Show Early History Of Manti By Dy Mrs 1 A B. B Sidwell CHAPTER V V WALKER ALKER THE CRAFTY INDIAN I CHIEF I Continued Our men melt labored haul hUHl all day standing guard by turns at night bearing with fortitude and patience the various disappointments and disasters Incident to frontier life An incident in the career of Walker unconnected with the Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon settlements but illustrative of I Ithe the craftiness of his his his' character his lies extensive resources tho the fertility of his intellect the immense im im- menso mense distances and domains traversed by him In his raids may not be uninteresting With quite quito a following of his dauntless braves raYes he Ito went away off across the Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado through Mexico perhaps even oven evento evento to the borders of Old Mexico t to obtain obtain obtain ob ob- tain a a. fresh supply of ot horses They successful in bunching several hundred of the tho Spaniards Spaniard's Causes and In ge getting ting off without without with with- out an encounter But the Mexicans Mexicans Mexicans cans were In hot pursuit Walker and his braves kept ahead of diem mem them with their hoot booty well wen in hand until the tho Colorado was reached Once I across this formidable stream tho they would bo In comparative safety but fit It ms a raw 1 day a and the Uhe horses t I were wore not warm enough to take the j I water In spite of their utmost in the tho animals could not ho bo forced to cross crOES the river The Indians Indians Indians In In- were in a dilemma it appeared ap- ap geared as though tIlO they must either oIther abandon their prize or risk a Q pitched pitch pitch- I ed battle on an open plain Walker I Iwas was disposed to do neither and amid was equal to the mho occasion Tho daring being personally personally per per- unknown to the Spaniards j Continued on Page Pago Four I Manti History Continued from Page 1 selected a dozen of his trusty braves and took look a rOw few of the stolen horses and with crestfallen and dejected countenances turned back and met inet their pursuers Ho delivered to th tho the Spaniards Spaniards the few Cew horses taken for the tho purpose representing to their owners that this small party of or warriors were wore mutineers that they had quarrelled and in lu consequence consequence consequence conse conse- quence had a fight with Walker had lost three of their men and had succeeded in capturing this many of the horses told them that Walk Walk- Valler Walker er was now far across tho the Colorado beyond the possibility of pursuit and capture and that this leader and his mutineers deserved a great reward not only for their dead wart warriors war va t j but hut for their honesty honest I They comported themselves in in a manner to bear out this daring fraud and convincing the Spaniards of tho utter uselessness of following Walker Valker Tho The two parties camped together for some time smoked the pipe of peace and the tho Mexicans af after after titter tit tit- ter paying them a liberal bonus for their supposed dead braves bade them a friendly farewell taking tak tal- taking ing with them the few head of horses returned and for Cor which they I had paid almost the full value departed departed de do- parted for their respective rancho rancher By Dy this time the weather had settled settled set set- and Walker on again roaring rearing the tho banks of the Colorado wa u enabled enabled enabled en en- to cross and without fining irIng a ashot ashot shot Eliot risking an encounter or ar r losing losing los ls in ing a man brought his bis still numerous numerous numer numer- ous band of horses in triumph t to Utah Such was the man in whose tender merc mercy the tho infant settlements of Sanpete were cradled CHAPTER VI vI INDIAN ON THE WAR VAR PATH RAID HAID ON SPRING CITY DurIn During tho the summer of 1851 the tho Indians becoming exasperated at some slight l offense O on the tho 1 part of o I the inu l retaliated by Milting Killing Alex Keel at Payson on the J 1 of July and this was the cone commencement com com- men cement of the tho dreadful Walk Van Walker Vaner er War Val which raged raed the length and breadth of th the settle settlements settlements ments of Utah y a week w passed that it dirt did not hrin bring the tidings tidings tidings tid tid- ings of of and carnage cornage cornage corn corn- age enacted in som som-i 1 jo v jn J n of f th tit Territory Cattle ant horses were driven off settlements burn burned burn plundered an n I 1 people inhumanly massacred On the 1 Hh of or July a simultaneous rising of th tho b Indians resulted in the guard at Pleasant Creek Pleasant helm bein fired upon on llo some o ca a e warn driven from frum I Marti Morti also 11 Ini's js 3 fr n V Nephi ani guard fir 1 upon uDon W. W M. M Jolley J at wis tivis cj On the P. P W. W Conover's malitia was sent out ont from Provo ro 0 o protect the weal v. and had an engagement wih the InI Indians Indians In In- near Pleasant Cre Creil jl in n which I six Indians were killed The settlers at Pleasant reek Greek no now moved into fort at Spring Springtown town for greater security a ail 1 in Mant i the tho people were movin moving moving- off thair city lots and getting into fort shape I with the greatest possible dispatch |