Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-27
Menorla in Eterna.
Dead Whom the People HOnor-ThSl0 Valley Battle

In the firing from the other aide.
~ well rs our own. Shootino
was kept up Throughout the remainder
Of the day, and whenever we yot n
cDance ut nm Indian, we took II. W,
had to be careful Of ourselves. TOO. Tor
II u man put mis- head In sight, th.
noarness to which the bullets would
come showed the Indians to be- good
marksmen. Their weapons We're su.
perior to ours, anu bell K la the csdera
they had decided advantage. The
militia mostly had short range guns.
40 that but few men were able 10 return
tho flre with any show o. effect.
Within the camp we had to shield our
selves M best we could hehind a fath,r
peor bfeastwofk made unuer the run.
ning.gear of the wagons, with blanket
harness, etc. During the light that day
Jour horses were killed, ana Thomas
Snarf, Of Salt Lake CITY, was wounded
In the thigh.
"Mheu the engagement frat began
we realized that the indians greatly out.
numbered our iorce,and that we were In
u bad situation, 20 young man named
Homer Brown WAS Dispatched To
Mount Pleasant, IS miles defiant, for
assistance. Brown was the posressor OF a
magnificent horse, and we knew that,
once beyond the Indian line, they
could not ovcrtake him. We engaged
them hotly ty our fire I'LL he got clear,
though " WAS n close shave. At
Mount Pleasant he found a body %.
cavalry which was ordered to Thistle
valley, bu. by some misunderstanding
itsstart was delayed for time. Word
0fOnr situation was taken 10 Moroni,
eevon miles farther on, where body
OF salt Lake county men, with some
from farther north, were stationed.
They were infantry, but company,
iDcluulng the remainder u my com.
mand, started IN all possible haste,
under Majors VIM. CaspaF and Peter
Sinclair.
AT the battlefield, the creek
or ditch on which the camp was 10.
Gated NJ that place ran la straight
lire, anu was rather desp. This the
Indians took advantage OF, firing up
and down along tho creek, aud effect.
ually preventing any one from gettiug
u supply Of water. Thus the men,
including Sunrf, who was wounded,
had TO lay In the hot sun, Within
few feet OF waller, unable to obtain
u drop to quench their thirst. Toward
evening body Of Indians gained
position In a olump Of brush on the
bank OF the creek, nearer 10 us anu nj
"a point where the inside OF our camp
was exposed to their fire.
"Our position was thus rendered I'M
tenable. Ii was a necessity that the
enemy should be driven from his new
point OF vantage. Those OF our men
who had rifles were ordered
to concentrate their IRE ON the
clump OF brush. The muskets
when most OF the men had would not
reach the place with any Precision.
The riiismen tried, but TO no purpOse,
and We had to do something else or be
shot down. Bullets were whistling IN
proximity nnd alrendy lodg-
Ing within tho camp. AS last resort
| selected twelve OF my men to make |
a charge over TN open space OF iOur |
hundred yards, In the face Of IRE |
from The Indiana' rifles, and diklodge |
the enemy.
awe knew II was desperate under |
taking, but there was no other chance |
Tor US. Sergeant Alexander Burt anu |
Prvstes George q. Lsmbert and John |
had Just sprapg outsiie OF |
The enclosure, in their start on the |
haziruous charge, when body OF cav.
airy suddenly appearet-tbe reinforce.
nsnt from Mount Pleasant. Close be-
hind them came tbs Infantry from Mo
foni, twenty-five miles distant. The
had ran on foot almost the
whole OF the way to relieve US. You
IAN be sure 1t was u reIiei TO w, too.
The Indians quickly retired to the
jSdars and the Danger was past.
"With our new force the Indians
ouud IL prudent ~ leave the vicinity.
Dur loss had been one man killed anu
me wounded, four horses killed, and
ibout twenty-five driven of In the
morning; very few Of the latter were
,ver recovered. But the Indians did
ioi get oil 10 easily. We afterwards
earned that their loss WINS very severe;
10 severe, Ia fact, that they did not
want 10 try another battle with the
White men. The Thistle Valley fight
vas the last Of any Importance in the
Slack Hawk Indian war, and the
ayages We're glad 10 sue for peace soon
forward"
AS stated, there were numbers who,
uring this war, went down to their
cath In their country's cause.-the
ending the settlers homes--and n
rateiul people do not, on such an
ccasion ns Decoration Day, fail To
ecall TO memory the heroic sacrifice
hey made.