| Show REPORT OF MARSHAL KAY I 1 in our las we printed an order from his Excel excellency lercy governor cumming gumming directed to territorial marshai marshal diar Alar john kay relative to the immediate dispersion of some report reported eI assem 1 baagee of armed bodies of men in the gohen goshen and elseA elsewhere here we take pleasure in bubli hing I 1 by bermis 1 sion fion of his excellency the annexed GREAT SALT rake tace CITI ritt t r T may way 16 1859 his excellency jl 1 Ct imming governor of utah territory sin sih orders ot of the gih dinst I 1 I 1 left this tills city on the morla moria tug of the roth accompanied by ipaty marshal marshai john sharp the same day I 1 learned from mr charles mogo whom I 1 met near his bis residence i fonne some twenty oliree miles south southy that he be hd bd seen been a small body of armed men on the pack pork trai leading fram tram spanish fork ferk 0 o san pete I 1 continued strict inquiries as I 1 passed pursed lite thie settlements and of such travelers as I 1 met by the wa wit on arriving in the use vicinity of the plade by lir 3 ll togo I 1 directed sharp to search through he this ravines and all ali 11 places ut table tabie ie for ille ibe secretion or camping parties partin of or otar of hben nhen ne lie found some eight orrine or lne ine men in a krove krote of pine on the mountains about three miles south tenth of fork folk kanyon kanton engaged I 1 in na 1 cutting Illin timber ber her and bpi fil gliding iding logs for tor lum lumbering berng they were e armed aan abeen uch such fuch part legy lesy but hut were I 1 I 1 leacea peaceably bly attending attend ln to their avocations on reh receiving elving 1 mr me sharps report 1 did not consider it within the he province of my doriee nor r wintred by your ow instructions in t to 01 I 1 I 1 in w ih vh and so I 1 passed on I 1 As PA particular ta Y ilce sted in your our conr instruct 1 M I 1 proofed ed eit at once to ghen I 1 there met moet two tw i genalo g r tl mm inen ward vard and johnson JohnF strangers rn gerg serg to wf up wb who received us benr var 1 i y and gave me tuch such information as they had bad in their irom arom prom them I 1 learned that abut f nnie flip ve das days previus to our art ati anival val vai there some tome eighteen min mf n arn d i ti vt ith rifles had bad left the goshen settlement tetti setti nian r f rt as it billed t f anif arri aril were vere alent about aa out ti ren rep day days I 1 did lit not learn ern whither they had gue gooe nor the names of the parties but was wag assured by the gentl gentlemen emen before named that the parties had bad returned and were to thor thir at home lome anxious how bow however evers everI to carry ont fully ft your anstr actkin mr arr sharp harp and aril arii mys it emlea guide a critic il recon nol noi ance anca of tb in the vicin ty y of anshin we found quite a bumber bumler of men anen scattered over that exten rive hive range of pasture country they werey were how bow however every limply in search of stock and although armed some with rifle antt others with revolving pistol pistols were in parti partle of not more than two or three and diligently tiie the bus ibets theys of herders headers or cattle gatherer on further inquiry I 1 learned that the stewart extensive sack owners in that neighborhood hail bad for some time been making mating arrangements for I 1 an i cattle drive and add bady hady had for several il our gur talt been carryl pe out ther plans I 1 I 1 would here suggest to your excellency that it han has been a custom from the period of fit the abe first settlement ln jtb to make what Is generally termed a drive 12 for the purpose ot of collecting together the cattle that have been driven or scattered by the winter storms at such times prudent men always go armed and seldom it if ever evert singly DetermIne determined dy however to avail myself oot fit every opportunity to inform myself ot anything that might lead to be tha discovery of the unusual assembling of armed bodies or of men I 1 inquired closely of all parties I 1 met barly ot of strangers in the territory who I 1 presumed ron rou would von id be the most likely la traveling to take tale observe hens of that kind nd mr ur box himself an extensive stock tock owner and who has recently been employed in herding government stock assured me chaty that thai apart from frona the usual gerders herders and cattle drivers before referred to there were no parties of armed men to his bis know knowledge knowledg led e in the hill ravines 2 or valleys in that neighborhood lie ile spoke cot coi as he be unquestionably has and has had a superior opportunity to acquaint himself with everything transpiring in his neighborhood while at this place I 1 held a conversation conver conter atlon with mr riley stewart he lie told me that there had bad been a boy of some forty five fire armed men posted in the mountains near goshen a little east by south of that place lie rie bai bat seen three different men coming down from what be he cen smeared their rendezvous bringing with them a three gallon keg aning filling it with water and returning again ole oue at a time alime tor for three thred successive days lie ile stated that tua party had already left their position 2 sot kot satisfied however I 1 made further inquiries and found that about six oi 01 eight men bad had been engaged there cutting fencing poss posts from the large cedars in that vicinity of this party a gentleman named whitey white who I 1 believe Is a resident at goshen came down from the mountain and proposed to u purchase a rifle riale of a train 1 I think mr ur dickeys nic keys ta T is i ay may have created some suspicions but why it kaoud am not prepared to say on my return from the south I 1 visited the mountain more immediately west of this city and after atter the inquiries failed to ascertain that any of the citizens were weye doing aught bave eava attending to their own business before closing my report I 1 consider it mv duty to say to your excellency that I 1 heard during my short tour numerous complaints of petty thefts committed upon the citizens by parties unknown such as the breaking open 0 of stables stealing horses and saddles etc that therea there are ara reany any bodies of 0 men gath lathering gathering eringi or cancea ed in the mountain with a view to military uon mon or service I 1 Is entley ay a mistake and wl hout any benl enl cli stant stanl lai lal foundation I 1 have no hesitation in assuring vir var excellency after the strictest and most impartial a quit les ies I 1 have already occupied much apace in tit report ant w was as anxious I 1 to lay bedfor your EK cleav all the facts a and nd circumstances connected with my tour I 1 have the honor to remain very respectful respectfully ly your Excellency ys obedient servants her ser vant rants JOHN KAY KAT marshal marshai hal bal of ulan clan Terri territory tor |
