Show 0 t 0 I o H i. 1 i ol uI otI i z 1 I oJo Ht I oio I I 01 H f 1 10 j rL REMINISCENCES OF et f 1 I r 4 J AN OLD OLO SETTLER J E tI I 3 I- I 01 10 i I J I I- I I I I l' l I H Z Io HAYDE CALVERT ALVERT AL VERT f BY H HAYDEN AYDEN i rn rno o inc with ith your ur l' l re request 1 X quest for a statement nt from some from some el of f the h old settlers s 's this res-I res ld on on res reservation res-I res and being in m that class clas classI 1 s 4 I T jot do down n a few ew o of the incident incidents 1 w i as a I I. I remember b r them during th the x past past thirty years 1 In October 1885 I received an appointment as Indian trader at ate at I i Utah I immediate 1 r l ly resigned d my position as agent for the Cincinnati Southern i. i Rail Railway way c company at Junction i 1 City b began gm tired tired- il prep preparation 1 f r foi for my journey west westIn In November of that year I 1 lm bade u farewell to my family and and friends and proceeded to Salt Salt Lake Lake City Find Finding hinding 1 g on inquiry I that tha the tho only direct road to th the 1 reservation n was snow blocked Cd m that h JL l would pe e compelled ped 1 Ito to go go to River Gr Green City ori on tin l Union Pacific and and take tik ti 0 trail from froni that point I secured n a j light rig and driver drivel and proceeded proceed proceed- f r f cd ed on n my trip south south f The lc c. c firs first f night out Q we stopped with n a t rancher who vho kept the mail v t f j tion where we we were very relY com coin coins coin's s 's t i 4 i f quartered The second T T. T night we Tea 1 reached cached hed the top Of t f r Diamond nd mountain where there vas was about three fe feet t Of sn snow i We Ve found an unoccupied cabin j in in which was a a stove an and as wo we i- i had a bed and we wc pro pro- j 7 to o make mal ourselves at home The following night we we we I Old Ashley where the tho post o fice in that s sc section i was vas lo- lo to-f to I dated ted where here found very ca we very com coin coin j 4 quarters Vernal Venial was in the tho bud at that just in time and l J 1 thi think no o bus business n hack r. r open opened q lip up al at that t place Our Oili t road troad road not leading leadin through air J o V d i Ti set b t n i t u e x nor tear lC 1 t y it soken of The next da cla- cla dak we ve I 0 reached and had hadr ry r tr s some difficulty in fi finding s some l ony to care for us for a few fe days bt Mr irA MrA A. A Murdock M. M and wife I came lame came in and established a bO board board- j p. p lug ing house for employees and mid I from rom that time on we were well veIl i taken care of 1 I found the nan whom I Iwa i f L 1 was wa to to succeed bU business r. r in In a rough JJ hoard ard a structure I I no inside finish rough shelving t and and c counters r 1 l bought the l t. t L. L house se nn and nd stock tock o of goods and nd i proceeded 1 i. i to do 10 business ha having r l formy my patrons a people wh who o l asa asi as s sa 1 i a a arule a rule know ver very little lel l i j cat talk and I none of theirs In fr V- V Vor or order er however to trade they they would point to to what they want want- want want-j L I L- L J. J i. i J ed d and awkward d. d as it was as we managed to get along with the ther r help of some of the Indians wl who o r could speak English Thus mat mat- I tors moved along until the fall of off 1 S. S 1886 when the agent received i notice that troops were to be besent i sent to the reservation E. E El HF 7 7 White hite was then act acting agent j i. i On receipt of this information j r rl he called the employees s together together ell to discuss the thc advisability of no-I no llO- llO no-J no f tiring the Indians of the coming r of the soldiers It was decided that it was best hest to Lo let them know know and accordingly Iy the agent called the Indians in council and in in-I formed them of the decision orI or of I the government to send soldiers t I r in The Indians Indiana at once became became I I II I very much excited and wanted tot to know wh why Washington was doing doing do- do I do-I ing this as the they were peaceably inclined Mr 11 White tried to pac 1 pac pac- pac pac-j ft if them but failed to convince 4 them that the motive was wab for foi fore their benefit and not harm After After Af Af- AfI I ter the council no In Indians ians camo cameto came I to the agency for several days I remember get getting ing on top tOl of they the thc l agency barn with others to tu sect r if we could disco discover vcr their move- move 0 meats but no Indian could heti he be t seen scell Within the next t day clay 01 or orso ti so some Sallie of the Indians came cline and and reported the tle soldiers on the ics ics- reservation near wl ele Moffat 1 isnow ia iu iut now located ali and I to make il it itt t- t f j t t- y do L I w worse nurse ose they were v buffalo sold sold- l-d l I This word came just At t nightfall and the agent decided t to take the Indians down to meet th 4 commanding officer and let leth h h. h explain to tp them the object of his mission They consented to V igo go and he and A. A Q Boan in inco I co company with some of the ul Indians hurriedly set out Al At the tho same time we who were lef at the agency gency gathered such I fir fiu arms aims as ag we had and took ref- ref Ug in iii ri a a small log building for sat safety ty Slight protection 11 lead had d tl there l l be been n any real trouble On I m nutting the commanding ing officer th J Indians were made to und under r st stolid cJ that he did not come to molest t t them but to to protect t them hem I frim the bad whites Quiet was i boim 1 restored cl and everything e wept woUt t on oil as usual The troops troops' t goopS I m r c. c it h ii rind pi decoded d to build permanent I 1 rs malting making quite a season season ol of Activity while putting up the Ju dings They also constructed construct construct- ed cd th road to to Price llico and built buill collect bridge collect colIe t. t I ing inq ton toll froni lom over it until compensated for its construe construe- construe I iio i l They also put P lt in a telephone tele tele- I phone h C line lino to Pric il about abut 18 7 there e were two agencies lone ono at t and one ne at Quay y puh and an ah agent appo appointed d I eIch At about that time timo I h agencies were consolidated lane and nr Ouray made a sub sub agency I with wit witha l' l la a cleric in charge Ip the fall of 18 1896 6 my family I cane out leaving the railroad at ri ile fe e coming o O i i road I U no 10 re H f t ing ng I 1 J. J 11 1 C P ig A I t oitt 1 n a aai i rr wio ai l at t the foot of the 1111 11 jus Just aH Or of present ies Myton My i siU laic fording fouling th t l I rover l river Ver at point I 1 hm have e c n 3 j pleas pleas- leas leas- unit lIlt recollections of our out life at I I locks especially during ithe administration n of f Mr 1 Rob 1 ert Vaugh ir Waugh when we we va l had td many little social parties which which I am am sui sure surg none one of the tho participants I II I h have ave f forgotten I then came eama to io toI what i I was known as Duchesne I Bridge a as s Indian India 1 trader in 1902 At that time tine there were Cio whites here except my family fancily 1 und anti the he t government farmer fanner Mr I JA IA A. A If 11 Addis who had no family I My residence was the thc only one there h and it built t l' l nn was of crooked cottonwood logs with for a roof loof and on the front I was a veranda with a dirt floor floor an anda muLa La brush roof loof This building I I Iliad had seven i rooms and was a stopping stopping stop stop- ping place for all travel between J Price and the Uintah basin the I Uintah railway not being in op- op cration oration at that time this his palatial pala pal palatial I a-I f residence burned binned in July 1905 throwing us out of doors where we ye I cooked ate and slept under the broad canopy until i il I could procure a tent from Salt Lake Jake City Shortly after this this I Hie he reservation was tin thrown own open mId and the people began to flock in but most of them were prepared I Io I to o camp We Ye lived in ina a tent until the middle of I December when we c moved into our pres- pres cut residence which was just then completed About the first I arrivals were E. E M M. Jones and S S.D. S. S I D. D Wagoner Y Others followed I shortly l' l Of or Of the early comers i iwho who arc are still here are J. J 0 O. Hahn Halm I and wife Da D D. Barry and wife C C. 1 T. T Beggs and family I. I W. W Ode Ode- kirk and family II G. G Clarke ClarIte and f family A. A M. M Todd and family fancily and Mrs J Martha 1 Stewart and probably flome others The rhe post I omCO was vas established in May l 1901 1903 and Major H. H P. P Myton 1 wait wail van a agent at that time His in influence influence in- in fluence seemed secured the UI I name My I ILon ton Lon for fur the office and naturally the same sume name was given the the town l l Continued on Pago Page Three I I I 1 C i |