Show UTAH I Y ERr F F. F I j AnI lic d by ll t territorial legislature urB of on March 3 3 1852 18 was va for lh tho relief oC of Indian slaves slaves' It was ou tho the position of the territory v V s op strongly t to In form any and and that it was wa U owl owing owing- g to tho the pronounced of ot the thc Church ot of Jesus JesuS' Christ Chr of or day Saints 8 b Mk on this q J which caused JucI tho MJ o MJ to o d lyo the Saints that froni rom state The net nci referred to d to provided that whenever any white per per- on 2 n thy y territory ry pt pf P h 1 should have havo any Indian prisoner er child chUd or woman In in bi his possession should immediately dla go gd together with Ith such woman child or r wo Rn b before the se selectmen lIe me- commissioners or of of- Jhc hc county If Jr l In th the opinion Jon of ot the Ute selectmen or cr probate pro- pro bAte bale ju Judge tim tho the person having such suca Indian dl n P prisoner r. r r was oman Was a a. suitable p person and properly qualified t to raise or rot ala r and educate raId Indian prisoner thUd or woman It It would bo boo his his' hisor or 0 their th lr duty t to bind o out oit the thc 1 same earn I e by l indenture deMuro t for th tho t term nil nilor of or hot ex twenty h ty year years at the discretion of ot the judge judg or or selectmen S I j Tf te Judge en should C cause luse to tobe b be lf In ln the the anic and nd n age place where borri orn naf e narie of t. t Barents Barents- if It k known tribe to to to which said LId Indian person of name ot of tho per- per SOR lih lh In possession lon name ot of front whom aid eald person peron Was obtained date of ot tho the indenture inden inden- turo turn ture a a. copy ip of ot should b be tiled riled In tho the pro pro- bato clerks office The Tho Selectmen iele n J Jn in In their c. c tf o re authorized t tp ta obtain fn f uch such Indian prison prisoners r children or or women arid bind them em to some useful et l loc oc tl n. n S S j Thc The The- master to t whom tho the indenture ro was made wast W 8 required to send his apprent nU e to school if J tI ie a sch school ol In Ia tt ti e district ti or tho t rd of ot three three months n In each encl each C at n a. a time w when wien eJ th the Ind Indian n child W o of 7 and 16 6 Th The U obliged to cloth loth his apprentice In h a comfortable and becoming manner according to to- his iI paid mut s condition o d Uon in life S 'S This JJ ls was act c Jw ec d by bya a. a preamble 0 which pointed point point- int- int ed put out th that time immemorial the practice of ot purchasing Indian children n p of pt the tho Utah tribe of ot Indians by by- MexIca Mexican tr traders dem had been boen indulged in- in I carried C Con on on it b by respectable people pea peo until tie the I ns fc n ld td it t an n allo allowable able traffic trat tic fin and frequently offered their prisoners or oi chil d dei for dren J I for r sale l It that It t Is la was wac a a. com corn mon Inon practice among these Indians t to gamble uway their their- own children ah anil an that It iva's ivas was s a w well JI stab established fact filet that women and children thus obtained by by- Y W wai pr lr theft or or Hi an oui r were fre frequently fr carried from place to to place packed ed up upon n mu mules elor to subsist upon n grass roots dr f starve starve an nd WC O bound with thon thongs made of rawhide until their hands band and feet teet became swollen mutilated inflamed with p pain ln and when with suffering lU u er ng fo cold d. d hunger h nr and nd abuse us t they f fell n sick fo to 0 sis s to- to o. o be become ome trouble bl frequently w were re slain by their g ot then t Tt ft w s t further pointed out out- th t slave slave 8 o owners ners killed the women and u children n foY revenge or or amuse t f II jha women women an children xen of of o other hI famIlI J tin and then dragged them Into servitude er slavery nrY and death When W cn the tan declined tants de to purchase purchase them the poor cre creatures tures Were tortured by every v-ery species species' of or cruelty until re relieved J aie t ty death dath e th It t was vas t to prohibit thu this f form irn of ot slavery that thai th tho tho Pr was was was' adopted t d. d I S. S S S. S four tour tI who i came to Utah tita ih the e plo- plo PJ 1 men they Utah hi The Millennial l lt- lt Star tar of Fc 15 had 1851 1851 to say slavery in Utah feel Wo WC it tobe tChe o outi dut F tod define Jn p oUr pur JJ 1 0 H n tp toe er There There are e. e several sev sev era eral r l men rien Sn fn in the v valley vailey-pf t Salt It from n tl tf out era rn rn who o their have av v il ves with th Hh thein rn There Thero is zio i-zio nb o Jaw in Utah o u any to pi lf t the tha live is lc t 1 hl his I no exists either l legal g l or on r. r l. l that tha wilt will pr prevent V nt i l n if the slave cb chooses chooses' to remain wm m are e allowed to to be- be tween n een mist master and a. d Jn J J f s c |