Show KNOW UTAH L By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS ii Th There re were man many r reasons lIOns given ghen for tor tho Black lilack BlackHawk BlackHawk Hawk Indian war but the main cause Muse was waa a quarrel over onie ome cattle that hail had been stol stolen n From Irom tho late fifties and the early sixties there was comparative l peace for tor the settlers In Sanpete count county On April 9 16 one of ot tho the lesier leSler chiefs among tho Utes had hada a a. row over aon om cattle that had bad b been n stolen from the settlers the trouble trouble occurring occurring- near Mardi Mantl The participants par par- In Inthe the tho trouble were vere John Lowry TY and other white men and a lL chief named Jake In the end the quarrel resulted In tho assembling of ot the braves bra under Black Dlack Hawk who Vho when the settlers went out to collect collect collect col col- col- col lect their cattle fired tIred upon them and arni thus declared war upon the whites The first shots from tho the In Indiana Indians Indians In- In diana came cam a when the warriors under Black Dlack hawk k fired tired from ambush near Twelve Mile Creek and Peter J. J was killed Later In tho the day while whilo traveling In Sauna Salina canyon canon James Jamea Anderson and Elijah B. B Ward tard ard killed Meanwhile the militia from county was waa called out and four eighty men responded under command o of Colonel J. J T. T S. S Allred Alred This force toree pursued the tho Indians Indiana and when SaUna Salina canon canyon was reached on April 12 12 they ran into an ambush and William Kearns an and l Jens Sorensen Soren- Soren sea Hen were killed So sudden was tho the attack o of the In Indians Indians Indians In- In that tho the soldiers were thrown into confusion and a retreat was made mado to Sauna Salina During the months of ot May ray and June the war was vas continued and on July 15 15 Colonel Warren S. S Snow was commissioned a general and was placed in command of the militia and minute men An aggressive aggressive ag ag- ag- ag war Avar was then waged General Snows Snow's forces following up the Indians On July 18 IS he ran the red- red men into Grass valley and attacked them killing kUling I twelve and scattering the tho rest Only one white man was wounded and he but slightly hU S Colonel Snow then harassed the Indians and en engaged engaged en- en In frequent skirmishes Then on August 19 19 1868 at Strawberry valle valley a treaty o of peace was negotiated Tho settlers were enabled to return to their homes new colonies were founded the ground was broken for or crops o of various kinds and prosperity resulted Sanpete count county Is third in the state In area are o of Irrigated Irrigated Ir Irrigated Ir- Ir land something like acres being under underwater water while dr dry farming farmin has produced great results The principal crops grown in the county are grain rain a alfalfa Ita Ita alfalfa seed oats potatoes and sugar beets Near Manti and Ephraim are deposits o of limestone which Is used In fri the construction of ot many buildings all over the state It Is largely used for Interior finish In 1852 a bl block of or this limestone ne 3 feet long 2 feet wide vide and 6 inches thick was carved in the tho form forni o of a beehive with the All Seeing Eye above the word Deseret The st stone ne was placed In hL the Washington monument in Washington The carving was done b by William Ward Yard C S Settlers In Sanpete count county were not only annoyed b by Indians but on a day In the tho summer o of 1868 a Plague of or rattlesnakes es visited them particularly those living In Manti santi The reptiles came camo from a ledge of or rock above the tho town in which was a cave The ground seemed to be covered with tho the writhing slimy mass of or spotted back rattlers The male malo p portion of or orthe the community got torches and fought the reptiles nfl all night and when morning came more than were killed |