Show JH V Woolbury yf Pioneer Of 47 Relates Some Of His peri ens The whistling slug rom rom the rIfle of ofa a bloodthirsty Ute n its mark markway markway markway way JohnH back in m 66 anda and a a result John Ii H Woodbury a pioneer of 47 is now able to relate his per onal experiences experiences ces in m early Indian up rising in m Utah although though the bullet bulle missed Wood Woodbury Woodbury Woodbury bury his Ius mule was t so fortunate and with the e a of his steed Woodbury faced th the necessity of I and running and fast to fast to keep Ill luti hair on I Isms Ills experiences o 0 the early days I f t r v were ere recalled to the mind of Mr Woodbury W as a result of the Cos CO Cover er- er ered ered ed Wagon Dl s celebration to be beheld beheld beheld held in m Salt Lake July 2126 21 26 whIch he v wll isil 11 attend together v with se several other pioneers of 47 as a guest of honor It was durm during the Black Ha Hawk 1 that Mr Ir Woodbury escaped the intent in m tent ofa of a warring Ute I 11 thou thought ht I was going gong 10 to o miss war wai in m the first place he said I told em cm I couldn't leave and I gave twenty fis fi five fie e a dollar to help m in fitting out some one else Then to- to toward to toward v ward ard e evening Henry Dinwoody and Thomas McClellan cam came around an and ranted anted me to take r my In mv team and drive some of the men to camp I campI Bout ty sixty of us us went from the the city city fifty as ac infantry and ten on onI I horseback When we e got to a camp between Big and Little Cotton Cottonwood canyons nobody v wanted anted me to go goback goback goback back so I went on iw Ith em cm and we all camped c at the head of Spanish Fork can canyon on nearl nearly a month The Indians ha had been driving off cattle and hor horses es of the settlers and taking them up mo into in o the Strawberry We camped along the Indians Indian's trails tr and tried to head them hem off but after we e had been there a month and seen any Redskins we got kind of cal careless eless t 1 One day dav when all the fellows on horses were out and nd there t many of us leftin m camp George Lambert rushed 1 ush d in m n and said he had Just seen a dog We guessed it was an Indian in m belt sl ski m A little lath later we e saw some sonic figures fig fig- fig ures Ul es moving in m the brush and when hen Si e a shot at the they went off We found moccasin tracks bachs and I told em them Be a wonder onder if we e dont don't see Indians before night Just as I started stalled out to round up the horses I heard a gun go off I Iwas Iwas was as on a mule and I spurred him up towards to the cedars to see whit the trouble was vas A couple of the fellows s staggered out in m the open The red redskins redskins skins d get em One of them a fellow named Blown Brown died before e we e could get him back bach to camp Then I saw sass the Indians riding towar toward US waving blankets to stampede the horses homes and shooting One of them got the mule I was riding through the lung and nose but he sure mIss mIssed missed missed ed meI me I They had bettel better guns than we e had and more of em We only had two long range rifles in m the camp campI I ran to get mine mme and as I got into camp I saw sass a bu buck k h os 0 el ei elI I Browns Brown's bod body ready to scalp him I shot and he dropped his knife and ran for his horse hoise We found the knife afterwards aften Captain Dewey Dewcy ent sent t two tiro 0 press express riders cs to Mt Pleasant for help The Indians kept comings coming back bach and we e had trouble with Ith them all day clay They were ele part of Chief Taby's tube tribe He was friendly and is wouldn't has ha have hae e a let lethis lethis hIs Indians attack attach us if hed he'd been there but he was as away and Jon Jim hIs hIsson hisson hisson son in m la law started em cm out They got gota a away aay ay with most of our horses before they were through Suppose they tool took the herd up to Fan view lew or some someplace someplace someplace place near neal and sold lIt for w we e e nes ne neer saw er ersa saw sa any of em again agam Mr lr W Woodbury still his the gun he used on that day ItIS it is ms a Springfield field muzzle loa loader del rifle made in m 1855 with a forty inch mch ba barrel bahel rel I can shoot hil a mile with It easIly he lie said M Mr Woodbury also possesses a U S arm sword that was made in m 1865 j jJohn John Haskell Hashell Woodbury was as bOI born n September 11 1845 on a farm whIch from his family had purchased Joseph Smith in to Illinois lams Ills i rents parents were ere Cathe ina Rebecca and Thomas Hobart Wo y and they arrIved is with Ith their lne one small son m in inthe inthe the valley valle of the Great Salt Like e m in September 1847 J About the first tying t thing m I remember was as moving from the Hie old fort to our OUI cabin do down don n on the lot bet between een FIfth and Sixth South and First and Second West It was as know i as Old Orchard Square as my father fati er planted the first filSt nursery in m the state there thele I went to school i down on the cor cor- cor- cor corner corner corner ner of West Templo and Fifth South SouthA SouthA SouthA A man named Par Park r the teacher teach teacher teacher parket Parker called er we e boys him The sides off of the room were ere cos CO ered with willows and the top was brush like the cry bo bow cry We had logs with legs in m Beni em for benches We Ve el were e playing playing Kings King's Base one day down by the school house and Miles Romney was as chasm chasms me I look 1001 looked looked ed cd back to see how close he was vas and put my leg in m a cedar post hole The They all 11 fell over me I was laughing until un untIl until tIl I tried to get up and then the thebo boys bo s found I couldn't v walk alk They carrIed me home My Jay leg was vas broken it nn Tt tn fI t fI at the hip It toOk three ree men 10 to o get ge It back in m place and I lay in m bed Sl sex I weeks with a bo box built around it fora for fora fora a cast It was such a novelty that all the kids in m town came to see It and they fetched me the measles whooping cough and chicken po pox he added ruefully The Indians used to call me little White Head When I got all dress dress- dressed dressed ed up in m my suit of buckskin with a rabbit I though I looked pretty fine Mr Woodbury has farmed most of his life When he was vas a avery aery very ery young oung boy he was sent down to his fathers father's farm near Murray to take care of stock and later went vent to Weber and Dixie He lie moved to Granger on the site of his present home in m 1893 Isms Ills wife who died several years ago was SaraH Sarah A Bray Brav Bra and of his nine children four our are lis 11 living wing Ing They are arc Ca Catherine herme W V Eldredge William Wilham Henry Warren Haskell and Harn Harrl son |