Show Early History v I Of Manti 4 By By Mf Mrs Mars A B. B s Sidwell Bidwell l 1 Al' Al Ei v WALKER I 1 nD IE INDIAN INDIA CH r F 1 i C Continued nt n d Imagine kind and gentle reader I brilliant lint but q quiet let end nd pleasing 1 Sabbath morning the 2nd of Au Augast Au- Au ast 1853 at Springtown The Tire primi- primi ive lve fort constructed of rude rudo logs each other and forming a allow Janow square leaving room in the enter Center for the herd Q of pt cattle horse horsey r or nd end sheep f These herds having just beer bee beerI I riven to their grazing grazing g grounds o Dds bv hr six or eight well men the pious inhabitants of the little fort quietly prepared to assemble for worship in the historical lo log sch school o hou house e o ox or in the absence absence ab ah sence of that in one of or the th more commodious u cabins Let your y your our fee fas sa minds dwell ulion upon I scene until until suddenly suddenly bursting with deafening ng sound sound upon upon you your startled sense a n tumult of or yelland yell and screeches as If ever fiend in IT Pandemonium P ad been n turned not and gazing thru the apertures of tho the outer walls malls designated port Q hol all fall the he windows being on the inside walls and be hold at nt least Litfy litty mounted Indian n warriors war paint daubed upon their faces with utter contempt of anything bu hideousness all yelling howling whooping prancing nand and nd g their horses describing quadrants semi circles s isosceles isosceles- triangles triangles d s an every other conceivable figure Inside the fori fort see men man grasping g their heir muskets shot guns rifles and every available weapon w the women and children huddling together In ir he darkest and safest corner Hell raging racing ra seething and boiling outside outside outside out out- side for the purpose of or keeping the attention of the men mn confined to o the J Immediate vicinity of the tho fort while Continued on pi page lf el ether I f rM u Manti i History Ery Continued I d r from Page 1 an additional fifty or a h hundred red warriors one mile distant are rounding up ever every hoof of oC stock owned by the Inmates of oC the tho fort not even sparing the saddle horses the tho herdsmen had ridden to the herd grounds they having dismounted dismounted dismounted dis dis- dis- dis mounted and were allowing them to graze it being heing contrary to their religious conviction to deprive any living creature ture of its Sabbath rest the tho herdsmen all scattering and quickly concealing themselves as best foest the they could perceiving the absolute absolute absolute ab ab- ab- ab solute hopelessness of attempting anything like retaliation or recovery recovery recovery ery of the stock which was now beIng being being be be- ing driven en poll pell mell melt hurry to it scott for tho the cast east mountains As soon as the stock was as discovered discovered discovered ered to be fairly making the ascent the tho party at the tho f fort rt after many I fiendish and insulting maneuvers such as only an American Indian knows low to perform and with many 5 shouts outs of at the tho utter ut utter ut- ut otter ter helplessness o of the tho inmates the tho the p pay party ty tr at the fort suddenly departed do- do parted and followed the raiders up the tho mountain side Soon after the scattered herdsmen began hogan coming comIns coming com com- ing Ins in and It was soon ascertained to the great relief and de de- de- de I light of oC wives and mothers that not a man or boy was missing Two of the herd boys boys- S' S had succeeded in peeling their frightened horses near the field fence Cence when the tho wh whiz whizzing z- z zing bullets warned them that that In skulking lay th their h only hope bope of or safet safety p an and accordingly the horses were abandoned but afterward to the intense joy and satisfaction of the tho entire community the two horses came whinnying i g for Cor admission admission admission sion they no now had the means of sending the dispatch to the tho fort at Manti for assistance which was immediately cl dove done ne the tIto express starting due wrest west and riding at nightfall across I 1 the hills in order if possible to avoid au any warriors Arriving at ManU Mantl about three o'clock p. p m. m a a- mounted amounted Paul Revere Revere Re Re- vere was instantly dispatched with the tho intelligence to the ManU Manti herdsmen with orders to rush the stock block instantaneously to to town about twelve t armed and m mounted herdsmen made made- movements move movements ments in obedience to the order and in a short time thirty-six thirty yoke I of cattle were hitched to t three I wagons wagons wa- wa i l gons with several teamsters teamsters' an and twelve mounted guards six In lit UraI Ura I van an and six in the rear Silently j as soon as dusk had settled oer o'er I I the valley the tho rescuers started to move the helpless colon colony to the half completed fort for at Mantl ranU Our boys arrived at the de desolate ol te fort ort at break of day Not an eye had been closed that night but allin all allin allin in the fort tort were wore eagerly scanning the western hills hoping and anci praying praying pray pray- ing for the help that had now cometo come com cometo to their deliverance and aud now they thep knew that their express had hail arrived arrived ed cd safely in Manti ManU a fact of which h all night the they were wore in ill anxious doubt I I The work o of dismantling now commenced in earnest and the inhabitants in inhabitants In- In habitants were removed to Manti and made as comfortable comfortable as possible pos noa- sible in in the center of the unfinished ed fort fOIt The men returned armed I nna ana in force torce Tor for safety to Irrigate the growing grain apart a apart apart part of the force torce standing guard while the others labored It subsequently transpired that the allied bands of Indians In Indians Indians In- In had bad driven the stock only afew a aI afew few miles mites up the the- canyon canyon- canyon Joel Joes V. V Valley llcy where they camped and a avery avon avery very von animated altercation as to division of ot the spoils took place While White they were thus quarreling a milk cow who had left a a. a young calf In tn the fort would Glade elude their vigilance and return to I I I their starving star offspring and as each ench animal with distended udder I I W was R d described approaching the tIle fort tort were greeted with enthusiastic ardor caps were 1 tJ flung in ill the tho air all and the watchers i were nearly consumed with breathless breathless breathless breath breath- less C expectation until tn it could be determined whether it was as Al AI reds old Brindle or Mart l Bloods Blood's old speck specie That was the mens men's greeting bu but t more than one of or the comers was vats greeted by the women and i and children with tender caresses 1 and aud sometimes tears of joy i p f Standing guard suard was now the or- or K dor of the tho day at Manti 1 and mill mill- tary rule predominated Every Everyman man was compelled to come at u beat of drum each morning to answer answer answer an- an to roll call report for duty 1 f and receive orders for far the day and t night nigh t. t J The fhe men went wont in companies for forwood l I lwood 0 wood of or not less than ten or twelve t with two m mounted men who re remained rp- rp main cd c on the tile esit eminences i keep keeping Ins Insa a constant lookout while the cenit company com com- t pony pany worked The people had now completed a small stone stolle fort with two large larse bastions at opposite corners corners corners cor cor- ners occupying the ground where the present site sHe of oC the Tithing yard now stands and all the log cabins were vele being moved into the fort Q with the greatest possible dispatch 1 Also another or more extensive stone stonefort stonefort fort fart was in process of oC erection enclosing enclosing en en- closing S nine nano of or our city blocks each man had bad d his his' portion of or w wall to I build I i t 1 The poor 4 men Standing guard at nights raid and working days with d ardor constantly praising and nd thanking kind Providence who gave gao them strength patience and anda energy to accomplish such a an n amount of oC labor did all that was required of them with undaunted courage and cheerfulness A guard was furnished to to watch the grist gristmill gristmill mill null while the miller made haste R to grind a sufficient supply of ti flour to last the settlement preparatory pre pre- to a contemplated removal ill Lal of oC the mill 1 to a place of greater safety wl within hi 1 the limits of the big hig fort but before this could be accomplished ac ac- shed both miller and guard Suard t tJohn John E E. E Warner Varner and William Mills I I I I were murdered their mutilated bodies being found Cound a few rods away from the mill anti and it still sUll running tl grinding its own stones to powder It was concluded by the condition of the stones that the men had hade been e n killed in the morning afterward afterward after after- ward by b the Indians and andI i I rot drat di discovered b by the tho people until 1 evening Bread Dread the people must ki kiI i I j have but leave but as soon as ns possible the mill DIm was removed remo and Is s still standing stand stand- ink ing where whore it was then In to Inthe F I 1 Ithe the center o of Mantl But before i the rho removal of the sawmill was effected effected ef ef- I the Indians had mado made a Q bonfire of a all l portions of or the ni mill t 1 1 rl t that hat was capable of being converted convert comert qU ed d into charcoal and ashes IJ t t I To Be De Continued |