American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-02-05
FROM THE ARMY OF UTAH.

30lh of November, which, though not
SO late by one day as our imperfect ad.
vices, is later ;han we have yet had i'm
detail. We scondeuse the iufui nation
thus given: Major Joseph Taylor. the
Mormon prisoner. held under writ for
high treason, had escaped from the four
ssntinels who had him in charge. Viii.
liam S,owell, Taylor's adjutanr, aud al
SO u prisoner. Rad been served with
writ for the same offence Of high treason.
DR.. Hickman. another Mormon prisons
| er, had been released as az equivalent,
it is supposed, fnr the Mormons having
released Mrs. Mngo and Mis-. Jones.
Five Of the Utah Indians, who &C.
companied Dir. HUT, the Indian agent,
TO Colonel Johnston's camp, had elect.
ed tn remain with the army during tho
"inter.aad had already made themselves
useful by driving up oxen and mules
which had struggled from the line of
march. The other companions of Dr..
Hut had been rewarded with suitable
presents.
The arrival of the command at Font
Btidger has been previously reported.
Nothing remained on the site bet the
stone walls. 1t was believed that there
were large stores of provisions in the
neighborhood, principally of wheat and
potatoes, tho Mnrmons being known to
have raised 1000 bushels of the latter
near the Fort Some hills were found
undus, Fort Supply was reported also
10 have been burned, with all the build.
ings in the Mormon settlements around
1t. Preparations were being rapidly
made for depot of supplies at Fort
Bridger A second camp has been os.
'oblished within a few hundred feet of
the Fort. Gov. Cummings was with
Col. Cook, encamped upon Blacks
FOX. three or four miles east fiom
Fort B'idger. A squadron of Dragons
under Lieut. Tyler had been dispatch
ed t" bring up everything left on the
roads by the various divisions of The ar
my. The correspondent of tho Til
bune says: ..
"On the evening OF The 18th (Novem-
ber) three Indians reached our camp,
Que OF whom, Ben. Simons, q Delaware
was III Salt Lake City eleven days ago.
The other two are a Cherokee and a
Snake. the latter The son of chief cal
led Lillle Soldier. Simons loft his
tnhe twenty two or twenty three years
ago, aud has passed most of his life a.
mong the Rocky Mountains. Among
his anecdotes, those which are revived
from HE "reminiscences of service in the
famous Delaware body-guaid Of Col.
Fremont are not the least inte, resting.
lie now owns log cabin on tho Web
q Il
IL has been his custom for many years
past to visit the Snake tribe to trade for
fnrs during the winter.
"Ihis autumn, Brigham Young. be.
ing aware Of this custom, seut for him,
and after some talk gave him permit,
signed by himself as "Governor Of Utah
Territory aud Superintendent of Indian
Affairs" aud dated November 2, au-
thorisug him 10 visit Wanshakee's vii.
lage near the Wind River Mountains.
and return at pleasure. He told him
that he must not have inter Course nth
the united States army, but must, on
the contrary, use eve,y endeavor to
stir the Snakes to hos'iIities against it.
The fidelity with which Simons had
obeyed tho injunction is exhibited by
The fact hat he is now present ia our
camp. Chauncey w. Wesi. rhe Nor.
mon Bishop of Ogden City. who signs
himself Colonel ofrhe Weber Military
District furnishes him wiIh another
paper in which he states tina, he vas
satisfied that "Sim"ns is friendly TO our
people" and enj"ined all Mormons to
refs ain from doing injury to his person,
or piIIaging his property. Ben carries
both these documents carefully rolled
up in rag.
He tolls US that the male population
Of Salt Lake City is almost all under
arms, and is drawn out upon the road
between Emigration Canon and Vel.
low creek. Bishop or rather Col.
| West informed him that tho force post
ed 10 and about Echo Canon is 3 600
strong. His own observations have sat.
isfed him that this is not an under.
estimate. On the northern side of the
canon the bluffs are almost pcrpendic-
ular and several hundred feet in height;
but on the southern side they are Lover,
and the Mormons have thrown up earth
works along the summit line They
have also Dug di'chos through the canon
and have so arranged an old beaver
dam on the Weber river that they can
divert tho course Of the stream into
these ditchos and spbmorge tho roads
for miles.
Al the eastern end 81 the Canon they
have also built Notifications Of earth,
stone, aud wood. Among the persons
whom Ben has noticed within ten days,
in the neighborhood Of these works, was
Major JOS. Taylor, The same individual
who escaped from our guard Oh the
evening of Nov. 6. ...
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