| Show AN EXEMPLARY INDIAN OGDEN CITY utah april 24 aw editor deseret mews news the funeral services over the remains ma ins of LITTLE SOLDIER indian chief who died in this city on Tu tuesday eslay the dinst were held this morning morning besides soldiers family and other quite a number of white people were present on the occasion to do honor to the remains and pay a tribute of respect to the memory of one who notwithstanding his early habits and the color of his skin ihn I 1 is sai sat said sald by those who knew him best to have been one of NATURES NOBLEMEN KOBUS JilES the tile services were held at the lodge of deceased on the benchland bench land west side of weber riter river and conducted by bishop robert mc barrie after the family and friends of deceased were arranged in order around the bier of the dep DEr DEPARTED ARTED drave DRIVE the choir sang 4 mourn not the dead who peaceful lay their wearied bodies down etc the opening prayer was offered by elder joseph ha hall hail ryer after which bishop george W hill who had been acquainted quain ted with little soldier for thirty five years addressed the congregation he first spoke briefe briefly y to the white people le in english and then addressed the iama lama Lama in ia their OWN LANGUAGE in which he spoke of the past life and character of the deceased as he the speaker had known him for many years bishop hill lilii said little soldier was an honest upright man he was also truthful and unswerving in his integrity te teg rity arty be before fo r he L embraced in b r a c e 4 the te G gospel 0 P e h he w was s in h his I 1 s m manner I 1 n er 0 of f life III lil like ilke many an y other wild ild lid me men of the mountains b besides de s which w h ich he had adopted adap ted some 01 0 the habits of MODERN civilization and was addicted to drinking the white christian mans firewater and on this account on his first application to brother hill he was refused that rite but he told brother hill he shad had ceased to drink whisky and further said that he was determined thenceforward never to touch the poisonous drug any mo more re the speaker said he knew that little soldier had faithfully faithful lv kept his word in this regard and also the tiie covenants he hem made adein in the honse house of the lord bishop hill told the widow children and friends of deceased that they need not utter lutter one loud exclamation of sorrow for him father had called him and he had gone to rest in peace he further said at the proper pr 0 er time when all things were prepared prepares little soldier will return again to live with them uron UPON THE EARTH when it is purified and cleansed from wickedness he closed by exhorting them to be faithful to emulate the examples amples ampies of their father husband and brother and they will be united with him when he comes back to them in the morning of the first resurrection the remarks were listened to by his audience with profound attention and interest and contrary to the usual custom of the Lama on all similar occasions all loud demonstrations of grief were suppressed bishop made a few appropriate prop remarks which were inter prated to the indians in the lite tite language notwithstanding they u understand der stand a great deal ol of what is said to them in english the choir sant sani 1 0 my pathe father Fathe r thou that dwell est in thy high and glorious pice place the benediction was pronounced by elder thomas doxey doxcy the casket containing the remains I 1 was then placed in a carriage followed b by a large cortege conveyed to ogden cemetery and deposited IN THEIR silent HOME after which the dedicatory rayer prayer was delivered by bishop geo george W V biographical while at the lodge this morning I 1 gleaned a few interesting items of the history of the deceased and here I 1 will observe that he never was known know n to the people here by any other name I 1 than little soldier by that name I 1 he received all the ordinances ordinance S of th the church and always persistently refused to give his indian name alle aile allein alleging in as a reason that it w was a s a bad aa one no other indians if the knew I 1 it could be induced to tell it little soldiers fathers name was wag to nights where he was bornor bom or when he died I 1 did not learn but he was burled buried b by y D ib Hunting tons springs his mothers name wag wai isome pom rom 1 pitch ritch little soldier was born in red bed butte canon calion near salt lake city about the year yea 1821 his family consisted of fo four 1 w wives s three of whom are dead oue of his former wives had five children another had one his present spouse had six papooses oses she was born in cottonwood canon near to where the rock is quarried for the salt lake temple and close to a large pine tree hence her name wango be da he has also three grandchildren liying little soldier was s I 1 A BRAVE among his people vallant valiant in battle battie 1 tending defending de the rights or redressing the wrongs of his tribe in the year 1849 1819 he had haa a terrible night fight with stick in head bovitch Wo chief of a band ot of utes who came from the south and attacked those in the north country the struggle took place in what is now known as taylors canon calion near th city in turning an abrupt point and little soldier suddenly came in sight of each other they dashed I 1 forward clinched fell to the ground and rose again little soldier was dispatch his antao anta antagonist o t when the latter adroitly drew himself OUT our OF nis HIS SHIRT and shot off to the mountains with remarkably mar kably great speed leaving the former master ot of the field and his Rs band of Lama unmolested his influence among his people was always immense they looked to him as their leader idd end it was in 1849 that he became their chief in 1874 he was baptised baptized sed by george W hill in cub river kiver cache county la in 1875 he received his hla blessings in the house of the lord which he abed and to which he always remained true and faithful some months since a quarrel ensued between two indians in which firearms were discharged one drunken indian was wounded and several shots I 1 passed gassed through the wick a up of little soldier this fact among the tribes was always considered a FATAL OMEN and most surely foreboded foreboder fore boded death to the house little soldier never could hake shake off the effects of this tradition of his fathers and indeed he never recovered from the shock occasioned IT by it about three weeks since he grew worse became much debilitated and confined to his lodge he never rallied but as above stated on the 22 odd ond dinst st succumbed to the power of deatle death I 1 ile he was a honest inoffensive siv emana man a mend friend to the Mormon 1 people and was always a welcome guest at the houses of many people in this county reace peace to his ashes weber i |
