| Show SURVIVORS Of BLACKHAWK WAR AR Senator Smoot Has Reported His Bill Bi to Senate for fOI Their Relief ALSO MAKES A STATEMENT CorM Coer COr Scope of lIt lisa tho Measure And 11 ll Why WI hI It I bu Ito Io I 3 ci ed Special t to 10 the News New Washington D n I e C April 1 from the tho committee on 01 pensions linn hll Iii reported back Inck to tho the senate his hil bill bi to tn place the survivors of lt tho the lilack Back Hawk Ha wk war on oti 01 the pension rolls rol In re rc reporting porting the tho bill bi Senator tor Smoot sub milled a f In Its writing as to the scope of ot the tie measure and the necessity fur for or Us its Il enactment nt This statement sll fol tal follows ci lows The Tue bill hi proposes to 10 extend ex tho the Unit United ed foI States pension laws to tho the surviving lug ing of tho the Ute lilack Dack hawk Indian war of ut This outbreak of ot 40 0 years lr ago IO known n as the Black Back Hawk Indian war rat of ut Utah was Wil the most seri serious sen nun ous OU Indian uprising that occurred In iii n that locality At the time Utah terri tern territory terl tory l r was vas W sparsely settled and Inti comparatively were nUnI few tow United States troops at ut II the government post nt at Salt BaIt luik Douglas Dougla The exist existIng Ing ilig Ilg Ink conditions necessitated holding this force for tor the protection of ot the over overland land mall route toute hence the burden budell ot of quelling title this anti and prolonged Indian disturbance devolved upon the territorial militia who ishin furnished hed their own ln equipment anti and supplies at itt lt a I cost of ot upward of ot The Tho militia mita wan sas wa placed In us II the Held field at Lit lt the request of tho the States superintendent of ot Indian 11 affairs In Utah anti and upon the lie suggestion of ot General Pope Ille communicated by b command of or General Dodge In response re p le to a request for Cor Instructions by h Colonel P F 1 11 H Head nt of ut Indian affairs as ns shown In its the lie pub published Ishell report leport of at the commissioner of at Indian affairs 1866 nt at lt page The outbreak began benn on April Apri 10 1855 IM when a n band bald of ot Utes Ulf head headed headed ed ee by b Black Hawk 1 wk killed kled Ieter Lud w ell el near Mantl Manti fant Sanpete county Utah and 11 the following day Ilay killed liar Bar Barney nUl ney Ile Ward and Mr Ir Lambson near Pa Si linn han II ni Seler county count Utah llah also drove tovo off or a n largo barge number of oC stock A com coin company COl pany of ot cavalry gave chase hn e anti and en engaged fn the hostile hut but were ere compelled to fall cli tal back with a it I lost loss lOfs of at two killed two wounded Upon securing rein reinforcements rei I fighting was but butth the th Indians escaped e toward the Iho Elk mountains with nil all ni the stock Overtures of peace wore were rejected by ty bythe bythe the Indians and the war var commenced In earnest extending over the central southern portions of or Utah territory Colonel 0 H 11 Irish superintendent of ot Indian affairs railed called caled on the United States military authorities at Camp Douglas Salt Lake City Cl for tor aid but this was wa not available for tor the reason heretofore stated The militia mita gae such protection ns as Al they the could coull but bil not Mt notwithstanding notwithstanding withstanding th theIr lr most mo t vigorous ef et efforts efforts forts torlA H It I was vas Wi Impossible owing to the therl rugged rl ge nature of ot the country to sub subdue due dle the hostile whose whoRe raids ralls continued In the killing of at men inca l n women omen and children arid and the driving off or of ot much stock stork In the summer of ot 1865 1165 there iero Itro ninny many min conflicts with wih lock Elack 1 Hawks warriors anti and about 40 O of 0 o the tho latter were irene killed The fhe success of the Indians IndIana had been such Kuch however that they the were vell 1 provided Ith horn lle and hc I taken In their raids early In Feb February with wih Increased forces they Ih resumed hostile operations In II Kane Kima county count Further uther of ot pe re were tere definitely refused anti and nn during he hie summer of ot 1866 1166 the central and 1111 south poul 11 em part of the for tor an nn extent of ot miles was vas pillaged Flourishing settlements were welo eie broken up and armul alit 1 cloned ninny many lany white people p were killed kl d much property Stolen or ot 0 md 11 hut bUt hittl grain wa iva raised In the cotta conn Mes ies e most affected all ull ni the available men being In the militia ml IUn service erlee During June of ot this year ear Col F F H II 1 Head su superintendent PI of ft Indian affairs reported report tl Tabby the head hla chief at Uinta as M s ue o e eIn Ing In on the tue way wa with nil all 11 his warrior to Join Joll Black who wh wits was WI then setting out from thin the Elk 1 lk Mountain country with wih about olt warriors to attack thi th h weaker settlements in lii II county count Col Head had communicated with he hc loner of ot Indian affairs and andO andlen O On len n Dodge no le lied hud notified Col commanding the district of ot Utah that Hen Gel Pope had telegraphed that hit 11 superintendent of ot Indian affairs would have to 10 depend for tor the present on 01 the 1 to compel the Indians to 10 bs have Accordingly troops were sert WIT mus mu mustered toned Int i service from the northern counties countes of oC the territory und and sent Bent to the Ihl scene of ot the outbreak There 1 frequent fighting anti hostilities cens ctr censed ed 1 only upon tho lie setting et tn In of ot winter Early Karly In itt T war ivar was ns again by b nn an In Indian attack upon Pine Valley nl Washington county Count COUlt followed tol 1111 by othir oth r depredation the killing of nf women be being behag hag ing Ilg particularly attended with wih grett atrocity The Tho militia was WIM active Its Il efforts were ere attended with greater success than thun previously Finally 11 I iti III n the tho autumn of ot 1817 1107 the superintend superintendent enl ant of ot Indian affairs Col V I f H 11 Head n a promise front from JCk Hawk I that bitt he lie would refrain retrain from froni further r kP 1111 upon the white settlers settler the war ceased except n ni ann to several raids nude tl In by b renegade Indians were repelled by b tho the militia tl Your committee la Is of ot opinion after It r careful examination Into the merits merit merl of ur this bill bi that It I Is II but Just anil that tho the shell men who at nt a great risk anti and sacrifice responded to tn the call enl to In U up press inns thin serious Indian uprising should houll Ion be allowed 11 the Of l a I pen pell penIon 11 Your commutes therefore amendment the passage fa of ot the use bill bi without |
