Show PENSIONS COMING FOR N tie OLD VETS black hawk awk Fish fighter of early days bein 9 looked after 4 by utah senator washington D C feb 4 the senate has ba passed a bill to apply the provisions p ra visions of the act pensioning survivors of the indian wars of 1832 to 1842 to survivor of the indian wars that occurred in utah colorado minnesota and idaho down to and including 1867 senator smoot stated thai that seven hundred veterans of these wars in utah would be affected by the bill the indian campaigns of county and immediate known as the black hawk war alone cost the period covered by invasions against the redskins there was 1865 1866 and 1867 As early as IM 1868 col john R winder collected and made up the accounts of the expenses of that war and aad the matter was brought tj the attention aUen tion of confers congress by delegate william 11 hooper the amount was no portion of which has ever been paid pe Je legate hooper had bad previously previous ip ben been successful in having adjusted ceru certa in claims for indian wt buru ra during g the early fifties the slie counties I 1 ih ra w which aich the p principal ri engagements took place durings the first decade of settlement were utah and tofele and latterly in ir cache valley |