Show TV D VV f death of hanosh 0 millard co december 7 editor mitor deseret nelsi kanosh the chief of bf the indians indian located liere here and from whom our town is named died about sundown on sunday the ath dinst he be had been very sick for several weeks and could not be at the meetings when president taylor aud and party recently visited our town but under president taylors instructions the best medical attention in the county was procured and everything possible was done to stave off the end dof of the respected old chief but ail all to no purpose as he had made up his hia mind that he was going to pi keway and gave instructions as to the mode and place of burial which was in our by the side of his late wife sally who was raised and educated by president brigham young the funeral was conducted in the absence of our bishop by his first counselor hans christenson Christe neon assisted by sister bister adelia kimball and her tier ever ready helps of the belief relief society in fact the whole town appeared i eady ready to do what they could to show respect to one who by his exemplary conduct in their midst had risen far above what could have been expected of one of his hig race and when hands were solicited to grave with the promise of tithing pay six willing voices responded spon ded we will dig his grave but not for pay such was the respect in which this dead indian was held that there is not a child in our town but regretted regret ed his death which was shown by the fourteen teams besides a large band baud of horsemen who attended the funeral an excellent cloth covered coan coffin with double box was provided the body was washed and dressed iu in his temple tompie robes and during the services was placed on a stand outside the house for the large largo congregation of rf whites and indians indiana to file past durin during which time a burly son of the fore forest 87 named abac stood by ahr side of the corpse and with native eloquence extolled the virtues of the dead chief suitable remarks were made by elders george crane Crano and hans christenson T the e choir was in attendance and refi rendered dered several ampro appropriate p pieces finishing with th the hy hymn md stop and tell ceped me red bed man and when the in indians ians jans were told to take a last look at their noble chief there was one of the most genuine outbursts of grief it has ever been our lot to witness with bowed heads head there was the doleful wail of the squaws squads and young indians from whom no amount of torture could have extracted a sign of emotion gave vent to their sorrow in reel uless fless tears the motley procession of whiles whites indians squaws squads and cs then trailed the four miles from the indian village to the cemetery where Moso loso the war chief of the t ribe tribe w was invited to speak and it was a s sight liga t not easily to ke le forgotten to see this fea fear man of nerve standing U upon ron pon t h ago age and gazing into that new dug grave amid a beautiful bil StI sunset nEet calmly I 1 gesticulating and in his native t tongue extolling the vertnes of him wha who for 30 years had been their leader A neat li head ad board lioard was brov provide idel upon which was tastefully written in colors in memory of kanosh ICa nosh ch chief lef ot the indians who died dec ath 1881 aged 67 years beloved Belov edby by hi his ribe an and respected by iby his white brethren breth rep ren I 1 recently saw it in print that if counselled counseller coun selled his indians not to drink whisky it was that he be might get the more of it himself for he was a notorious whisky guzzler 11 A more malicious libel was never perpetrated upon any mani have had personal acquaintance of kanosh having resided here over 12 years and never once saw him under the influence of drink but his influence and con com sels eela were always opposed to it were it a white man that was maligned I 1 would not bay eay a word in his hla defence but be he in lu accepting the true gospel has accepted the condition also siso als sis that ho he will be everywhere spoken against again st iffie ethid and probably his enemies shall betrose bey those of ochia his own house housed but it is 13 cowardly to spurn the fallen ned bed man whose only crime was that b he edas eaas was a friend of tho the Mor lions and by their counsels he hd wd learned to bend the knee and pray to the 11 living blosh and revealing god of israel kanosh was a good mani man and had his hia skin been white in many communities would have been considered a pattern american citizen president hinkley with his hia coun edward partridge and J V robison Eo bison also bishop J D smith from fillmore who are making a tour of the settlements of the stake held meeting here last evening and they accompanied by brothers ani christenson george crane and ai nd wm hunter as interpreter Unter preter visited the indian encampment today and held a meeting by some means humr had reached the indians that the brethren intended to havo have them removed to the uintah reservation and when we arrived there was considerable excitement in the camp some of the indians gave us welcome others of the he leading spirits had ensconced themselves in the large lumber room ot of one of the indians where the meeting ingras was to be held when notified to enter we found numbers of indians squatted on the floor others seated on cli ell chairs airs amongst the latter was imos moso loob looking ing resolute and motionless aa wt r bronze statue Nar ryant in excitement desired the privilege of speaking the interpreter calmed him down and the meeting was opened with singing and prayer when Pres president dent hinckley arose and addressed them in a kind and fatherly Y manner followed by byi brother partridge with words of pith and point which being interpreted at short interval produced its effects noticeable in the relaxation of the reaid countenances of the painted braves who in their turn were invited to speak five of whom did so each one testifying to t tt t e true manhood of the dead kanosh hy bov big liia counsels of leace peace and aversions to bloodshed telling them of the great chenoa and teaching them to pray to him that the morans were their frie riUs and would teach them to raise wheat potatoes oats for their horses etc somo some expressed a confidence fit that their father kanosh had bad gone to the cormons mormons Mor mons 11 happy hunting ground and they wanted to go there too when they were put in th round and they were willing will ing to be counseled by bishop kimball in whom they expressed great confidence and desired that he an and d his council and the interpreter should meet with them 16 pretty soon and help them to select a new now leader but they would never submit themselves selves to be driven from the landof their fathers altogether the meeting was was wag a most instructive and enjoyable one as the spirit that pier pie ceth reeth all things was present and produced its fruit of peace and friendship we I 1 separated with a general handshaking and expression that the cormons mormons Mor IMor mens mons were still their wino bruders and they the indians would regard their counsels I 1 am you brother in the tho th gospel GEO GEORGE rge ROE CRANE |