Show utah s pioneers faced acute defense problems those who prefer to live in III un gamim villages we expect are able I 1 to tak care caie of themselves and they will not call on oil us to go out of our wa walla its for foi their protection protect fon lon thus BrIg haill young in words which nilam have applied to our recent attitude toward preparedness sarcas barcas warned those settlers who wl acro ro growing careless relesa ca to the danger cr f indian attacks according to compiled compile by the utah writers project hii afa A for foi a long monograph on early utah fort boits to be published 1 in fit utah historical quarterly the first pioneer watch wards ward had been alertness and defense brigham youngs farsighted policy of feeding rather than lighting fighting the indian tribes was kt amazingly mazin gly successful atul but the under bilg threat was there and a sensible 0 rol o policy must include preparations 1 for emergencies careless settlers who disregarded youngs warnings to live unprotected on nn farms lit in central utah were in ISS 1853 taught a harash lesson when the ute itte war chief walker with a band of marauders plundered the glon killing borne boino 20 settlers and making oft off with scored of livestock thus walker according to george A smith evidently had more influence to make the she saints aey abey counsel than the presidency of the church smith continued I 1 admit a man Is I 1 free to servo the devil it if lie he thinks proper but let me tell you it Is cheaper in the end to heed counsel smith was talking about constructing forts and living within their protection tec tion had adequate forts been built for each new settlement expansion to outlying areas by individuals been curtailed the periodic losses to the indians indiana might have been avoided settlements without forts borts however were the exception tor for the pioneers built dozens ot of them theirl youngs plan of at colonization called tor for rapid expansion pan sion but at the same time he insisted that expansion remain within the bounds of adequate protection although the nor new land appeared peaceful peace tul and the f few ew indians indiana encountered by the 1847 pioneers professed kindly intentions young insisted that a f ort fort be erected at the site of plo pioneer park in salt lak alty As settlements branched to other oilier utah valleys the precautions were taken lit in some cases as in the instance of provo attempts were ivere made to enclose the whole settlement and Brig liam young once instituted construction st of a wall around salt lake city the most feasible fort however proved to bo be one of great strength but of smaller dimensions where settlers could congregate in case of attack these forts were e usually erected within the boundaries of 0 the set or adjacent a t to I 1 it t construction of forts required a lot of dilme and backbreaking back breaking labor effort which was sadly needed tor for production of crops but walker had ibis raiders the gunnison Gunn lson massacre the and black hawk uprisings demonstrated that the radian indian was not entirely trusted and that effort utilized in fort construction was not wasted indeed it Is likely that ohp the sf stalwart alwart mormon forts even when logical barrier to indian depredations the there re are many remnants rem rom mants of old pioneer forts in utah and a few settlements tle tie ments still remain the fort as part of their names some of 0 these structures truc tures were so well built as to withstand the ravages of time and ire still standing love fort lit in mallard county Is it 0 remarkable remar keble example of 0 the latter standing as a monument to venturesome past |