Show EARLY DAYS IN SALT LAKES LAKE'S HISTORY ARE RECALLED BY A PIONEER OF 1848 I Indian Fights an and Lo Long on ng Prairie Trains rains Running Into 0 This City 1 Arc Are Discussed Discussed Dis Dis- is- is r cussed cussed by William Villiam P. P Duncan J r 1 There are arc but few of or the buildings buU In tn r SAlt Lake Lale that William P P. Duncan Sheriff Sherif Naylors Naylor's uncle can remember I since the time ho left bere beze to go to California In 6 Strangely enough the old two story two story adobe on the north northside northside side of BrIgham street near A where he lived Jived In hi 53 with Phineas Walcott R. R t Cook Cook a 1 carpenter and ancl millwright Is C still still standing When Mr Du Duncan Duncan can left lell r Salt SnIt Lake It was little more than a vii vii- I lage lase con consisting of ot a a. few adobe build build- In Ings There were no hotels or rants The nearest approach to a 1 restaurant restaurant restaurant rant was baker bakery on Main street E said Mr II Duncan today tOOny It was as a 8 notable place and you could always al always al- al ways as be sur sure of ot a glass s of oC beer and a ahie apie pie hie ie there Where here the block stands was Holiday Warners Warner's general store I havo have seen trains of or prairie schooners with five thc or six yoke oko of or oxen coming comins up to La the store to trade Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times the trains seemed to bo half halt a amile amile mile lond Jond Slept in a n Wagon The old Tabernacle an adobe structure structure ture was finished In 52 62 In MS 48 tho the but It had no s galleries then In 48 MS the year I came hero here I lived cd In a n. hut but outside outside out out- side Elde tho the fort tort That winter I slept in a Q ar r wagon agon I went to a school taught by Oliver Huntington a brother of oC ZIna Jacobs who was as one of ot Brigham Youngs Young's wives I would hardly recognize Salt Lake City now Jf it were not for the thc Temple square and the Lion house and the Beehive Bee Bee- hive As a n. boy I worked as a n. carpenter carpenter carpen carpen- ter on both those houses Truman An- An Angell cell gell a a. law in V of or Brigham Young Young- was the architect Battle With Utes Until the time I left Salt S' Lake I had been among amonS the Indians more or less nil all m my life lite I was here when the Mormons fought a n. battle with the Utes in jn Utah valley The were whipped 1 The only man mein wounded um among n the Mormons Mormons Mor- Mor mons mona was named Mills lIlIs lie He was is shot through the fleshy part of ot the thigh He had noun mounted ted on a loi log to see where one of ot the tho Utes was was' shooting from and the Indian took a n. pot shot at nt him When hen our train was crossing the plains coming to to Salt Lake valle valley In ht Inis MS is about Sioux Indians charged down on us and demanded beef Brigham Young said that we had none to spare but the Indians Indiana were Insistent and finally he offered to give them a lame ox Routed the REt Redskins skins This wouldn't do for Jar them and they began circling around our train One of the young oung bucks particularly aggravated aggra- aggra Mat Hamilton Mat was pecullar- pecullar 0 looking looking- from having hll a crick in his neck nuck l' l which kept his head to one side This particular Indian always made a Sri mace when he lie rodo rode opposite Mat and at last he said If the Indian repeated It he would turn Old Betsy loose on him The next time the the Indian repeated repented his antics Mat took a a. shot at him Whether er or he hit the man or the l orse we wore were unable to tell but the whole band hand took to their their- heels I was in Mantl In tn 1851 when Mat Hamilton killed Dr Vau Vaughan han The doctor was a handsome man and It was charged had made love to Mats Mat's wife Mat Int was up at a n sawmill In the m moun mountains moun- moun un- un when he lie heard of or it He came right down It was Saturday The next day he went to meeting I remember his shaking hands with me and sa saying Hullo Billy Hand on His Pistol lie shook hands with me as he did with er e every one else e that da day with his left hand He lie kept his right on his hip pocket Mat never sat nt down n during the service lIe He stood near the door against a chimney A At t the close o of the service Dr Vaughan came st stepping down tho the aisle with a woman on each arm Mat cr very quietly stepped up to him and shot him through the heart The doctor clasped his hand to the wound Ho lie scented to be falling failing but he ran for about seventy se yards before he struck the ground Then he rolled over o on his hla back clasped his arms across his breast and dle died dict 1 Andrew Shumway who saw the shooting shouted This man must be attended to But Mat lat was as cool as ever He mounted a a. horse block and said Here I am nm Death Is as sweet to tome tomo tomo mo me as milk to a sucking babe Bigham Young sen sent for him and he was as tried and acquitted In Salt Lake Latte |