Show BUCK HAWKERS Cheerful Speeches and CJn gratulatory Letters OLD AND YOUNG DANCE i j Themgelves in Social Oon And Enjoy verfleProceedinirs at the Encampment of Last Evenlnjc and This Porenoon The Beunions Will be Held Annually Hereafter Our report of the Black Hawk war encampment yesterday closed while Comrade L John Nuttall was speaking speak-ing lie spoke of the Indian war und commented on the trials and hardships engendered by the same Such names as Major Vance General Thurber Peter Cownover Abram G Cownover aud James A Loveless were montoned in reverence in connection with those stirring times He was firmly of the opinion that the seryices of the veterans would be recognized by the government Willim Creer and company of Spanish Fjrk sing < We are Tenting Tonight on the old Camp Ground Comr de I srael Evans spoke in behalf be-half of the old Mormon battalion He quoted Colonal Cook that such a march < la nfunro 5 lelBewnere i ofj2QQ9mil ln the annals uOiBiatoty The historY of the movement was briefly given the Comrade Jos ph Shpley of i Mormon battalion sang a comic matrimonial matri-monial Bong Jeremiati A poem written especially for the occasion by Major S Jones of Provo read by the author was the Comrade Henson Walker one of pioneers also a veteran of the Walker related some of his experiences war Judze W U Dueenberry was Gratified Grati-fied that Utah county had led out in honor where honor was due He doing but he had followed not a pioneer was with yoke of cows that pulled good down hill and held back going going that hill He expressed a desire nip might profit by the he young people with a and ciosed 01 tue past leaauna wish that our country might grow and become great through the patriotism of her Ions and daughters been A number of letters have received from the committee Among them are the following mOM THE FIRST PRESIDENCY The First Presidency acknowledge kind invitation to thanks your with attend proposed gathering of all your Indian who took part in the the men wars of Central Utah on the 22nd and 23rd of bis month They cannot to attend as their time is so completely promise occupied in matters that receive their personal attention must and kindly greeting They send you a that your reunion will be in every I hope sense a complete racial suceas as they certainly feel it deserves to be Your Brother GEO F Gums Secretary FROM B T BURTON I 5 Please present a greeting to my old comrades and associates in the early Indian campaigns of this territory present at your encampment tomorrow Wednesday 23rd and my regrets that important business engagements will prevent my attendance and deprive me of the pleasure of enjoying that grand reunion of the briye officers und solders of the militia ot Utah who participated without compensation in the Walker Black Hawk and other I Indian wars and in the yery trying i and hazardous duties incident to the settlement and perpetuity of this great S and grand state 1 feel quite sure that not many of my fellow soldiers who had better opportunities than myself tof Judging the efficiency readiness and patriotism of the Utah militia during Battle campaigns on the Indian war Creek and Provo thence running with through the many engaeementa the wily Indian foe at Springville ou 4ne Sevier and in the Sanpete valleyp the long i also feel quite sure that delayed time is now very near when the measure of reward that passed the S house of representatives of the United States and lodged in the senate will receive attention and relief be given When the facts are known our great government cannot afford to deprive de-prive you of proper compensation I remain gentlemen Yours respectfully R T BUKTON S FROM JOHN It WINDER GEITTLKMEN I thank you for your kind invitation to participate in vour grand summer gathering and regret that I cannot be present Many or the scenes we passed through together in the years 186567 pass vividly before S mv mind I recall the patience endurance endur-ance and selfsacrifice of the brave men r who as minute men at the sound of the bugle or tap of the drum supplied themselves with the necessary outfit for campaign services year alter year in defense of the citizens in isolated parts of our territory The fight in Salina canyon in 1865 the conflict at Gravelly Ford in 1866 and the battle at Thistle Valley in he same vear are all fresh in our memories Since that time many brave men who took an active part in those eyents have gone to the great beyond All of this three years service was performed and the entire expense amounting in all to more than one million dollars was done by the citizens citi-zens and not one dollar has been received re-ceived by them for it from the government govern-ment mentThe The accounts were promptly furnished fur-nished and certified to by Governor Durkee 1 saw him sign the certificate that the service had been performed by his order and that the accounts were just This certificate was sent to Washingtjn with the accounts The document was presented to congress aid ordered printed Comrades I believe that ere long yon will be paid for your services so generously and brave performed HI wish you a happy reunion one that will cement brave and good men more closely in love and union Very respectfully JOHN R WINDER At 6 p m supper was served and in the evening all the young people under 110 years of age had a dance Those over that ago were put to bed And what a crowd there was out in the grove watching grav haired veterans and their gray haired partners dance and themselves dancing It seemed that everybody was out Never was there such a throng of humanity out for pleasure at Holdawavs park or anywhere any-where else in Provo atd never any I wiiezedid a crowd enjoy themselves SS AT CAMP TODAY I The old militia boys were Stirring I i bright and early this morning As the i sun pulled up in the sky to the place i which marks 10 oclock they weie all found seated in the grove William Creer acted as master of ceremonies Comrade B W Driggs of Peasant Grove set the ball rolling with an excellent ex-cellent speech When he had asked an Old comrade if he had been on a certain expedition he replied Yes I have been in all of them This is truo of many While many have no scars they have seen many of the comrades com-rades scarred and tall by their sides He paid special attention to the wives and mothers the old yeterans who had endured more than those who went to Qvht the redskins They lived in constant fear and terror and endured en-dured every hardship Special mention men-tion was made of the wife of General Pace who as a young lady had cooked for the boy who did the lighting Miss Pearl Westuood recited a tar selection Comrade Mathew Caldwell of Ash le > the veteran of the Mormon batal lion and of all the Indian warswalked to the stand with erect stature and all the vigor of a young man though his hair is silvery white He related a number of his war experiences and gave a historical aletch of several expeditions ex-peditions He was one of the fourteen men who formed a guard of General Freiutnt and he assisted in burying the bones of the illfated liald well J1arty who staryed to death in the Sierra Ueyadas Atter recounting incidents in-cidents of almost starvation and other tsrrible experiences he poceeded to 1 give the women credit for what they had done they had to cook tue gru when there was any grub to cook at d they had the children to attend to It anybody deserves a pension it i h the women II Several old veterans were named leler OowaoverCharlea Hancock Han-cock and others The speaker in conclusion con-clusion expressed himself as being out of whack and not prepared to speak on account of short notice Hd WAS no eohool mast r all the schooling school-ing he ever got was in camp Miss Peal Davis of Lehi i sang a plaintive love song Comrade W W Cluff represented the Walker var veterans He gave si short historical account of the San pete campaign ot 1853 and referred to other Indian difficulties The Dolicy of the leading men of the territory at that time was not to extenninae the Indi ans but to get along with them as best j they could and kill as few as possible this notwithstanding the Indians killed and drove off horses and cattle raided settlements and murdered citzens Missions were estab ihed among the Indians and they were taught to furm and support sup-port HionipeKf T1 erniaent had hid ess trouble with the lid a is of Utah nan any other place on account of f > m policy and yet tue government had never appropriated a dollar to pay these men for their services Comrade Trane of Lehi read an origins orig-ins poem entitled The Walker War written by E J Colbey Comrade Charles Browereton of Pay son did not claim that the veterans I were especially brave men bu hey had always ueen w ling to reap nd o tle I call of duty H1 believed tuat the young people would step forward and I le willing to perform their duties also Hd tiii I eijoycd the encampment ana hoped they would continue George ilarnsron and company pan U Always Look Upon the Sunny Side They were enchorcd and responded with A Merry Festival Comrade John A Vance eon of Major John W Vance who was killed at Twelve Mile Creek delivered a speech He related an incident of his fathers life in connection with the firRt flag of Alpine While the speaker was not old enough at the time of the Indian troubles to take part in them he was old enough to remember the struggles of these brave men the fear of the mothers wives and children child-ren left behind The scene of his lathers departure from home before he was killed was depicted His father felt impressed that he would never return I re-turn bu he aaid I must do my duty anJ rode away on his roan horse John Robertson read an i riginal T1etiCp1 composition Diamond Creek Battle Comrade S T Curtis of Salem who has been on the fruntier since his boyhood boy-hood and whoso father died a martyr in Missouri related some of his numerous numer-ous Indian experiences omitting hon exer a > pnngville watermelon experi nce The veterans formed into line under command of Captain Page to have their photographs taken |