New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-10
UTAH
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we have already given accoun, and to day fafnss as
ehave looked through these papers gather uP sncb
items might be Of interest in the States o. the pfe
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tom Mace on the 2th Of last month"; October uaes the
commend Of Major s Markham Tie lnlians were found
encsmped The mouth OF SAL Cr.cA and alter ,uS ~
nc Of boh parties in which c. d. Hancock was slgatiy
rounded and four or five Indians suPPoscf 10 be killed
Major Mark ham Withdrew and returned home.
On The soth Sept. VIM. Nelson. VIM. Lake Nm Reei,
and Thomas CLARK started with two teams loaded With
Thss 70 20 70 Msnti TO Salt Lake City lhoy esn2ed
rbout daylight of OFT at Unta Spring just east o. SAY
Creek Kanyon where some Indians klled them all am
bo~Thv INITIATED their bodies On the 81 Oct IN sSir
nish al phi eight Indians were killed. shu oHV si''"
and two BOYS were taken prisoners ann -
ON the sth ult. John Z. Warner ana Nm EMS W.
killed by Indians 800 400 yards above the ggist '
N' an aSrcss from President B Young occupies several
columns Of The NcUs, on the subject 81 lnian a1A1s
mainly Many inquiries he'd been pat 20 hl4 wla "oaii
be tic result Of the present Indian difficulties
Now tho harvest Is upon us, VISA 10 say lew "otus
corceruing H. desire you to tel your ncishoors ami
vsh item ~ tel their neighbcrs end tuas le Il 20 g he
several counties aroundn0w IL the wonen ana emu
dren to assist in the harvest fields the same s Ihe 40 IN
other countries asked this OF them before DO noi
now ask as general thing but those employed Ia tue
expedition South in the WORK OF defending hiE osoAren
from Indian doIrCdations. who have heavy havesis on
hand rather than suffer the grain TO waste let tae women
get in the harvest and put where the Indians cannon
steal H. And when you 20 into the harvestheid carry
come upon you supposng you to be unarmed you WI" Dc
sure 70 kill one of them
Tell your neghbors Of this and 90 10 work men women
and Children and gather your grain and gather clean
leave none TO waste and put where Indians cannot de
stroy II. 80 o.. ,
II need not If YOU will do you are told you Will Do
safe continually Secure your bread stuff your wheat,
and YOUR corn when Is ripe aud let every partcie OF
Grain raised in these valleys be put where VIII be SAFE
and rs much as possible from vermn, aud especially from
The Indians and then build forts
IL every man and woman who has house, make that
touse tort from which you kill ten where you can
now only one If Indians rome upon you. Bro. brigham
40 von really expect Indians to upon Us in thus
CITY This inquiry, have no doubt Is AZ this 1msnt
in the hearts Of few almost breaihess with rear Were
10 answer such an inquirer as feel should say was
none of your business but viii say youae 50 instructed
10 see II you will do as you are tod Let your dwenns
house he a perfect Fort From the day lived where bro
Joserh Smith lived have been fortified all the time so as
to resist men, if they should come TO my house IN he
night with intent to modest my family assault my per
son or destroy my property aud have always been IN
tho habit Of sleeping with eye open, and cahnOt
then sufficiently watch viii get my wife to help me Let
on hostile band Of Indians come round my house ana am
come calculate that only fifty shall be able to 60 to the
next house and if they use up the other hy the hl'd
Brt instead Of the people taking this course, almost
everv good rife in the Territory has been traded away 20
the Indians with quantities OF powder ana eaa tnoTkn
hev waste Il in various ways when they have got IT, Inc
whites would sell them the title TO their lives Tor the sake
of tFadng with the Indians.
They viii learn better expect bg anu Dlc oI tt PV'P
have never received such strict orders as they have gI
now will give you the pith of the last orders issued
,iz That man or family who VIII not do - they are
told in the ORDERS to be treated "a rangers yea
~cven a. enemies and not friends Aud II there
should be contest should be called upon to defend
our lives our liberty and our possesion' we Wouu vu'
tom of the first and walk over their BODIES
Martial law not enforced YET although the whole Ter
rtory is in acetate of war; apparently but Is oy tne
tab udiansl who have declared war on Utan Territory
Deseret has nos vet declared war; how soon VIII De de
cared not for me to say but we nave flsh ahI y
our duty 10 put ourselves Ia a state OF sell defense
The few families that settled la Cedar valley at the
mint of the mountains wer6nstucted TO leave there last
spring, they have gone back again upon tneH own 10
sIonsibity, end now want 10 know wnas 'e5 nue. w.
Ihev have been told to do just as they have mind 10
these who have taken their wives and children IN the
TO live have been told to remove them into the
CITY and ii YOU want to make shingles or 10 any olher
work that tGuiros you remain there have your gun IN
a situation that Indian cannot creep up ana oeal u
om you before You are aware ihst you can DC sool'
for few Indians il they should chance to come upon you
Il wished TO live away from the body OF the people my
first oon should be directed toward building good ana
efficient Fort When new settlements were made In the
eastern countries they built them OF timber and the were
called Block Houses" Iwoud advise that every house
In new settlements should be made good for all the Indians
that could approach IT, with intention to teart down
II did NOT DO thst would go where could be safe
would take up my abode with the BODY OF the people
would take my family there at least Dy ,ang course
dions which are generally committed upon the defence
less. ana unprotected portions Of the community
| know what tie feelings of the generality OF
the feorle are at this time they think all the
Irdiaps in tie mountains are coming to kill of
the Latter day Saints. have no more rear oil thaL
than have of the ceasing to give Hght upon the
earth have studied the Indian character slicsh.y 70
know what the Indians are in war have been WIN hem
more or less from my youth upward "nere they haye
often had wars among themselves. Let every man,
woman and child that can handle butcher knife DC good
forone Indian and you are safe
lam aware that the people want to ask me thousand
and one questions whether they have done or not touch
ing the present Indian difficulties have tired 70 answer
them al in my own mind, by saying " uH oeJ"" as me
Lor9 UW
How many times have been asked in ,he past week,
what intend to do with Walker say ' nan atone, Sc
rcy,ID have not made the Indians nor am cal
oulstng do IT, My policy to give them presents ana
be kind to them. Instead Of being walkers enemy,
have sent him great pile OF tobacco 10 smoke when nc
IL lonely in the mountains lie Is now at war win the only
friends lie has upon this earth, and wan. him to have
calcnlste to pursue lust such a with the Indians,
and when | am dictated by existing circumstances, and
the Spirit Of the Lord to change my course VIII DO H.
and not till then.
him You that want to XII him. will give you mission
10 that eject great many appear very bold and desire
to 90 end bring Walkers head but they want an the
ueople In Utah to 20 with them. could point out thou
lands In this Territory who would follow these Indians,
and continue to follow them and leave the cattle 10 be
drove Off by the engrants and the grain to persh ana
thus subject the whole community TO the rayages OF famine
and It's consequent evils have been teased and teased
by men who will come TO me and say Just give me
Twenty FIVE fifty, hundred men, and wa go ana
fetch Won Walkers head" do not want his head, but
wi him 10 do al the Devil wants him b DO 80 far as
The Lord will suffer him and the Devil, to ehastse this
PEOPLE for their good.
.ay 10 the Indians as have off said t. the mob
your length You cay you are going % Kill US al OIL.
Iou saw " are going oblerate the Latter Day SAINTS,
ard wire them from the earth. Why don't you do it, you
uoor miserable curscs The mob only had power q drive
them 10 their duty and remember the Lord their God
ard that Is al the Indians do This people are worldly
minded they want to get rich 10 earthly subta1ce AM
their God the Dit from which they were