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Show Massaisoit Statue Recalls Capture Of UtahSurveyoi A. F. Doremus of Tooele Countj Once Held Captive 1o Daw and Released by Chief Waskakie N They war. looking at th. plaster oast of the heroic statue of tha Indian In-dian chief, Jklaaaasolt, which haa Juat been presented to tha state of Utah by Utak s famous sculptor, C. B. Dal-Un, Dal-Un, and which haa been sr acted In th. rotunda of th. capltol, and ad-miHn, ad-miHn, -not only th. bsauty of the statua, but also congratulating Utah that It bad produced an artlat Ilka Mr. Dallln. Among the party waa A. T. Doremus of Tooele county, and ha said: "While that figure la hsrole In slis, I recall tha fact that when a youngster young-ster In this country that I saw at one tlm. together more than ona thousand thou-sand bocks, sach ona of whom looked larger to .mo that that statue does now. 1 waa aurveylng for the Union Pacific railroad at that time knd was with a party on tha tributaries of Oreen River in northeastern , Ulah. There wer. two .f us who had been detailed to make a barometric survey and wa left tha party, which had an esoort, of fifty cavalry, and rode away to th. saat. "That waa In 11.7, Turing tha afternoon af-ternoon w. came up on tha top of a ridge and looking down tha valley wa were astonished to- aea a camp of In dlana, which from the number of tepees te-pees scattered over tha valley. Indicated Indi-cated a camp of at least a thousand. The Indiana saw ua at tha seme time. There would have been nothing gained by attempting to run away, so wa decided de-cided to ride right Into the camp. We were met by about five hundred young buoka on horses and they began circling circ-ling around ua coming nearer and nearer until finally wa were la ' the center of th. cavalcade unable to move In any direction. Meanwhile tha y.lia of tha Indiana almoat paralysed ua. "Finally room waa made and wa war. directed t. dismount. Our hereea wer. taken from ua. as were our saddle, and accoutrements, and wa wer. taksn Into th. camp before a magnificent specimen of an Indian. There war. talka made to the chief, who I afterwards learned waa Wauha-kle, Wauha-kle, and hla replies did not appear to ault o store, but what be aald waa apparently ap-parently law, and w. were taken In hand by two squaws, ons ths sister of Washakie, as I afterwards learned, and shown t. a tent which was one of the finest furnished place, that I waa ever In. Fur. and beautiful robes of animate ani-mate were everywhere, and these were spread over st oarpet of soma kind of grain. "We were kept there for a couple of dare and were tha a take, before the chief, who ordered our release, return- eo our norses and etner paraphena-lla. paraphena-lla. and directed ua how to reach our camp. Our treatment waa auch that I formed an admiration for tha' Indian In-dian which haa never been ahaken. Waahakle waa a wonderful man, and hla friendship for tha white people waa man If eat In many waya - I never look at an Indian now but what I recall my experience with them and of the kindly treatment which they gave ma." |