Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-18

Goshwe lndians--an Inferior race OF
Indians ut that Their chief food was
the rabbit Once IN while they killed
deer or anantelupe. They had nothing
but am Inferior bow and arrow to kill
with. Pine nuts they gathered in the
fall but they often fail. As O last resort
they would gather and cook prickly
pears. Their clothing consisted Of a
cloak made OF rabbit skins. woven to-
gcther with sinews Of the deer These
were worn by male aud female alike.
Their wick.iups were made with will
lows il they could be had, II not, cedar
boughs were used Very little me.
ehanism was displayed. There are now
less than one hundred Of the tribe all
told zen ol the many thousand that
existed when this country was first
ietted.
Many people have an idea that these
Indians attain 90 great age. This is
ereon,c Us. There are but few let that
we knew jniuy.hve years ago, and many
that were boys then look as old as do.
Aud they arc uid-no house Tor the
winter, nothing laid up to eat, and but
few clothes to wear puvation would
naturally make them short lived. They
do not take 90 civilization. But iew can
talk English so they can be understood.
The young men ul them will not do as
we'll as the older ones have done. o.
the whole they are an iniolcut worth
less set aud may well be classed as % back
number. They have no traditions ui
their ancestors, like other tribes have.
They are an inferior race to look al, most
OF them small, aud coWafdly to q ucs-
piCablc degree In times past they have
killed onigBnis and over aud men,
but always taking no chances them
selves.
The first cmigrant trains Tor California
passed to the south OF the Salt Lake
through their country. From these the
pusky red skins stole horses, mules
aud cattle, which they ate at hrst, but
afterwards they kept the horses 10 ride.
They nuW ali have horses.
Sixty miles south from Deep Creek
stand, Pilots Peak, just % the vest side
Of tue desert Here are set signs OF
partly demolished tmigIant tuun. From
what We can Learn there was @ large
train OF gmlgrauis crossed the desert at
this place many years ago. SOME of
them persisted ON the desert. with some
OF their stock. When the rest arrived
af the sgt spring. while tired and in
furnished cuuI.uun. the Indians attacked
them, and tIllci t.any. The survivors
moved ON under cover Of uight TO tEe
mountains. where they found a small
ring and made t1ciflas stand. From
a. Naea hon ..fH HNaa Ground
recently, ! learned that they had built
up rock wall and made q hlht But
the canyon was so narrow and the rock .
so near tuat the Indians hid hshInl %
and they could reach the cWgmuts
without any harm 10 themselves. All /
hut two boys were killed. These made j
their wly 10 California
Some other cmigtants came along
aitcrwards aud buried tho killed. one /
OF those that got away came back r. few |
years ago, 20 hunt Tor thirty thousand .
dollars that he knew his father TO have
had. wl..ch hc believed he mad buried. |
But be could ind nothing OF H. The
Indians may have gOtiL
You clunut get a word out VI the
Indians about Cue fight An they wall
say Is that those thai were in the fight
are all dead, ur thatit was Goose Creek
Indians that did the killing
The settlers also suffered from these
thieves They would make raids ON the
herds OF the white, and much stock was
lolI The whites sJmrt me, followed
them only 10 see that their stock was
gone, There seemed 10 Doe no Indian
fighters lu that part Of the CounuU Ole /
time company of young men followed
them, The Indians must have seen them
coming, aud got into the ccdars. The
company follow % them, and when well
IN, the indians opened fire. The surprise
had the effect, and a. stampede tnsurd -
every fellow Tor himself Toe" Rich
wa, on q lazy old mule that would not
run. lie kicked aud spured with 80
his might, while the arrows llyw thick
and fast When the boys got beyond
the ceddrs they missed 'loe.' Howard
Spencer went back aud helped him up.
think ! can now see "SlAey" kicking |
for dear ilcl When Joe" caught up with
the rest still painting, he slij "Boys,
just think OF al my Iather Is perhaps
even now praying Tor the success Of
these lamaniie5." The lime was Just
before breakfast, and the chances were
that his father was at prayers,
Much trouble did these Indians give
TO the Overland mail and express com.
pany. la the year 1865 the station
situated in Deep Creek canyon. half !
way between Willow Springs aud Deep
Creek, was burned, aud seven men
were k,llgd-hvcOi ConnoTs soldiers aud /
two hos,lers. The station, Of necessity, |
had be built close to the hill. The |
hay was stacked close TO the stable. /
The house was also built near
he stable. The Indians shot arrows with |
IRE idEuls. That set everything ahrc, and |
a the men came out they were shot. /
One soldier got on a horse and attempt. !
ed TO escape, but he, too, was shot
through the body, but lived 10 get TO
George BOyds station az Willow |
Springs, where he told the story and
then died. Boyd with some men went
up aud found everything burned and
the Indians gone. The Indians took |
but little with Them, one hostler by the
name OF William Riley, who was deaf.
was only wounded at FIRST; he fought
them hard but was overpowefed at
last. The Indians tied him and thrust
him on the woudple and burned him
alive. One OF the Indians cut his heart
out and roasted and ate Il, so as TO
make him brave, Water had to be
hauled Tor this station. The water
lauler and one soldier had gone Tor ,
water To Deep Creek, and saved their ,
lives. George Boyd buried what WIS ,
LETT of Riley and the rest The soldiers
were afterwards taken 10 Camp Douglas
Ton Iuierment the two hosiier5 are
buried, with one water htuler that had
add u