops of oats and vegetables. vege-tables. In the spring and summer ol lijOB tho grasshoppers entirely destroy' ed the crops, and tho Indians stole i number of work, horses and mules. Indian In-dian Joo, "a noted pot," his hrothei and brother-in-law, went in pursuit in a few days they returned, bringinj part of the stock back, reporting thej overtook the Indiana going up a steei pnountaio, anu tuat tho thieves lied, taking the swiftest horses with them. Joe got paid for tho stock he brought back, and "thereby hangs a tale." A few months later an etnployo of the Indian reservation told me that Joe overtook ono Indian driving the stock, on Red Creek; and that they thero divided the stock, the Indian taking part, Joo bringing the other back. In the Bummer oflSOO, wo raised part of a crop of wheat, but no oats; that fall the Indians stole a small band of horses from a lie id, close to town. The same summer they took a span of horses from a party that were out service ser-vice -berrying. In 1870 the grasshopper grasshop-per swept everything: that summer tho Indians shot at two men and then drove off a band of colts before tho citizens cit-izens could rally, after the report was given. In 1871 we had good crops, and no trouble with Indians, cxcpt to satisfy their begging propensities, in the spring of 1872 the Indians came in in largo numbers. They were arrogant and domineering, but we got along i with them the best wo could. Indian agent Dodge told them to go back to their reservation, and for us not to feed them any more. Thin made them mad, and many of them were determined to kill whites and steal horses. Just in the heat of haying, with a big harvest on our hands, they killed Nathan Stewart, wounding Peter Larson, and Martin, the boy, whde fetching tho oow herd home. After this wo hired six mounted men to herd the cows, and broke up the cooperative co-operative stock herd in Thistle valley. General Morrow and troops oamo to our asaistanoo, and furnished us protection pro-tection while wo wore harvesting our crops. They were warmly welcomed by the people, who now thought that Uncle Sam would hold a protecting hand over his nephews in Sanpete; but tho white tents were struck, and the troops were marched back. Why, we oould not learn, as the Indians wore stealing whenever they could, got a chance. But a back-handed rumor comes that somo higher official, prompted by partiea who knew nothing of the Jacts, had recalled the troops. If government wants to know if there quire; talk to tho widows of Jens Larson Lar-son and David Jones, the widowed mothers of Thomas Jones and Nathan Stewart; visit tho graves of the entire Givan family; talk to the men who have rode night - -d day for hundred of miles, tr ying to bring these marauders marau-ders tojuBtice; ask the amount of taxes paid for proteotion; and see the men who have had their only team taken more than onoei And this ib only one settlement's story. Other settlements oould tell a similar tale, differing in detail; and when I read expressions from high officials, which seem to doubt our troubles, I ask myself am I awake, or is the last eight years'- experience ex-perience the imagination of a fevered brain? Philip Hurst. - |
