Show THE OGDEN STAND DECEPTIVE STRATEGY WORKED Lv BEAR RIVER ( AP) — More than 250 United States Array troops rode out of Ft- Douglas near Salt Lake City at sundown on Jan 25 1863 They endured subzero weather to complete a march that ended in one of the West's bloodiest Indian battles Col Patrick E Connor rode at the head of the soldiers His assignment was to protect Marshal Isaac L Gibbs who carried warrants for the arrest of Sagwitch Lehi and Sanpitch JL U1C Da Uliuvv aim jvr- VI11C1S shone Indians who were terrorizing Northern Utah and southeastern Idaho The chiefs hadf consolidated their tribes and had set up a camp in Battle Creek Ravine on the Bear River near Franklin which was just north of the Utah-Idah- o - Bear-Hunt- line Coir Connor made it clear before he left that he would show no mercy on the Indians if they resisted the arrests of their chiefs: DEVISED PLAN And he devised a plan which he hoped would deceive the In marching north from Ft Douglas They traveled about 15 miles i day toward the Indian encamp ment Three days later Connor left Salt Lake City with the cavalry It was to travel fast and only at night and was to join the infan was try just before made against the Indians Connor hoped the Indians would see only theJnfantry and thus be caught off guard and not have a chance to escape The weather almost defeated the colonel's plan It was 10 de grees below zero when the cava! ry left Ft Douglas on a forced march the night of Jan 25 It got colder before morning and many of the men droped out with frostbite Capt Charles H Hempstead one of the cavlary officers wrote this about the march: JThose who were there at the time or participated in the events recounted can well rememberhow can they ever forget? — that fearful night march Clear and brilliant shone the stars upon the dreary earth mantled with deep snow but bitter and intense was the cold The shrill north wind swept over the lakes and down the mountain sides freezing with Its cold breath every rivulet and stream The moistened breath freezing as it left the lips hung in miniature icicles from beards of brave men "All that long night the men rode on facing the wintry wind ana uncomplainingly enduring an intensity of cold rarely if ever before experienced jiven in these mountain regions HOURS PASSED "Hour after hour passed on dragging its slow length along with not a word save that of command at intervals to break upon the monotonous clamp clamp of the steeds and the clatter of sabres as they rattled in their tne-eio- ve 68-mi- le - - I positions This surprise move knocked "As morning dawned the the Indians off balance and as troops stiff and cold entered the they concentrated their fire on the little town of Box Elder The intruders the cavalry poured into sufferings of that night march of the ravine 68 miles can never be told in The confused Indians made a words Many were frozen and break for the plain but Connor necessarily left behind but the had a detachment of cavalry wait troops after 'a halt by day again ing lor them and bloody faced the severity of the winter fighting erupted on the and pressed on the infantry by bank of the river day and the cavalry by nignt The troops — as Col Connor to deceive the wily foe" promised — showed no mercy in The Indians meanwhile kept a swooping down on the helpless close watch on the infantry and Indians Many braves leaped into the prepared to annihilate it once it came near their camp Bear- - river to swim its freezing waters Hunter head of the consolidated borne were shot others froze to tribes which numbered 500 re- death A bullet killed Chief Bear- portedly was looking forward to "personally slaughtering many of Hunter as he made bullets at a the white soldiers" fire into which he fell Chief LeOn the 28th the Indians re hi died when a soldier ran a sameived the shock Connor and the bre into his chest cavalry joined the infantry at Sagwitch was wounded but he Franklin only a few miles from Pocatello and Sanpitch 1 escaped their camp by swimming the icy river It was too late for the Indians The battle fought in to try to escape for the soldiers temperatures lasted four would easily overtake them Bear- - hours When it was over the Hunter ordered the ravine" font bodies of 224 Indians and 14 solf ied for a showdown fight with diers littered the ground Forty-nin- e the troops troops were wounded and At dawn on the 29th Connor 79 disabled by the coldnine of surveyed the Indian camp from them died within a few days a hill overlooking it The troops captured 160 Inrne ravine tnrougn wnicn a dians most of 'them squaws and creek ran south into Bear River children About 50 Indians were was from 30 to 40 feet wide 20 wounded and not more than that to 30 feet deep and a mile long number escaped There was only one entrance The next Connor's men de which opened on a wide plain stroyed the day Indian camp placed that extended to the river the dead and wounded soldiers in Connor saw it would be impos- wagons and began the cold march sible to fire down on the Indians back to Ft Douglas because they were so well pro- They received a hero's welcome tected under ravine walls that in Salt Lake City and the old slanted inward Salt Lake Herald summed up the SURROUNDED RAVINE expedition with these words: "Thus was completed one of He ordered the ravine surroundmost successful expeditions the ed to prevent the Indians from es of the West against hostile In caping by scaling the walls and dians The emigrant route in gen decided to risk a cavalry attack eral has been made comparatively across tne open plain By now he had abandoned any idea of ar safe and Northern Utah has been freed from serious In resting the chiefs without a fight practically dian depredations As two companies of cavlary rtCol Connor made full use of approached the river which they the surprise in his march against had to cross to reach the plain Indians by causing the 'in the about 20 Indians danced into the to lead the way and the fantry open waving scalps and daring the troops to attack A few rifle cavalry to follow by night If had known early shots sent the braves scurrying a that enough large body of cavfor shelter a company of inof instead The soldiers had difficulty cross- alry were en route it is quite fantry ing the river because of cold that band would probable his water and floating ice ' Once across the companies at- have scattered before the troops tacked the entrance to the ravine had arrived at Bear River" but the Indians' repulsed them with a withering hail of rifle fire that cut down many of the solhand-to-han- ' Gians On Jan 22 he sent Capt Sam uel N Hoyt with 50 infantrymen SALT LAKE CITY — Follow- ing a tradition of more than 20 years' standing beautiful girls from counties throughout Utah will compete for a royal crown at the 1955 Utah State Fair Sept r M It if: I sub-freezi- ' £L"- The beauty pageant always a popular event at the fair will be open only to one candidate from each of the 29 counties in Utah according to Harold W Gill fair manager It will be a procession of queens since each contestant will be a beauty queen or contest w inner from the county she represents Each candidate is to be se- lected at a county fair or other celebration under direction of a 'V j d mm fii irrii r I'tl i w imwii ' marathon runner from Hamilton Ontario nears his destination— the mayor of Pittsburgh Pa Bob Whorwood right had no trouble finding Pittsburgh but got lost trying to find the mayor's office where he finally delivered a message from the mayor of Hamilton He lost 14 pounds dure run made ing his to arouse interest in wrestling matches staged for the benefit of the Pittsburgh Firemen's Widows Pension Fund OFFICE SPACE 2lA Blocks from 25th and Wash Blvd Occupancy About Nov 1st Will Finish to Suit Lessee INQUIRE MR EUBANK PHONE 7785 reafesfl' Vdlye Eight-year-ol- d in iPtolh! 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Altmhmlfca 360-mil- - Floor three-minut- Utah (AP) — Margo Jensen has a heroine's medal i to show her friends Its the American Legion's "award for heroism' one of he highest presented by the veterans' organization Margo daughter of Mr and Mrs Eldon Jensen of Dugway was given the medal for her action in saving Patrick Yeomans from a playmate surto failed drowning when he face in the post swimming pool 68 HE RUNS 360 MILES A 900 Sq Ft New Ground three-minut- PROVING DUGWAY GROUND Still Going ng er iMirinJiTf I Girl Gets Medal For Savings Friend BOB WIIORWOOD r near-Hunt- n - I 1- i 16-2- 5 Vt U®9 i county fair committee or by a committee selected by county commissioners Mr Gill pointed ' out The winning "Miss Utah State Fair" of 1956 will reign over all activities of the State Fair following her coronation and will retain her crown until she crowns her successor next year She will receive an all expense trip to Hollywood and a wardrobe The sponsoring for the trip Fair Assn State the and county for the will be responsible queen's wardrobe to cost $300 A talent presentation will again be part of the beauty contest e according to Mr Gill A include presentation may singing dancing playing a musical instrument dramatic read- e talk on smg or a career aspirations i o er AUGUST 28 1955 Qirls From 29 Utah Counties To Compete for Fair Crown Half an hour later 100 cavalry (Editor's note: In February United States Army men made another charge across 1863 troops slaughtered more than the plain This time they stopped battle short of the' entrance and di200 Indians in a bloody ' ' In weather freezing fought the Indians' fire while Maj border verted near the Utah-IdahEdward McGarry and 20 soldiers The Associated Press retells crawled into the brush and enthe story of the Battle of Bear tered the ravine River in the last of a series Maj McGarry and his men im on tales' of early Utah) mediately opened fire on Indian S BENEDICT A7 R OG DEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING IN West's Bloodiest Indian War Cost Lives of 224 Tril besmen Bj nOWARD ARD-EXAIINE- IhlV urn - |