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Show THE 1XOIANS. The following letters and telegrams havo been oourteously placed at our disposal by Dr. Dodgo. They give reliable re-liable information as to tho present situation of Indian affairs; and the lato raids in Utah and Sanpete counties coun-ties : Spanish Fork, Utah county, U.T., Sept. 0, 1S72. Hon. G. W. Dodgo, Indian Agent, Sir, Yours of the 4th, making in quiries concerning tho stealing of horses from this place, is at hand. On Sunday morning my son went to get some of my muleSj which he had failed to hod tho night before, and soon returned with the word that tho Indians In-dians had stolen from tho pasturo of Stephen Markham all the horses that wcro pastured there, of which Mr. Markham had seven head (two, oolts;) and Andrew Dudley had threo head all he owned Mr. Markham having one horse left. The pasturo is situated one mile west of this city. I immediately saddled my horso and went for tho trail in the canyon, and found some eighteen or twenty head had been driven off. Others soon joined me, and wo learned that Indians were seen at a place called Benjamin, somo three and a half or four miles southwest from here; and that they had taken two horses from thcro that vero picketed out, cutting tho ropes and in doing so had left an Indian whip behind. One of theso horses afterwards got away. They then came towards Mr. Markham's; cut the rope of my son-in-law's horso, that was picketed, and took him off. They then went to Markham's, and through his barn, leaving the doors open after them; and then to his pasture where thoy took his horses and Mr. Dudley's. Then they went up the river and tried to steal two mares and colts belonging to J. W. Thomas, but alter getting them loose could not drive them out of the field. They then took two horses belonging to Frederick Hanson, and had got four (one a oolt) belonging to W. K Pace. In the canyon I found the tracks of five ponies coming down, a night or two previous. I doubt not thev were Indians from Tabhv'n hand for the following reasons : Five or six years ago a similar raid was made and Mr. Markham lost every horse ho had but one, tho samo that ho has now left him. This was done by Provo Jim, an Indian by the name of Moly, and a boy; and there is every reason to believe, be-lieve, because of tho similarity of tho raids, and the known thieving propensities propen-sities of these Indians, that ono or more of them were engaged in the horso stealing last Saturday night. Further, it was Indians very familiar with the country or they oould not have taken the road they did, and furthermore, fur-thermore, they knew where tho melon patches were and stole from them and eat melons as they went up the canyon. can-yon. We followed them up the canyon some ten miles, and where they made the first change of animals found Mr. Hanson's two horses which were not valuable, but they had got what good ihcy could out of them, as they had ridden them to that point and left them. Sunday, y. m., two of Kanosh's Indians- camo to this placo on their way to the agency, or to Tabby's camp, after John and another of Kanosh's Indians, saying say-ing they were not Utah's but Pah-vants Pah-vants and Kanosh wanted them to come home. I was at Provo and was dispatched dis-patched to, to know if it would not be best to havo two men who had lost horses to accompany them and see if they could not get their property. I returned, re-turned, and soon after W. F. Pace and Andrew Dudley started for Uintah with the Indians by way of Sprintjville caDyon, since which I have not heard from them. The Indians that 1 have mentioned as thieves were in attendance attend-ance at the Springville couqcil. Very respectfully yours, &o., A. K. TnuitBER. Headquarters, Mil. Dis. of Utah, Camp at Mount Pleasant, September 3, 1S72. Dr. Geo. W. Dodge, U.S.S. Indian Agent, Dear Sir, Two nights since the Indians In-dians made a raid on Fountain Green and stole forty horses. The thieves were pursued by citizens ; and as soon as I was informed, which was not, however, until late in tho afternoon of the day succeeding the night of the occurrence, of the fact, I sent a detachment de-tachment of cavalry under lieutenant O'Brien with orders to use every effort to overtake the depredators. This detachment has ten days rations and stand some chance of success. The Indians left one of their horses behind. It is identified as a horse belonging to the Indian called "Jake" or "l ank." The hoiEe is identified by the man who sold him to Yank. This seems to fasten upon this Indian complicity with this depredation if he was not, as I think he waa, the originator and instigator of the whole affair. The Indians retreated through Thistle valley val-ley in the direction of Uintah. When lieutenant O'Brien returns I will be able to say, whether he recaptures the animals or not, whether they were taken to the Uintah reservation. I would suggest that you give Major Critchelow immediate information of tbis affair and ask him to inquire into and investigate the case as far as possible. pos-sible. Ho can do this to some extent by calling for Yank and questioning him, and also by looking after his horses. The brand on tho animals is as follows : Letter F. I hope you will give this matter immediate im-mediate attention, Your obedient servant, Henry A. Morrow, Lieut.-Col., etc, Mount Pleasant, Sept. 6, 10:10 a. m., 1XTJ. Dr. G. W. Dodge : Tibiona and his party have not yot arrived, but will be here to-night- He is very demonstrative in his talks, and and makes threats. If he is at all insulting in-sulting to mo I shall arrest him and bring him to Camp Douglas. White Horse Chief and his party arc expected here to night, also. Henry A. Morrow, Lieut. Col. Sprinoville, September 7, 9.50 a m., 1S72. 0. W. Dodge : Lieut. O'Brien is hero. Ho tracod the stock stolen from Fountain Green into the reservation. Ho crossed the trail of tho stock stolen from Spanish Fork in Strawberry valley. A. K. Thurber. |