Show STORY OF INDIAN WAR WARIN IN THE ARIZONA STRIP Yes I took a part In the Indian raid o of January 1566 in which Dr J James unes M f Whitmore and Robert M McIntyre were foully murdered Mr Whitmore was tile Hie father of former State Senator George C Whitmore and Robert Mc was a brother of amuel and William McIntyre row now laying In Salt Lake Dr Whitmore had u a ranch at PIpe about ninety miles south east of r St George in the ArIzona strip McIntyre was working fo r him helping to care for the sheep an nd d cattle UA A man traveling came ca e by Plue Pio e springs and found Whitmore and Me Mc Intyre missing They had ridden out ou t among their animals and failed t o return at night 1 The be sheep were als also o missing and the man left In charge harge of o of f th the corraL became alarmed He wait waita waited a day or two and then gave the alarm The rhe w word rd reached St George Georgo and and i spread like Uke wildfire The people I were ere in constant dread or of Indian raids Now No v that and McIntyre re were one and their sheep n missing the most intense feeling sprang up upOn upOn On the Road to Parowan When this word came I was on m my way to Parowan to assist In the cele bration or of the settlement ot of that corn Com m as I had been one of the th I was with Colonel Daniel and Major John D L Pierce at the time I rEmember distinctly The celebration was to take place a at t Parowan Jan 13 1 We were camped a at t Ash creek on the Toad road Rain was fall Ing st steadily dily and we were all asleep p In i n the wagon wagon News of the Pipe is disaster reached us at midnight and an d not u a minute was lost in organizing a an n expedition to search for the men men Major Pierce returned at one e to St George while hile Colonel r and myself went up UD the RIo Virgin I spreading the news among the e ments The following day ninety men were on their way from St 81 George and the settlements headed lot tol Pipe springs Colonel Daniel McArthur was in command of oC the regiment regImen I was sec second second ond in command as s lieutenant colonel Major ajor PIerce r ranked d next Four corn com panics were were organized one under Cap taro tain James Andrus one under Captain David H Cannon Gannon one under Captain Cunningham and one under Captain William Empey father ot of the late Nel Nelson Nelson son A Empey When Snow Was Deep We found the snow mow over two feet deep Such a snow was never known before in that pant of Arizona It has hag not been equalled since We Ve walked our horses s single tile file When V en on horse would give out qt we would send him to the rear lear and put nut another in front In bi this way we broke a road When we camped we melted the snow by burning brush Part ot of t the e command camped at Moccasin spring and part nt at Pipe s springs After Arter getting established In camp the regular work of search began be beg g gan n This was rendered dim as the snow snow had fallen aBen after aCter the pe rance of Whitmore und and AU All tracks were buried ana ano alt ordinary landmarks lost But the fOllowing Sunda Sunday Captain Andrus out I scouting with a portion of his com command command I mand caught two Plute Piute Indians killing a heifer They captured the redskins red skins and brought them to camp This was the first sign of Indians we had seen It was also our clue to the missing melt Indians Innocent as Lambs Ye We questioned the Indians closely to what they knew of the fate or of the missing men They rhey persistently denied all knowledge and for fol a loris long time we were to get gee anything out of them Finally they told us that the band of to which they be longed were am d in a deep gulch off toward the Buckskin mountains be tween lower Jower Kanab and the Colorado and twenty mIles from where we were camped Captain Andruss with thirty picked men started for fo this IndIan camp the following day He took with him as a guide the younger or of the two Indians It was not net known how man many v Indians were ere tit hI the band but a hard fight was looked for if ie these sh prove to be the Indians who murdered the settlers and drone droe of off their theft cattle That night sitting by the thc camp fire Major Pierce oho ho spoke quizzed the remaining Indian He sun still persisted I in fits denial of all knowledge oC what had become of oC and re But In the end he weakened I and said he had heard Navajo Indians shooting He thought these bad In must have killed our friends Questioned still further and threat threatened ened with severe punishment Jf If he did aU all tb facts he fin finally said that Ile he was standing on a poInt of a that he saw t the I ajos Tide ride up their rifles s inthe in the sun as they th Y came u un from the direction 11 of the Buckskin mountains In trying to gel gee the facts from this Indian Major PIerre Pierce promised to protect him from aU all harm barnt harmand and set hIm free If he would tell what he knew This promise W was S dl a b by the ranking officers but as the promise had been given hr h It was kept to the letter and in this way ay the mans was saved ved When e learned learned from dom our Indian captive that the ere ere an ri the warpath we had fears for the safet safety of Captain Andrus and his command For this reason another c command ct cf thirty men started out oui the following morning Tuesday We took they direction of th the level where the men were said to have haye fallen We e the In Indian ian on a 3 h horse took pr precautions that he could not escape and compelled him to tid ride on in front The snow had settled con considerably considerably b by o this time and the tra travel traveling vel ing was not so hard Find the First Body we reached the plain where the Indian said the Navajos had done the firing the question arose as to ho hots to Joc b the We had become convinced by this time that we find the dead men here We te finally lined up thirty men abreast and 1 marched down one side of the plater p and up th the other On the second round one or of the horses horse knoCked the snow I from thE arm of Dr Whitmore We Vt halted of tours and gathered around the body It had bee been stripped or of ce every of clothinG except the under underclothes underclothes clothes and vest est Already the mice had hai begun to gnaw the body But here we made a discovery that destroyed the last spark of oC confidence we had In our Indian Dr had been killed with arrows arrow and not wIth rides rl were seen gUS glis In the sun Nor was there any allY shooting hea when these men were murdered The still insisted that ht he had hadnot not been near the bodIes The question The who had not yet seen the body We found asked If it was waR the one with Ith whiskers tha thad b been en recovered veroo He was told that It t was Then he be point pointed ed to a spot some istance away awa and said Eba This word means there thero and the bod body of Robert McIntyre re was f found r td at the spot p t Indicated Both Killed With Arrows McIntyre had been killed with an arrow also This arrow had been brok n h tr tl to remove the cat from from U the dead man a and Jd P i rt ft crit r l vitas las tI kt in t tp bod body This eras as re retno ed d and iu ut given ven c the h hother mother other of o the murdered d lOa man Otis HIs clothes g laid ah o been ed antiE eat tied ried a away Va Men were sent back to camp for n a wagon and team They bad sot Bat one tar far before the word was that C Captain pt n Au i and his command were Wert zi He had with him seven seen In Indian dlan dian prisoners one of than wearing Dr trousers with 20 0 in ingold Ingold gold in the he pockets and oth others or of the Indians were w wearing ri garments that were at once identified by Samuel and William imam McIntyre as part ot of the cloth tag ing ot of and Robert Rpbert tyre eap bad au an Interesting star story to tell lell The young Ind Indian fan taken along to guide gUlde them to the camp m l of thebaud the baud band gave a whoop to alarm the camp When they approached it IL Lu Luckily th Indians had moved and the signal r failed The little arm army moved forward cautiously Cautious taking Care that the treacherous erous crous young Indian should not r repeat eat his whoop of warning The Indians were found a fight ensued but the redskins had little show a the of oC the white menther Bought with arrows The result was that one In India was es kilted l a another r wounded dr j d lie five pf The wounded nan man vas left Inthe in ah OU att e e F iL squaw We 01 died t m the his 1 effects affects bt bf Yi f Seven Pay Pa th the Full Full Penalty The t five e r were ere executed e o othO ery the thO spot nor Ml and had been n murdered d The em tili t Q t given us the information loading leading to teo the discovery of the b bodies tes was 11 s set Free although ever every In the a thought hint him deserving of f set him tr free e Ot oA the RIo Virgin und I Bevel knew what became beeme of him The bodies dt dr the murdered men were taken home borne The command seat tiered and helped to build forts at l nab Lou Long valley and ocher exposed 1 points The cattle were also ber herded ed s sup up and placed in corrals A general Indian uprising was feared rr a time but the lesson had been so severe that I they did not follow the matter up We were out two weeks before we found i 1 the bo bodies ies aid altogether we were out a month |