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Show Account of Walker War of Year 1853 Walke:. the Ute Chief, with his b:u-.es ai.d their families were ramped n g;rir.2 C:eek, about one mile north ,f the "pre -..cut sue of the city of SoringviU" ;n July. 18j3. The Indians, In-dians, v no were at peace with the white p, ipl-j. spent th"ir time fishing and hunting r.na trading with and b-.-jinw lrcm the settlers of Spring-ville. Spring-ville. , James Ivie at that time had built a rah in and was living in it with his wife and me child, about half a, mile north and we. I of where the Indians were camped. In the forenoon of July 17. 1853. an Indian and a squaw came into the IviVs cabin. The squaw had three !ar-'? trout which stip wanted to trade to Mrs. Ivie ur some flour. Flour be ng very sci-rce at that time, Mrs. Ivie 'called her husband in to get his views on a Unite ot mat kind, he betas at work ciig'iin,' a well. When he saw the trout lie said. "They look mighty '.rid to me." and suggested that Mrs. give three pints of flour for them, if the squaw woul trade that way, he i hen went out of the cabin to resume his work. Just after Mr. Ivie left, tAo more Indians came to the cabin, one of whom seemed to be the husband nf the squaw or had some sort of Maim on her. When this Indian aw the three trout and the small a-tiount a-tiount of flour receiving in exchange, he became enrageu and began beating beat-ing the squaw, knocking her down and beating her in the most brutal manner. While tnis assault was being be-ing committed. Mrs. Ivie ran and called call-ed her husband, who came and pushed the Indian away. Ivie then tried to push the Indian out of the cabin. When the Indian came, he left his "tin standing by the door, and as Ivie pushed him out he grabbed his gun and tried to get into position to shoot tvie. Ivie go- hold of the muzzle of the gun, and in the struggle the gun was broken, the Indian retaining the stock and Ivie the barrel. When the gun broke Ivie dealt the Indian a hard bSw cn the hca "; with the gun barrel. The Indian fell on the ground appar-antly appar-antly deed. The other Indian who came to the cabin with the squaw's husband d.v2v his bow and arrow and shot at Ivie, the arrow passing through the shoulder of Ivie's buckskin hunting hunt-ing shirt. At this Ivie struck the Indian a violent blow and he fell un-ccnscicus un-ccnscicus by the side of his prostrate companion. Just as Ivie got through with this second radian, the squaw whom he had been trying to protect c?vie out of the cabin door with a stick of wood in her hand and struck Ivie a blow in the race, cutting a deep gash in his upper lip. Ivie used the gun barrel again to defend himself and struck the squaw. At this stage of the drama Joseph Kelly, one of the foremost settlers of Springville, came upon the scene, lc-vred what hr.ti happened and told r e to take to wife and child and go n o .cv.-... before the Indian camp was . .'.. i,, - cf t-.e trouble, which he did. "incha-i who came to the house U-htlie s-.iaw went to the Indian ! lV iPo- 'told what had taken place ?t the" ivie cabin. The news of the rouble soon -pread through the n-.pan n-.pan caniD and settlement of the tnie intense excitement reigned, .--.in - the carm) and settlement. Bishcn Aaron johnson. who wis eh -f magistrate in all civil and m.H-,.: m.H-,.: ,'-vrs of Sprinjville. took immediate im-mediate ' steps to protect the sett c-Z c-Z T II ordered Celdwell's cavalry and rairys infantry to be must ered in and be ready for action at ca; An. he other male citi"cns ever sixteen . 0- were enrolled as home i-irVds " "johnson with his interpret-V interpret-V W.lliam Smith, tried everything .' i.eir no-ver to .ttle the trouble with Ch;ef Walker, by offering ponies, e, ' flour, and blankets., but Walker c'nd to settle unless Ivie was given Mn't'o be dealt with by the Indians, which o; course, johnson refused to " The next day (July 18th) Walker -r -e camp, and went to Payson; and i'oined his Brother Arrapene. another Indian ch ef, ami together they went uilo Prvson canyon. Killing Alexander Ke- le who was on guard on the ou.-iM-irts or Payson, saying that the war would la'it until the white people were 5.11 ex'-rm-'nated. The Indians then went into the mountains east of San-uete San-uete Valley and left their families vn a Place of safety. The Indians, returning in war paint raided the settlements of Utah, Juab. Sanpete, Millard, and Iron counties during the summer and fall. The lost engagement was at the south end -if Utah Lake, generally spoken of as f-he Utah Valley battle, which lasted about three hours; the troops taking (he Indian camp. Nine Indians were 'killed, some of the troops and horses were shot but none mortally. Some Indians and their families came down Hobble Creek canyon to Springville a short time after, saying the war was ovev. A short time after Caldwell's cavalry cav-alry nnd Parry's infantry were released re-leased from duty, having served a period of ninety one days, from July 13th to Octooer 13, 1859. The treaty of peace was signed by Walker in May, 1854, at his camp cn Meadow Creek, Juab County. Walker died January 29, 1855, at Meadow Creek. Millard County, Utah, and was buried by his tribe with the highest 'honor that could be given him as the most noted war chief of the nation. His brother, Arrapeen succeeded him s chief. George A. Hicks and James Wylie Thorn? s of Spanish Fork are surviving veterans of the Walker War. |