Show MEMORIA IN twenty eight years have elapsed shigoe the close of the great elm wari war and the te bulk of the chief participant in the events of those times time who till still live jive have pawed passed into tile the ranks of venerated age there has haa grown up lo in our tair lair land a generation whose experience peri ence is not marked by the toils anxieties and sorrows of a terrible internecine conflict but the memory of those who offered their lives as a sacrifice to perpetuate the anian is ia reverently cherished and as aa the close clofe of ech succeeding may the mouth month 11 1 1 with its smiles smile of of elwers fl comes bobine slid and tears tear of rain raid the beautiful ceremonies of memorial day arouse kenderest ten derest feelings of toe the living towards toe the sainted dead lowera flowered for their gravess graves and nd words of praise wad aud affect don betoken the sympathy aud and love luar which exist for those whose presence in ila mortality is but a memory whose companionship corn panic oab ip in immortality is ie a joyous hope by a great people this sacred occasion is now made to include all ail lobou ones who rest in the quiet grove grave regardless of where or when they crowed crossed the silent river many there are who have fallen on battlefields other than those of the forthe the union who are entitled to remembrance because of their heroism anu aau sacrifice in defond ing IDS the jives and homes of the people against savage and bloodthirsty foes in this number may be included those who lost their lives in the black hawk hawa indian war in utah which followed dose close upon the suppressor sup presson of the rebellion bej bellion lion in that war many utah people were victims of the red man mano a deadly lury fury and the now lair anu flourishing valley ann surrounding country was the scene of many sanguinary deeds ere are the strife bell bad ceased the month of may twenty seven years ago found the utah militia engaged in a determined sud aud arduous campaign to compel the In indiana diallS to accept terms of peace and cease cases their murderous incursions into tha settlements ot of the ibe white man and later laler their efforts L few months were crowned with success as an effect of the defeat ot 01 the indians at the battle of thistle rh istle valley most moot of the militia engaged in that battle were young men who still reside la in this territory the officer who commanded the infantry in the tight fight was captain jesse jeese west of this city to a NEWS representative he thus narrated atod the circumstances con connected nested with the engagement in 1866 about the lashof may I 1 was ordered to sanpete with the fifty fafty oxen min under my command tu to aid in protecting the settlers there from the indians who were then on the warpath karpath war path shortly after rny my arrival at moroni I 1 was sent forward with thirty six men to thistle rh istle valley at that time there was a post there under command of captain albert dewey who had bad about twelve cavalrymen their camp was located on the south bank ot of the creek their wagons being placed in a semicircle semi circle the dds of which rested on the creek most moat of the horses were herded out side aide of the camp in front when we arrived there that night a sentinel observed what be sup supposed posea was an indian crawling ai alongi 0 n ga tub op opposite bank ban of the creek a and 1 fired arad his 9 after thu thi in readiness for an attack until da daylight we then matte made an examination of the ground nd found tracks resembling the prints printa of a mand knees and of the thick part of the hand at first some thought they were bear tracks but we were soon boon convinced that they were botand that there were indians about orders ordera were issued that chat iio one should venture out of camp without permission everything seemed quiet and saad when about half past n nine I 1 no that morning june 24 the sha sharp report of i A rifle startled the post booking looking in the direction whence the sound proceeded I 1 saw about five hundred yards distant and just emerging from the cedars two of the men from our camp but not of my command toey were charles brown and david jones evidently the former was wounded as he was being assisted by his companion to walk just then from a short di in the rear of the two men five mounted indians dashed forward shooting several arrows some of which struck the wounded man who fell at this juncture the survivor drew his bis revolver and also that of late bis unfortunate companion emptied both at the savages ant began to retreat when almott surrounded the men who were guarding the horses were ne nearest areal to where the trouble was and justason just asan as an indian was about to SCRIP scalp brown as he be lay dying one of the gu guards artio a young private named knelt down took careful aim stid and fired his shot scattered the indians who retreated t P the cedars in haste and nd the body of brown was brought into camp he and jones had thought elesely disregarded orders and had bad gone out into the cedars cedar suspecting no donger danger they were busy picking gum when the shot was fired which cost poor brown his life the bullet struck him in the center of the back I 1 drew one of the indians arrows from his bis shoulder with some others I 1 went ont out to bring in the loose horsely which birbich other indians than those we first saw were endeavoring to drive ori oil we followed the animals five or ox eix hundred yards yard but before we could got get all the horses we were culled called hastily to return to the cover of camp bloking around we discovered a body of twenty three indians as was afterward ascertained by actual count charging down dawn to cut us off they came pretty near doing it too and it was only by lively work that we saved ourselves ours elvee the indians Indianer rode to within clity yards of campana cam delivered their fire which was vigorously vigorous iv replied to time after time their brave beave young chief tried to got get his men to charge down upon the he wagons in the foes face of our fire a most extraordinary action on the martof part iff an indian I 1 cin can sours assure you that at this time the excitement was intense for the battle was at its heiL height rbt firing was kept up from bab b tb sine and all around suddenly a movement was make by the attacking party which seemed to indicate that their leader had bad been hit by a bullet and they retired to the cedars A short abort time afterwards there was a lull in the firing bring irom from tae other side as well as our own shooting was kept up throughout Q the of thada aatu attu w w golf an indian we took it we bad to be carb careful itil of ourselves ourel Tw too for if a man put his beaden head in right the nearness to which this the bullets would come i bh owed bowed the indians indiana to be good marksmen their thair weapons were su perlor to ours and bet bel g in the theo cedars edan they had bad a deci decided deki advantage this the militia mostly had short abort range guns so tuat but few men were able to return thy the fire with any show of effect within the camp we had to shield ourselves as beet beat we could behind a rather poor peor breastwork made under the run ning goar gear of the wagons with blankets harness etc during the fight that day lour horses were killed and thomas anair of salt bait lake city was wounded in the thigh when the engagement first began we realized that the indians greatly out numbered our forchand foroe force and that we gerein were in a bad so eoa a young man named homer roberts roberta was Vis dispatched patched to mount pleasant 18 miles distant for assistance brown was the possessor of ota a magnificent horse and we koew that once beyond the indian line they could nut not overtake him he got clear though it ic was a close shave at mount pleasant he be found a body of cavalry which was ordered to this thielle valley but by some misunderstanding its start was delayed for a time word of out situa tim was taken to moronic seven miles f aether fattor ON on where a body of suit salt lake county men with some from farther north were stationed they were infantry but a company including the remainder of my command started in all possible aste under majors wm win caspar and pew peter sinclair at tho the battlefield the creek or ditch on which taw camp was located at that place ran in a straight live line and was rather dep de P this the indians took advantage of firing up and down along the creeks creek and effect bally preventing any one from getting a supply of water awatar thus the ruen men including snarr who was wounded bad to joy jay in the hot sun within a few feet of water unable to obtain a drop to quench their thirst toward evening a body or indians indiana gained a position in a clump or of brush on the bank of the creek nearer to us and at a point boere the inside of our camp was exposed to their fire our position was thus rendered untenable etwas it was a necessity that hat the enemy should be driven from late his news new point of vantage those of our men who had bad rifles were ordered to concentrate their fire on the clump of brush the muskets which most of the men had bad would not reach the place with any precision the riflemen tried but to 10 no purpose and we had to do something else or be shot down bullets were whistling in dangerous proximity and already lodging within the camp As an a lost last resort I 1 selected twelve of my men to make a charge over an open space pace of lour four hundred yards in the face of a fire from the indians rifles and delodge the enemy we know knew it was a desperate undertaking u but there was no other chance for us sergeant Ber geant alexander burt and privates george C limbert and john woodbury had bad just outside of the enclosure in their start on the baz hazardous charge when a body of cay airy suddenly appeared appear edthe abe reinforce ment from mount pleasant close be hind them came the infantry from meroni twenty five miles distant the brave follows fellows had ran on foot almost the whole of the way to relieve us you can be sure it was a relief bellet to us too the indians indiana buic quickly kly retired to the cedars and the danger was past with our new force the indians indiana fou bouno no it prudent to leave the vicinity our lose joss had been one man killed and one wounded four horses killed and about twenty five driven tiff off in the morning very few of the latter were ever recovered but the indians did not get off so easily we afterwards learned that their low loss was very severe so 80 severe in fact that they did not want to try another battle with the white men the thistle valley fight was the last of any importance in the black hawk indian war and the savages were glad to sue for peace soon afterward As stated there were numbers who during thief war went down to their death in their coun country tryla s cause ile de feuring the settlers homes and a grateful people do not on sueh an occa occasion solon as s decoration day fail to recall to mem memry iry the heroic sacrifice they made |