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Show Lote ere eee eevee eee. aeeeeeNeeeeeee DAILY jarblue.com Voices of Hope Sunday, Febriagy 19, 2006 HERALD ' THE HISTORY PAGE < GOT HISTORY? The Daily Herald. is lookingfor interesting stories about local history for this weekly page. ¢ Make suggestions or submit material by e-mail to Executive Editor Randy Wright, mright@heraldextra. i’ com. Or mail to the Daily Herald, P.O. Box 717, Provo, UT 84603-0717. No phonecalls please. ~ Suicide Should Never Be’ An Option CO)aOR CL xMMT Oem Xeoe TULMXO). at young people taking their ownlives in Utah, told largely throughthe searing personal stories ofyoungfilmmakers Frontier violence traumatized both colonists and Indians D. Robert Carter whose lives have been touched Na LaeLoe Monday, February 20, at 8:00 p.m. A collaboration with Spy Hop Productions andtheNational Alliance for the Mentally Ill (Utah Chapter). YAU sy, PegeCereCuecome BoCMaCeen ee eo ae eR Robert WoodJohnson Foundation; Norman and Barbara Tanner; Utah Medical Association Foundation; Esther Foundation, in partnership with Countrywide Loans; and Robert D. Kent, Jr. Charitable Trust Fund. In-kind contribution by Newsletters Ink. uring a March 1849 skirmish near the mouth of Battle Creek Canyon egade Utes who had been steal- ing cattle belonging to Utah’s settlers. This brutish clash actuated a ingly cycle of revenge andretribution that whipped back and forth across Central Utah for the next 20 years, traumatizing Native Americans andcolonistsalike. One classic example of this spiraling cycle of violence began with an outragein the settlement of Manti in Sanpete Valley. This butchery sent a gust of brutal fury raging through Salt Creek Canyon'to . Nephi, from there to Cedar Valley, andall the way to Salt Lake City. The incident in Manti be- - gan ratherinoffensively late in August 1853 during the height of the Walker War, when bad feelings betweenthe colonists and the Utes ran rampant. iS rm =e powerful renegade Ute chief whoselikeness is seen here. UtahState Historical Society Martha Spence Heywood, a wife of Territorial MarshalJoseph L. Heywood recorded the massacre of a numberof Gosiute Indiansin Nephi. men, one boy about 16 years old, five women andfour children. The men gaveuptheir guns andset up their camp whathappened next. Major Higgins reported to President Isaac Morley, who was in charge of the Manti colo- Courtesy The Walker War, one of Utah’s early Indian conflicts, was namedafter Walkara,the Four male Indians entered near the gate of Manti’s stone ny, and told him what the scout- Sanpete Coufity’sinitial settle. ment, surrendered their arms and quietly remained there overnight. Duringtheir stay, the Indians smoked the pipe of peace with their hosts, who madeseveral promises to their dusky guests. Representatives of the Mormon colony toldthe four Indians they could live in Manti in peace and safety and work for the colony’s settlers, if they returned, unarmed, with their families. The Indian menleft Manti the next morning, and after being gonefor several days, they returned with their families. The small group numbered four fort and inside of the colony’s sentinels. After the invited guests arrived, some ofthe colonists followed the trail of the Indians back to their previous camp. Near the campsite, the men founda cache containing some buckskins,a buffalo robe and somestolen lead. The squad _returned to Manti with the plunderandreported their findings to Major Higgins,the commanderofthat military district. Andrew L.Siler, at the request ofhis friends, Levi W. Hancock,Daniel B. Funk and Sylvester Hullet, wrotea letter to Brigham Young,telling him ing party had found. The major asked Morley whatshould be donewith the seemingly inoffensive Indians. Morley’s decision was undoubtedly influenced by the fact that a group of Utes had raided nearby Allred Settlement (Spring City) on August 2, and also by the newsthat the warriors andtheir families, who werenow seeking sanctuary _in Manti, had cached stolen lead used for making musket balls.Siler wrotein his letter to Young that Morley stated “his mindwas tokill them.” Continued on B3 1 Key Optimum MoneyMarket Savings PRICESSLASHEDAGAIN! OUsO: ve CY APY* EVERYTHING! ALL PTO ekLS Wy1 for balances of $50,000 to $99,999.99 la pe Noteasers, just great rates. With a Key Optimum Money Market Savings Account,it’s not an introductory rate it's a terrific everyday rate. And whetherit’s a personalor small business account, you always have easy access to your money. 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