Show A HISTORY HUST OR Y OF 0 F TOOELE TOM E L E BY LUCY STEPHENS continued from last week when the government stage line was established from the mississippi to the pacific it passed through city which was one of tho the important places between salt lake and california until the first continental railroad was established toselo thoele city was incorporated by act of legislature jan 13 1853 the ile boondry lines were amended to the present limit feb 23 1892 the patent was issued to 11 II S gowans as mayor july 10 1872 and covered the south half of sect 21 all of sect 28 and tho the cast half of sect 29 township 3 south range 4 west the present boundaries of the city embrace all of sections 20 21 22 27 28 29 32 33 and 34 township 3 so range 4 W salt lako lake meridian in the spring of 0 1864 1854 ft a substantial mud wall was built around four blocks in tho the center part of tho the city which was maintained lor many years it was one half mile north and south and one fourth mile cast and I 1 west and was seven feet high three feet thick at the baso base and one and one half feet thick at tho the top with bastions and portholes port holes in each corner it extended from what chatis is now east street to west street and from list north to first arst south an old fort of logs was milt built outside the wall tho the spot now cing being marked by a cedar standing it at tho the head of west street these were vere built primarily for tho the purpose of f protecting tho the settlement from the hostilities of tho the indians because of the important role played by tho indians in tho the organization of the city a short sketch about them seems to be in order tho the indians around were mostly weber utes the head chief was others of importance were little soldier Narro cot garoby weber tom old moon tab big foot and green jacket of these tho the last three named were tho the most treacherous and hostile they drove off stock and threatened the lives of tho the people living in the canyon or those otherwise isolated from the settlement so that the people had to organize to protect themselves against these depredations P R wright was captain of the minute men these men had to go to work well armed in the daytime and were compelled to stand guard at night city suffered much from the indians because it was on the extreme western outpost of tho desert and as the few watering places were wera unknown to tho the whites the red men alen had every advantage so 0 great were the ravages 0 of f these indians that the few people who first settled rush valley lad had to abandon their homeland home sand come to tooele thoele for protection from 1856 to 1858 the ile weber utes lutcs were descendants of tho the original digger india indians of california living a rather miserable life with apparently no ambition for anything except to hunt fish and go to war A favorite camping ground for them was on tho the high bench south of the city chosen largely for its commanding view of the valley like all indians they had their charac characteristic lovo love for painting themselves dances in times of war and celebrations on certain days of the year they wailed most horribly over over the death of one of their tribe A cortum of cettl cutting ng the hair was a ceremony required and they would even tear their flesh after death tho the indian was placed in a but falip fa rao these they obtained py ay trading as there were no buffalo in this region which was tied with capo mado made of cedar bark bows arrows and cooking utensils were placed in the grave and frequently a horse or squaw were killed to be buried with it supposedly to accompany it to the happy hunting ground in most cases there them was not much of a marriage ceremony if any stealing of squats squaws was a common practice |