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Show Memoria in M tenia. v-Dead Whom the People Honor. Thistle Yalley Battle. Twenty-eight yean have adapted Iocs Uiu clote of tbo great civil war, nil the bulk of tin chief ptllclilnt" in the events cf those limn who illll llvu havo iismd Into Uin ranUs if 1 vcucratid aji'. There has grown up j In out (lit land a generation whoso ex. ptrienco Is not matted ly tbe tolls, j nilctlei and eorrowi of a terrible t Internecine vonlllct But tli memory I of those who ottered their Htm al h r sacrifice to perieluato the Uulon ! I reverently cherished, and the oloe I of cich succeeding May, "tho montti if floworV'comn with lis smile of ttinthlue nJ leers of rain, the beaull-ful beaull-ful ceremonies of Memorial Day aroma londercslfeellnesofthe living towards tlm liitrJ dti J I'lowers fur their graves, and words of praise and alloc-Hot), alloc-Hot), betoken tho sympathy ami love nh oh exist for those whose iritttice In mortality la but n memory, whom com onlouihlp In Immortality la n , Joyous hope. Ily a great people tbla eacred occailon la now mado to Include ell lovot nnie who rant In Ihoiiulet i ive, rrgardleia of whom or when I uiy trowel Iho silent river. Many there are who have fallen on ' battlefields other than thorn of tho l wirfor tbe Union, who are ontttlra t n eolloualn remembrance because of Hiclr heroism and sacrlilco In defend UK tlm Uvea and homes of tho people uhiluatauvago and thiodthlnty foci, lu tlila uuruher may bo Included thotu vmolottlbelrllvealn the lllaclt llawrc Indian war In Utah, which followed tliittiupori tlm aupprcrt'ou of tho Ha I) Dun. In that war many Utah peo-I peo-I le were vlctlma of ttio red man' Buidly fury, and Hie now lair and II urialilngrianpete Valley an I aur-luuudlu aur-luuudlu country waa the aceneof In my sanguinary dcoda ero thai atrlfo 1 ml ciaeed. The month of May twenty, nveli yean ago found tho Ulali uillllla engaged In a determined and rduotia campaign to compel the Indiana to accrt terms of iace and ceero their murderoua Incursions Into Ihu titllements of Iho whltu man, and a few inontha later their eiliirla vrt'lt) crowned with auiceia aa an elltcl 01 the defeat or the Indiana at the lattleof I hlitle Valley. Moat of the inlllthl engaged In that battle v. ore r,ui,i: niin who atlll rtildo In tbla territory. The olllcer who command. , id the Infantry In tho fight wni (laptaln Jette VYettof tbla city. To a Mi.warcpro-eiitallveholhut narrated thu ilrcumstimcet connected with tho fl tiiuagement: S "lu lbUO, about tho lattof May, I waa ordtred lo Banpelo with tho 1111 w men under my lomuiaud, to i W aid In prolee-tlng tho settlers iB there from the Indiana who weru then on the warjath. Bliorllj H alter my arrival at Moroni I waa artit B forward with Ihlm-elx men to Dilitle Valley. At that time there waeapoti ' m tnere, under command of Captain w Albert Dewey, who had nbout twelve L cavalrymen. Their camp waa located on tho louth b-uik of tho creek, thalr wagonabilug placed In a aenil-elrole, B theeuda of which reeled on tho creik. V Moat of tbe tiortea weru berdu 1 out V aldu of the camp, In front, when we X arrived there. "That night a aentluel obaervod B what ho tuppotod waa un Indian crawllnir along the o poillo lank of IM Ihecrtek, Bud fired hit muiliet. After thla alarm we all laid In read I hum for M. an attack until daylight. We then K made an examination of the ground, ( uud found tracka rtaembllug Ihu m pllntaof a mar.'a kueea, and of tho lull k patt uf the hand. At llltttotno a thought they were bear tracka, but wo IB wile soon convinced that they Hire am not, and thai thotu were Indiana about. jf Urdera were laaued that no one ahould g venture out of camp without inula-jH inula-jH alon. fM "Krorjlhlng termed uulet and aafa when, about half paat iiiueo'clork that morning, June lit, the aharn rejuri of a rltlo Hurtled tho t. I.ooklnf; lu i thedlrettlou whence tho touud pr,. H. leetled, I aaw, about five huudrud V yards dlilnnt mid Jutt f merging from V thecedart, two ot the men from our Inff oimp, but not of my command. They IU; wore Charlea Drown and David Joint. m J.vldaully the former waa wound- ,m id, aa he waa being oatltted by bla lomt anion to walk. Jutt then, from jK u eliurt dlttanco In Ihu rear of the two B men, Ave mounted Indiana dashed IB forward, shooting sevt ml arrowt,aome of which struck the wounded man, who BBB 1011. K "At this Juncture the turvlor drew SI hit revolver, and alio that ofhlauu f fortunate cumjanlou, euiitleij both lit R tho aavagrt, and began to retrrat when ml nlmott turroundeC. Tl.o men who tK weru guarding Iho horns were neanat m to where the trouble wa, and W Juttaauu Indian wna about to aculp W Drawn as he lay dying, ono of the m lunrilf, a young private uamod Oarr, W I uelt down, took careful aim, and ft hud. lilt ahottcattered the Indiana, CftW ' relroalud ti the cedars In liaitv, aPK ' d tho bod) of Drown waa brought ilvH iiilucimp. lie and Junrshad thought. !nR i i J llsngarded orders, and had gone fjB jt lulu the cedars, Uutpecllng no tffi iiauger, they weru Luy picking gum W v. lieu Iho ahol waa tiro J which outt HE Mmr Drown hla life. '1 lie bullet tlruck Z him In the ceultrof thobick. 1 drew C one cf tho Iudlaua' arrona from Ills Mfi tboulder. HH "With tomo others, I went out to BE bring In tho Iojio horns, which olhir ?Ht Indiana than Ihoto wo llrileaw wire jW' endeavoring to drive oil. Wo followed M theaultaala live or llx hundred yards, JIH tut before we could git nl Iho tiotsea Hi wo were called haktliy to return to Ilia HB, uverof ianii. louklng ntiund, e WKk illoiovered a body nf luonl). three - 1 ndmnt, at w attiru arda uaicrtiilnid OB hy actual count, charging down tu lut IH in oil, They canio preity uior doing It, loo, and It writ only by llvuly wurk Ht tunt w o aaved ourselves. JK "The Indiana rode to within fl ly K jurda of camp.and delivered Ihelr lire, fS wb'ch waa vigorously replhl lu. riinu ffi idler time their bravo young chlif $ "-u to get hla men to iliarge dovn jjffi upon tho wagoua In the laeeof uur t flte moat extraordinary action on J the part lit an ludlau. 1 cin atsuio SR you that at this tliuu Ihu excitement M aa lutense, tor the battle was at Its m hi Ight. I Irlng waa ket up from ball m- alui and all around. Uuddeuh a m mevtment waa make by tho nllaoklng m jsriywhloh teemed to Indicatethat W thilr loader had been lilt by a bullet, M jndthiy retire I to the cedar. A abort J lu.o alteiwarJa there waa a lull In the firing from tho oilier side as well ne cur nw . Hhootlng wnt kept tip llitciighoui tho remainder of tho da;, and whiuevir no got a onanceatan Indian, wu took It. We had tu lx ciref il cf ourtelve loo, for If a man put Ilia head In alDit, the ncamcMi lu which the lulleta would comethowed the Itidlnna to bo good nmrktmen. Tlielr wenpotit were su rerlor In ourt, and bcli g In thecrdara tin y had n decided advantage. The militia inoatly had short rango guns, so that but low men were able to return I lie lira with any ahow o; eftVct. V lllilu the oimpwo had la eh lei J cur-telvraaabeit cur-telvraaabeit wecould lclilo J aratlitr poor bieanlwoik madeunuir the rui-nlng-gear of the a agonr, with blanket', liaructi, etc. During Hie light thai day four horse were killed, an I ih imtt Hnarr, of Halt 1'ika City, w aa wouudtd In the thigh. "Whou the engazement first began we resllied that the Indiana gniii) outnumbered out-numbered our lorcp,aud thatwewereln a baJaituatlou, son young man named Homer Drown wna dlsiatched to Mount IMcvanl, 18 lilllra distant, for attlilancullrown waalliejotresorofa mngulllcent horse, and we k ew Hint, nine biyond the Indian line, they c uld not overtake liliu. Weiugager them hotly ly our tiro till lie got clear, though It was n elite shave. At Mount riiatant ho found a b dy u cavalry which waa ordered to Thistle valley, lut by tomu inltutidenlanding Itattart waadclayid far a Mine. Ucira ofuiiraltualloii waa (akin to Moroni, seven miles farther ou, where a boily of Halt Lake county tueu, with sumo fruui farther north, wero stationed. They weru Infantry, but a conian, lucluuiugtbe remainder of my com luand, Halted In all possible haite, under Mnjort Wm. Cuipar and Teler nuiciair. "At Iho batllefleld, the crttk nr dltcli nn which the camp was b cited nt that placo ran lu 'i atral.lit Hue, and waa rather dejp. Tills the Indians took advantage of, tiring up and down olongtbocnek, and tllt-ct ually preveulligany oneirom getllug u tupply nf water. Thua tlm men, Incluulng Hnarr, who waa wounded, had to lay In the hot aun, within a few foot of water, unable to obtain a drop lomiouch Ihelr thlrtt. TottMrd evening u body uf Indiana gatneda loiltlou lu a clump of brusiiouthe bank of Ilia cteek, nearer to ua and kt a point Where the Intlde of uur camp waa exposed to their lire. "uur position waa time rendered untenable. un-tenable. It waa a mcetslty that tho enemy should be driven from bla new point of vantage. Those of uur men who had rtflea wero ordered to concentrate their tiro on the clump uf brush. The mutkele whlcii moil of the men had would not reach the placo with any reuhdon. riiu rill men tried, but lo no purx,ae, and w e had to do something elso ur be ahotdowu. Ilullets were whistling In dangerous f roxluilty and already lode-lug lode-lug within thn tamp. Aan iaat riant I teleolid twelve of tny men to make a charge over an ojeti apace of lour hundred yards, In tlm ftoe of a file from Ibe Indiana' rlllra, and dlibjgu the enemy "Wukuow It waa n desperate undertaking, under-taking, but theru waa no utherihauce for ut. rlergeaut Alexander Hurt ami I'rlvatia Ucorgu C. Inmbert and John Woidhitry had )uit sprung oultlJo of the cucloture, in their atari on the liaiirdoui charge, when a body of cav airy suddenly ap eared the rulnforco-meut rulnforco-meut from Mount I'll aunt. Cioie be-hlod be-hlod them cimn the Infantry from .Mr. root, twenty. five miles dltiant. The braiufellowahad ration footalmotttha whole of the way to relleiuus. Ycu can bs sure It was a relief tu us, t n. The Indiana quickly rctlrtd to the cdaraandtho uauger was jiasr. "With our netv force the Indiana found It I rudent tJ leave tho vicinity. Uur lota had lein ono mill killed and one wounded, four horses killed, and about iwenty-flve driven ill In the morning; very few of tho latter wen vverreioverrd. Hut the Indiana did not get oil su eatlly. We afternarda leurui d that their loss waa very severe; an severe, In fact, that tbiy Hid not wauttu try another tattle with the while men. The fhlttle Vulliy fight watlhelastnf any Impcrtunco In the lllack Hawk Indian war, and the tuvagca w eru glad to sue for pcaco toon afterward." Aaalatul, tbetuweru Humbert who, during llila war, wont down to their diath In their country's cause defending de-fending tbo tattlers' iioniia and u grateful peoplu do not, nn tuili an ocranlou ob Decoration Day, fail tu recall ta memory tho heroic aacrltlro they made. |
