Show Early arly History Of Manti I B By Mrs 1 A B B. B Sid Sidwell we well 1 I f 1 CHAPTER IV IY CITY AND COUNTY ORGANIZED FIRST CRIST MILL 1 ETC In the spring of 51 President B. B Young again visited tl the le valley and andon J J on April a high his council was as ff organized the people were now moving mo upon their city lots as fast as possible and our little burg was transferred from the pupae state in into into Into in- in to a full fledged city with Dan Jones as mayor Jezreel W. W v. v Cook Orville Orvill S. S Agram Washburn Washburn Washburn Wash- Wash burn Geo P. P Billings Isaac Morley Jr Sam H. H Marble 1 Newman Brown Bro BrownJohn BrownJohn John Lowry and Cyrenus Taylor Talor councilors Phineas W. W Cook was sent to Manti 1 by President Young during the Summer ummer of oC 50 to erect orect of 13 a gristmill grist gristmill grist gristmill mill two thirds of oC the tho means being furnished by President Young and antl the rest by Father 1 Morley It was wasa a handsome gift for up to this tale all the grinding had been done in a hand mill a concern resembling a I large coffee mill that was ns passed from house to house I The citizens were very proud of this mill when completed and the I spirit of burning admiration is not I entirely extinguished yet et It was wasI I very In its construction I being merely a gig wheel standing I perpendicular with the stones stoneson on the upper end of thew the tho v w hell shaft and driven b the same wheel shaft and by the same The were made of native rock cc t obtained ed in Salt Lake valley a kind of granite called buhr stone stono j I Tho The capacity of the tho mill was from ii i i I twelve to sixteen bushel per hour and considering g its size it was really I wonderful While V lIo recently discussing dis dis- discussing cussing Its merits with author John Patten in his usual eloquent vehement vehement ve ve- vehement ve- ve and enthusiastic manner exclaimed exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- claimed It Il was a cheap cheal mado made mill and I challenge the world at nt the present da day to build a more primitive primi primi- primitive tive live and efficacious ono one The Tho tim timbers hors bers required In its construction were whipsawed h by O. O S. S Cox and Geo P. P Billings ho hewing ing took the tho place of the more laborious method wherever it was advisable and aid puncheon added solidity and strength to the structure i The Tho following summer a saw mill was built and put in operation by hr Chas Shumway Both mills standing standIng standIng stand- stand Ing at the mouth of City Creek Canyon I I f I I I On tho the 3rd of February 1552 Legislature acts provided for the organization organization organization or or- of twelve twel counties in Utah and among them was Sanpete On the tho of oC February George Peacock was as appointed b by Governor Governor B n. n Young Judge of Sanpete County and On wn March 1 the tho County CO Court of County Countr held its ils first session in Manti lanti with tho the following fol rol- following lowing lo persons as members Geo Goo I Peacock Judge Gardner Snow i Phineas W. W Cook and James RIchey selectmen Nelson Higgins sheriff John Lowry Jr assessor and Col l treasurer Cyrenus H. H Taylor Tay Tay- Ta Taylor lor clerk It has be been on a characteristic to seek of every Mormon 1 community amusement with which to alleviate the otherwise dreary drear monotony otheir of o- their arduous toil toB I I I I company Accordingly a theatrical company was was organized through the effort I j jand I and kindly encouragement of Smith wife wiCe of Father Albert Smith This company styled themselves I Thespians and many a along along long dreary evening was enlivened I Iby by their attempts 1 to portray various phases of human life Sister Smith I j was one ono o of the leading spirits in asocial a asocial social wa way nay and the town was inI in- in I II to her for or a great deal of I entertainment some of which was S I lor of lasting instructive spiritual or re re- re C nature i In the tho spring of 1 1853 1553 53 ManU re received received re- re re-I re ce cd her first Post Master 1 in the I I person of oC Judge Peacock i I CHAPTER V WALKER THE CRAFTY INDIAN CHIEF I I I Tho The question has repeatedly been asked ed What started the Walker Walker Val er i iWar I War War Var The question will in iii all probability never 01 bo be satisfactorily answered Those best acquainted with tho the prominent traits of or the tho nomadic races of oC North America know how small smaIl a spark it takes to explode tho the d dynamite of or their ferocious for fer ocious natures Pitiless and bloodthirsty bloodthirsty blood blood- blOOd I thirsty the smallest injury Injun is avenged ed in deeds of barbarity Incapable of consecutive o reasoning reasonIng reason reason- Ing with violent but transient feelings feelings feelings feel feel- ings it is difficult to tell what slight cause the bloody war referred to But Dut this is certain when the Indians were most host peace peace- u no I i l I I I j I I I I I a able lo me the settlers were nun never free 11 mu tU from Crom apprehension as the following follow follow- following ing incident will show you The rho tribe acknowledged allegiance allegiance alleg alleg- to two chiefs Walker and I So Walker Valker was the tho War Var Chie Chief aI and amid 1 the great tho the civil U political or 01 diplomatic i i ia a 3 very speaker wielding j I quite as much power and influence as Walker himself On one when the malo male portion of the settlement of the in inhabitants inhabitants In- In habitants of or Manti ManU were mostly I Il Hamiltons Hamilton's Hamiltons away some working at saw mill on Pleasant Creek others gone to the tho city on business etc leaving only 10 or 15 men including including ing aged men and very young oung boys Walker Valker who happened to be in one of his moods literally spoiling for fora I a row and knowing too well the i iI weakness of the town put on his war paint and sent a demand de demand de- de mand for the whites to deliver up to him for Cor death Shumway and Chase two of oC the most influential i men eti left in the settlement Of or course the demand was not complied with the settlers deter I mined mined to sell their lives as dearly as possible le the fate o of the town hung on a mere thread disapproved dis- dis I approved o of this high handed proceeding pro j I and called a council of course the doomed inhabitants sup sup- posed the council was to decide the time and manner of lof their death Walker Valker who was no slouch in an argument appealed to the basest I passions of his braves till it seemed universal slaughter was influent I Then old arose with manly fervor plead the cause of the I whites beseeching his followers to toI forgo the hope of oC plunder and the I of conquest presenting I to them with eloquence of or a DemoI Demosthenes Demosthenes Demo Demo- the cowardice and shame I of oC such great chiefs and braves bra at- at Blacking I tacking squaws and papooses and although passion tradition and savage nature were all against him the old fellow so wrought ought upon the feeling of the warriors that when he drew a line and said those who will live in friendship with tho the Mormons let them follow me he drew after ane him such a formidable array of oC braves as to leave the he Walker Valker I with a force foice too small to dare the tho attack at attack at- at tack and ho he accordingly stowed himself him himself I self away somewhere to sulk in morose and moo moody y silence until his war paint had lost some of its vivid hues when he lie came in and told the whole stor story on himself And this is how our Mormon settle settlements settlements ments moats were planted and under Gods God's divine protection throve To be continued |