New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-28


VIII his escort nearly 800 miles before be received
~ information which guided him to US. His story
Of the circumstances which led him to conclude
Nat his Life vas in danger, and Of his escape, is
hong and complicated. He proposes to reduce it
"a writing. in which case shall be able to forward
to you copy of the narrative. In substance it is
briefly this;
At the farm Of the Indian Agency he had be-
tween 200 and 800 acres under cultivation, on
which he had raised an extraordinary crop, two
items Of which were 1000 buhc!s of wheat ana
I6o0bushcls Of potatoes.
With the Bishop of the neghboring Mormon set-
tkuent---a man named Buaer-be nsd al" sys hVeu
amicably. although he had been denounced repeat.
sdy from, the pulpit in salfIake City, BY Brigham
Young and Heber c. Kimball. lie Kept on his
course, cultiyatnq the farm on which he employed
Indian ,.boyer, and leaving the Bishop to himself
And h;s own concerns. But having learned that
~ev oN6e;.h were on their way to the Territory,
Ia one dsy minated an intention to join them,
which probably precipitsted matters. His crop
v,s regarded az desirable acquisition by tho Nor
r,ons A letter was sent to him by the Bishop, for.
Adding his departure, and on the day Of bis escape
abody of their mounted troops, more than hum
ased in nrmber, closed the mouth OF the canon IN
which the farm is situated, while a detachment
proceeded toward his house. Before they reached
Il he was warned OF his danger by Unta Indian
named Antro. With his assistance be collected his
privste papers and those Of the Agency, packed o
sew articles of clothing, and escaped over noun
tsip-ridse which rose behind the farm. There be
wss Joined by others of the Uinta tribe and bya
sreat number Of Pah or Lake Utahs, who proposed
20 protect him. He eyaded the Mormon parties
whe beat the country in search for him, by travel
ing first few miles south, aud then turning back.
ward and secreting himself in the neghborhood of
Ria own farm, where his presence was not sus-
pseted. At midnight he fled westward with the
Indians, twenty of whom have accompanied him
throughout the whole journey.
-FOUR principal chiefs are among the number; the
Uints chief, already mentioned and two war chiefs
and civil chief of the band of Psh-Utahs. The
Usnts brought with him his favorite squaw, bright
hced little girl, hardly four feet tall. had formed
IN idea that the Utah Indians belonged to the low
eat species of their race, but their appearance
proves almost exactly the contrary. They bear
lighter in color, and having rather the features OF
the Mexican Indians. Their division Of authority
between civil and military chiefs is also circum-
stance calculated to elevate them, and indicates
that they must have come, at an early period,
under the influence Of the Spanish missions. am
not aware of any other tribe in which such dis.
tincton ia made, with the exception Of the Pueba
Indians and it is certain that it engrafted upon
them BY the Jesuits. Their civil chief still bears
the slyer.headed cane, and their war chief pre-
serves the military coat, presented to their prede
cessors by the Spaniards. Among the Utahs the
civil chiefs rank alone ID Others except in the 6ed
isding sfwsys in the councils.
Or. Hurt has evidently cOnciiated their afiec.
tians to remarkable extent, and from his account
Of their condition and character there can be few
felds of labor among all the Indian tribes, more |
charitable than his own. The immigration of the |
Mermons has expelled them from their hunting. |
grounds, and excluded them from almost every |
fertile spot Of land in the entire Territory. Driven
into districts where nothing grows but sage and |
sressewood, they have been reduced sometimes |
within the last few years. to depend for their sub
sistence upon fish and grasshoppers for months at
time. Many Of those who have suffered most in |
this manner, cherish an anmosity toward the Nor
mons, which they will be glad of an opportunity to
express Among the Pab-Utahs who aceompa- |
MED the Doctor there 10 one whom they consider
"bg medicine" imagining that no bullet can hit
him. In call which he made at my tent this even.
ing be expressed his feelings most animated PAN
t0mime, in which no described the Mormons ss
speaking with forked tongue, while the Americans
talk straight forward, and stabbing in the back
with the Knife, while the Americans meet their
enemies face TO face with the ride. The only
intelligent phrases which he used were the national
oath of England aud America and the words " no
good" His special hatred is owing to his belief
that the Mormons eOnjured Ave Of his children,
who died during the famine last year. On two
occasions be has been witness to murders which
they have committed, the last ut Hubbeus Creek,
the past spring, when an spostate Mormon, named
Parish, and his son, we're shot while endesvOring 70
escape to California.
If the Utahs will take part against the Mormons
they can DO them much harm BY stampeding their
horses and cattle. The band which escorted DIR.
Hurt displayed forethought in stealing FIVE beeves
from Bishop Buffers herd, to supply provisions for
their journey. But Brigham Young has hold
upon them in the person of their great chief Ara
pine, a brother of their famous WARRIOR Wakarra,
who died last year. Arspine became an early con-
vert to tho Mormon faith, and was made an Elder
some years ago, but it is said that he has been in
stned of late to spOstatize. He was invited by