| Show 1 i hu r f valrey walt VALt jy v weber co aug ism lug 1 deseret NEWS benr bear sir the thel following named dignitaries NI ansh ash a IL uee kee wa ava num bitch sl ol 01 i bolh idoo aaa goth and ras pas rash pash up chefs alefs f of the and about one thousand indians deans squaws squats and papooses oses osea came into this valley last thursday and camped a mile west of this ahls settlement an on sunday chiefs attended our meetings 9 8 alt all it were very friendly president A F A abiam ilam llam mond called for forn fora a donation to tot be pe brou brought 1 t in next day and in invited the chiefs and all the t el eln ein indians to come on the public square and receive their presents Yester yesterday day dar morning early they formed in procession and marched slowly danci dancing ngat at lliter in ter fais fals to the p publio public ablio square when the tho citizens retired to the east cast castalde side odthe of the square and the indians sung and played and the squaws squads in an immense ring danced ro round aap rounal circling to the left and concluded by a sham sharn fight tight representing a 9 recent encounter of seven braves with a very superior number of in which the shoshone killed one ana nna and scalded scalped him and made their escape tile the s arne same scalp was seen in all t their air professions processions process ions ah and ll 11 dancing stuck on n long stick the squaws squads now and then striking striding it elih with little sticks after these performances they came to I 1 0 ote 1116 bowery and received four beeves nine sheep sheen several sacks of flour and from fifty to seventy live bushels of potatoes carrots beets turnips ac this last scene in the bowery was wag wa truly ti uly in lbs lwi fo te resting such a picture faithfully delineated w would on d have immortalized the name of thes the artist p they have gone away feeling good and wil ail we w feel neel good for though their company Is very agreeable out philanthropy is so large largo are willing their presence should benefit other settlements as well weil as ours much of our grain is ripe ana and harvested pro prospects are very good forthe por for the rest yours respectfully flats ll aus Ats NEW co EDITOR deseret NEWS this place ewas was vis visited itSou ou sunday dinst i with the most destructive flood ever known in this region of country it begun about noon and lasted aboul about two hours striking the first field on the north side if it damaged nearly every farm for a distance of nearly three miles milea down north ash creek several loads of wheat in shock as well as hay bay were wept swept away while many acres of wheat and corn were leveled with the ground elder wm W taylor one of the principal sufferers measured hall washed against his Is field to to tle tae the depth of two feet while some of his wheat was covered with it to the depth of one root foot A small piece ieca of rich bottom land belonging to prest james ames if imlay upon which were gr grapes apes sweet rotators rota potatoes toes and other valuable crops was narl nari nearly ru ruined ned he also had some fifty rods of cedar tence lence carried away by the water and some gome others had quite as much swept off omm the aggregate of which would be about rods A short distance south of our village james pace lost his milk house with one barrel of butter one onel barrel and a half of molasses milk vessels etc I 1 much damage la Is done to the corn and potato crops we n 0 were verc visited luu leu a luw lew few weeks since by uy president recai erastus Snow who counseled the people of this place in relation to forting dorting against indian depredations since which commendable efforts have been made in that direction bishop henry lunt and whose ward we pertain visited us two weeks since and amo among rig other duties performed blessed 15 infants infanti A day school has been in session durin during the last 3 months hon william pace has received the appointment of postmaster for tor this place several numbers odthe of the deseret NEWS WEEKLY and semiweekly SEMI WEEKLY are taken by our citizens and are read with much interest J ta heywood hexwood ST at tarou Tn ohlas ollAS aug atlo jtb EDITOR DESERET news HEWS today we were visited by a freshet fre het from a big wash at or in the mouth of which we are camped and have begun building a fort and be bet low which our town plot Is located on a nice level piece of ground the weather has been showery for a few vew days past though very little rain fell feu in this vicinity till today it rainea rained heavily in the wash which caused a considerable amount of water to come down through h our fort and city plot but I 1 am happy boszy to say that no damage worthy of mention was done to alfe fife or property this wash Is subject to fresho ets 1 according to indian report and Is therefore by omo somo considered an unsafe location for aset aret a settlement tl good health prevails generally in the muddy considering our exposure to the heat of the sun tile the chilly rains and the blasting winds which sweep across this valley A A good crop of wheat offbeat has been harvested this i year on the th muddy I 1 think about 7 bushels about two weeks more will finish threshing I 1 no boat yet at the landing la but on one ono e lg is looked 0 for farsoon soon cotton cane and corn corb though late fol look weil weli well weli and promising A the indians ard peaceable I 1 am din yours in ill haste C |
