Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-30

and arrived there soon after tho horse
man got 100.
Low Coivin md myself. before the
relief party camo. won't up through the
brush ana found the body " Tlndnn:
he was scalped. and all hla clothes were
OF. except his shirt lie was shot
seven times. Two bullet holes and 1--WE
arrows wero found in his body The
reason they had not taken hts shirt on.
was that one of his arms was pinned
90 his body with AN arrow. one arrow
had gone through the body entering
nt the back and protrudlnr nj the
breast bones one bullet passed through
HIN close TO the heart and be- must
have run sevonty.nve yards at least
after receiving this shot. before he
fcIl.
The horror TINT niicd my soul at sec-
INK The Hcaircd and naked body ~ my
friend. who but few hours ago had
been fun ~ life. fl indcsctibahlc. shot
down by tho cruel ami relentless In
dluna. be- laid there stripped dead and
muulatod. under tho bright October
sun. We let him There. and returned
10 the position occupied by the party
N harvcaterH
The company from pnyaon under the
command Of col. W. g. Mcclellan. soon
came on the ground. We took up the
body Of Brother Fcrnec l.. Tindal and
Furr0wfuliy wcndpd our way back tu
payHon. whore We Inferred his body in
the cemetery with military houors. I
being one ~ the party that fired the
salute above the grave
Young John shofneld had hid In the
brush and escaped unhurt. coming 90 uH
when ho saw The urtivHl Of the relief
from payaln. The leading Indian ~
this party N mnrnuders was "a Ute
known by tho unmo % Shuwnu. tho
brother uf Rlutnuulu. who lived lU
Thistle Tor many yoaw and owned %
ranch there and ~ now ON the Indian
reservation
Jonathan 4. Page. now living nt Pay
BON. and who took part iu the Incident
here related. has made "a record ln his
useful and active NE nH one N Pay
sons hnnored citizens Tie was born
June tth. is3l. IN Cumberland. New
Jersey; came 10 Utah IN 1862; his first
attempt ut making himself useful was
In quarrying rock Tor the foundation
Of a sugar factory at Provo. which site
was abandoned for tho Sugar House IN
Salt Lake county. Ito lot Provo and
moved to Snntuquln, whore h. remained
until the breaking out Of the Walker
war IN tho summer NJ 1868, taking his
share IN an the military guard duty u
that winter. and being an active par
ticlpntor in the thrilling incident re-
lated.
lie next went 10 Salt Lake city and
worked In Muiincr'a tunncry, then oc-
cupying tho ground near the Walker
bank corner In 20 Jennings and VIM
der established O. tnnnory, Of which
Capt. Page had charge Married Mary
t.euvcr that year. moved 90 payaOn In
1886. and 20 snntnquin IN 1867: was out
with the command ln Echo canyon un-
der the call ~ the Governor u tho
Territory a. ropcl tho Invasion % that
much mistaken Buchanan army and
then moved back again to payHpu In
1855. He took part IN the Black Hawk
war IN 1866. remaining In the field for
nfty-thrcc days ne captain or some six
IS mounted mon, an from Utah county,
served the city Of Pnyaon nH It's mayor
for two terms and has served several
terms IN the city council. was Justice
OF the peace a. an earlier date, and Hc-
inctmnn for Utah county Tor about M.
teen years tie served twice Ia the
Territorial Legislature. once In the
H1ucs. the other tlmf IN tho Council,
while Eu H. Murray was Governor
held the rank uf major OF cavalry IN
tho militia 81 tho Territory at the time
II was diHhnnded. under the executive
power Of Governor sharcr.
A. "a church man. he niled the posi-
tinn Of second counselor 20 Bishop Jo.
aoph q. Tanner Tor many years. In
All the positions ~ trust imposed upon
him by the community among whom he
has resided Tor 30 many years, Jonathan
4. Page has performed his duty IN u
manly. fair and upright manner. that
| has won for him the marked respect
W. ' ALBERT JONES.