| Show PROVO INDIAN WAR I Tbrllllns Jccnnntcr a llirlllln En = t I by a Ilonccr HOLLIDAY Bait Lake Gjunly Utab July 71697 To Ibo Editor I was In the Hall of Italics yesterday for the purfO of UepoeitlLg a collection collec-tion ot i > lew articles of planter relics On looking around I recognized Ihe old cannon called the Lone ranges which I drove during the entire campaign cam-paign of the PrOVO Indian War in Ibo winter of ISJJ and which brought many incidents freab to my mind Ic relation to tbcee early pioneer tltn Tbero were only a very few families that had rallied ut Provo at tbat line I The Indiana hall become Tory trouble Maine and defiant They would enter the BullionhtuieBmakethtlr CemandB nod take whatever they wontoa Gov Bruce Young was notlued ol tbe critical coudlnon 01 the > ettl r > and directed vile cfflctra of the Nauvoo Legion ITerrllorlal mllllta lo mueter a real Lieut force with supplies and match at once to their relief and to pro Into service men teams and wagons That morning 1 woo on my way to the canyon for a load ot woa J and 1101 1 gone as far ag Ibo I siBLr NEWS coiner coi-ner when I was ttqueaiud lo rtlurn borne and got provlmoni and blanbeta and report a > eoou aa pocaltito JJy ooolllhooumpny WIG orcanlud With Oeneral Daniel II Write command and it made god hall dayys marcli There was no road Stan od the point or over mountain mull II was with much dlfficuliy that wo made our wny through the deep now The second day wo arrived ut 1iovo lu lime to make preparations touttaok the Indiana early the next morning I was atilgnei the duty of driving the cannou with an assistant to aid me In lime of need TUB Indiana nero located In a large dents body ot tlrulmr on Into liver bottom In the bid of u creek Its banks ntlord them goad protection M that their heidi uvtld only be teen when they would roll up to take aim With the IVovo rlvaron the other lido ol the in aud too heavy growlb at un ilorbiuab la the timber they Had every advantage I drove tho cannon out on trio bench UB directed and placed It In petition c > neir Vbro the h diaLs were locale I us could bo aioer lalned and tbt > p drove the team ua about one hundred yards further upon up-on the hill The first volley fired by the Indians went clear over and tlruck Ibo grciiud above Ibo boner It was 00 cold and clout that I could bee the blue streak of the balls as they passed over The next vtlley wouuued one cf the artillery men and In about ton min uita three more were wcunded Lives Called to man the canoon X wanted my aoblanllo lee the leaders br the bits keeping the hor a bhroon up lull Ibo fire and 1 wOllld lod the othrrr but be wool cot do It In this tixlrtrua momunt there was no time to neilliu or argue the pilnt to I Jumped on the front axle popped the whip to Matters t > 9 and droves around dUblo quick anJ took tbo canton oil wlthDut bulog hit or one of my borers burl The cannon was than placed yond the range of Ibe rllle The firing of Ibo uannou was kupt up all day Ibe balls culling large limbo from tile tires t1ut availed nOlhlol and iruIh Indiana luuguoj boarllly at the Daimlers bit IUD The attack Was resumed on Ibo thlrJ day and the brine from the cannon woo kept up without any particular rosin its but a unmlcrol wble trvte amonK them Bishop HlJ CJawaau Col 11 T Ilurloo hJwIn Walker Lpt Ilauks and Lot Smith madv a charge and took possession 01 a log houpas which was nearly turroundeil by Ibo rids and BO lIualoJ that tbe chargers could not enter the door but rode up to aDo end ol It and dismounted quickly Bud or soled In Using tbo cracks ror port bolts they almost silenced tue Indiana but could not route them The riders bad scarcely dismounted when nearly very horpe wsl hot down Only three that ttooa ID the center auu close to the clause escaped the crops lire Tbo some day a company was Ban I around to coma lu upon tbe Indian I rear Bishop Ulgtatej eou being rather venluieome went ahead and In crawling up through the brain wa shot and killed l The fourth day the cannon was In the Held but wee not used much for tactics Were eba zed Two moving batteries were constructed Two Inch plants wore placed on a long Bled turning a sburp point lu front like a letter V and high enough to allord u good protection far Ion men In cacti one llanelng blanken on the outside made It safe In COD ally bulluta should come through the plank Wuon the Indiana saw WON batteries glljlpg over the snow so nicely and moving toward them and that they could not bo cbockllln their OllwafJ course by filing rapidly on thorn their laughing was turned Into bowling as much an lo say they were whipped All WBB over then Ai the day drew to a close the batteries were withdrawn and Ibo Indians lost no time In packing up their traps end moving aa beat they could Their trail was rtrewn with articles they could Pat pack any lurthrr Including a number of lappoctws Which were wrapped l up UI bt gritty could Boll left on Ibo now They were picked up and cared lor by Ibo whites Too detachment pursued them Into the mou mains at that time there were no Funds but did nl ovutako them so returned to camp at night The fifth day we started In search ot another an-other hostile hand around Ibo bead of Utah late We cnuld not make much headway as there was no road anJ the snow woo deep We camped on Ilobblo clock It was thouAlat beat 10 leave Ibo cannot Wacom and supplies there In camp under cusrd Tbe sixth dy a OIaoy 01 tuouutoj mou start id lu Basic to or the bind taking nothing noth-ing but a little luncb In their pickets axpocllng to return at if I grit But sometime after dIrk 0 mucegn arrived say low that they had round llto Indians bad tueu under guard amid wanted provisions arid blanket rut no ouo In c > top waa willing to Uke I bo articles the night being Yer dork end cold 1 I Toluoleeroe tn gn with on assl < tart W picked one florae with provisions and blanket and then put all the blank ti we could ou the boreve We rode We reached our destination right Tnat night every man Had to take his turn standing guard It was u blUr cold n I still and they to stand on a elevation eleva-tion Whore there was no protection against Ihe cold wind The cold wa eo lutionte they had to be rollev1 every Ion minutes Theseventbdayroon after daylight a skirmish took place and Ibo whole I band was almost annihilated Won Wo-n returned to our camp hitched up six horses on the cannon ann Move acroH the lake on the Ice to Provo Ibit bolus ccirer and better traveling On the moraine ol the eighth day we started for Halt Lake CIT wllb the Ions ol only one man Uenojil Well was highly esteemed lor his fatherly kludntiia oDd splendid generalship Ycurs very reipeo fully WM U WALUEU |
